English Original
When love beckons you, follow him, though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you, yield to him, though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you. And when he speaks to you, believe in him, though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden.
For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning. Even as he ascends to your height and caresses your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun, so shall he descend to your roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth.
But if, in your fear, you would seek only love’s peace and love’s pleasure, then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness and pass out of love’s threshing-floor, into the seasonless world where you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter, and weep, but not all of your tears. Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself. Love possesses not, nor would it be possessed, for love is sufficient unto love.
Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself. But if you love and have desires, let these be your desires:
To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night.
To know the pain of too much tenderness.
To be wounded by your own understanding of love.
And to bleed willingly and joyfully.
To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving;
To rest at the noon hour and meditate love’s ecstasy;
To return home at eventide with gratitude;
And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart.
中文翻译
当爱召唤你时，请追随他，尽管他的道路艰难险峻。当他的翅膀拥抱你时，请顺从他，尽管那隐藏在羽翼下的利剑可能会刺伤你。当他向你诉说时，请相信他，尽管他的声音可能如北风摧残花园般粉碎你的梦想。
因为爱为你加冕，也将使你受难。爱助你成长，也为你修剪。爱攀上你的枝头，爱抚你在阳光下颤动的柔嫩枝条；爱也将深入你的根底，撼动你紧抓大地的根须。
但若你因恐惧，只愿寻求爱的安宁与欢愉，那你最好掩起你的赤诚，离开爱的打谷场，进入那没有季节更迭的世界。在那里，你将欢笑，却非尽兴；你将哭泣，却非淋漓。爱别无他物，只给予自身；爱别无所取，只取自自身。爱不占有，也不被占有，因为爱对爱而言，已然足够。
爱别无他求，只求成全自己。但倘若你心中有爱，且有所渴望，就让这些成为你的渴望吧：
愿融化自己，化作潺潺溪流，向着夜空吟唱旋律。
愿体会过度温柔带来的痛楚。
愿被自己对爱的理解所伤。
并心甘情愿、满心欢喜地流血。
愿清晨带着一颗飞翔的心醒来，为又一个爱的日子感恩；
愿午间静憩，默想爱的狂喜；
愿黄昏时心怀感激归家；
然后，愿带着为心上人的祈祷入眠。