To C —
her lover,
sweeter than honey or honeycomb,

B —
sends her loving.
Uniquely special,
Why do you delay
so long,
so far?
Why do you want your only one to die,
me,
your soul and body lover,
me,
your little starveling bird,
Sighing for you
every hour,
every second?
Without your honied presence
I want
to hear no one,
to see no one.
Like the turtle on its shrivelled branch
Forever mourning for its mate
I
too
endless
mourn
Until I have your love again.
I look
but do not find
HER.
And there's not the comfort of a single word.
Loving and loveliness of speech and face:
despair
For now there's no such love.
What similes for love?
Sweeter than honey,
Brighter than gold,
Brighter than silver.
More?
You are gentle,
You are perfect,
Sweeter than milk,
Sweeter than honey.
Perfectly gentle,
Perfectly perfect.
My spirit fails
perpetually
without you.
You are without
bitterness,
faithlessness.
You are
sweeter than milk.
sweeter than honey,
peerless, among millions.
I love you
and
you alone
my love,
my longing,
the sweet cooling of my brain.
Joyless,
without you;
All that was delightful
dark
without you.
Truly
If my life would buy yours,
I'd sell it
for YOU,
woman of my heart.
(Please God,
don't let me die before I see her again.)
Farewell,
all my love.
I send you my constancy.
Take it,