[00:07]When love beckons to you, follow him, [00:16]Though his ways are hard and steep. [00:26]And when his wings enfold you, yield to him, [00:36]Though he hides a sword among him. [00:46]And when he speaks to you, believe in him, [00:54]Though his voice may shatter your dreams. [01:03]Love will crown and crucify you. [01:07]And though for your growth so he is for your pruning. [01:12]Love will caresses your tenderest branches, And shake every clinging root. [01:23]Like sheaves of corn, he gathers you unto himself. [01:32]He threshes and sifts you. He grinds and he kneads you. [01:41]And then he assigns you to his sacred fire, [01:50]That you may become sacred bread for God's sacred feast. [01:58]All these things shall love do unto you, [02:03]That you may know the secrets of your heart. [02:09]And in that knowledge become a fragment, [02:13]A fragment of life's heart. [02:18]Now if in your fear you would seek only love's peace and love's pleasure, [02:28]Better cover your nakedness and pass out of love's threshing-floor, [02:36]Into a seasonless world where you shall laugh, [02:40]But not all of your laughter, [02:46]and weep, and weep, but not all of your tears. [02:55]Love gives naught but itself, and takes naught but from itself. [03:05]Love possesses not nor would it be possessed; [03:10]For love is enough. [03:20]You should say, "I am in the heart of God." [03:26]You can not direct the course of love. [03:30]If Love,it finds you worthy, directs your course. [03:38]To wake at dawn with a winged heart; [03:43]To come home in the evening with gratitude; [03:47]Then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart, [03:52]And a song of praise on your lips.
[00:07]When love beckons to you, follow him, [00:16]Though his ways are hard and steep. [00:26]And when his wings enfold you, yield to him, [00:36]Though he hides a sword among him. [00:46]And when he speaks to you, believe in him, [00:54]Though his voice may shatter your dreams. [01:03]Love will crown and crucify you. [01:07]And though for your growth so he is for your pruning. [01:12]Love will caresses your tenderest branches, And shake every clinging root. [01:23]Like sheaves of corn, he gathers you unto himself. [01:32]He threshes and sifts you. He grinds and he kneads you. [01:41]And then he assigns you to his sacred fire, [01:50]That you may become sacred bread for God's sacred feast. [01:58]All these things shall love do unto you, [02:03]That you may know the secrets of your heart. [02:09]And in that knowledge become a fragment, [02:13]A fragment of life's heart. [02:18]Now if in your fear you would seek only love's peace and love's pleasure, [02:28]Better cover your nakedness and pass out of love's threshing-floor, [02:36]Into a seasonless world where you shall laugh, [02:40]But not all of your laughter, [02:46]and weep, and weep, but not all of your tears. [02:55]Love gives naught but itself, and takes naught but from itself. [03:05]Love possesses not nor would it be possessed; [03:10]For love is enough. [03:20]You should say, "I am in the heart of God." [03:26]You can not direct the course of love. [03:30]If Love,it finds you worthy, directs your course. [03:38]To wake at dawn with a winged heart; [03:43]To come home in the evening with gratitude; [03:47]Then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart, [03:52]And a song of praise on your lips.
