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Bruller de chaut et tousjours se glacer
Language: French (Français)
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Bruller de chaut et tousjours se glacer,
Mourir cent fois et ne perdre la vie,
Desirer tout, n’avoir rien envie,
Estraindre tout et ne rien ébrasler :
Ne craindre rien, en peur le jour passer,
Estre en bon point, grevé de maladie,
Estre joyeux, remply de frenaisie,
[ ], a toute heure chasser :
Mourir de soif estant dans la fontaine,
En liberté se voir tousjours en peine,
Endurer fain, n’avoir faute de rien :
En desespoir avoir bonne esperance,
Et s’asseurer n’ayant point d’asseurance,
C’est de l’Amour le plus asseuré bien.
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- ENG English (David Wyatt) , "Burning with heat and still freezing", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Burning with heat and still freezing
Language: English  after the French (Français)
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Burning with heat and still freezing,
Dying a hundred times yet not losing my life,
Wanting everything but eager for nothing,
Embracing everything and letting nothing go;
Afraid of nothing but spending the day in fear,
Being in good health but burdened with illness,
Being happy but filled with frenzy,
[ ], rushing at all times;
Dying of thirst while at the spring,
At liberty but seeming always in trouble,
Enduring hunger but lacking nothing;
In despair having good hope,
And being certain with no certainty –
This is Love’s most certain benefit.
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This text was added to the website: 2017-02-17
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