Beloved, said the Glorious One, unless thy desire had been for me
though wouldst not have sought so long and so truly.
Wert thou my enemy, O thou my friend,
How wouldst thou worse.
It saddens and offends me at a very personal level that
someone wouldst take such a sacred and personal text and make light of it.
Breathe on me, Breath of God, Fill me with life anew, That I may love what Thou dost love, And do what
Thou wouldst do.
O Varuna, what was my chief transgression,
That thou wouldst slay a friend who sings thy praises?
If I had ever said it, then
Thou wouldst have known it.
If only
thou wouldst hide me in Sheol and conceal me till thy anger turns aside, if thou wouldst fix a limit for my time there, and then remember me!
Thou wouldst summon me, and I would answer thee; thou wouldst long to see the creature thou hadst made.8
If
thou wouldst have me well cooked, it is time to turn me on the other.»
«I did spake with a black dogge who sayd hee
wouldst poison cows, drive horses mad and sicken children for me if I wouldst let him have my soule, and I sayd aye, and after did give him sucke at my breast.»
So saith he, That if
thou wouldst with speed remove the bolt, He may the full recording then display.
If given a chance,
I wouldst let your organization and you down.