69. The paths of love are both long and short. For Love is clear, pure and bright, subtle yet simple, strong, diligent, brilliant, and abounding both in fresh thoughts and in old memories.
75. They asked the Fool: 'Where did thy love have its birth: in the secrets of the Beloved, or in the revelation of them?' He replied: 'Love in its fullness makes no such distinction as this; for secretly the Lover hides the secrets of his Beloved; secretly also he reveals them, and yet when they are revealed he keeps them secret still.'
76. The secrets of love, unrevealed, cause anguish and grief; revelation of love brings fervor and fear. And for this cause The Lover must ever be suffering.
86. The Lover was sorrowful, and wearied with overmuch thought. And therefore he begged his Beloved to send him a book, in which he might thereby be relieved. So the Beloved sent that book to the Lover, and his trials and griefs were doubled.
93. The Beloved planted in the heart of the Lover sighs and longings, virtue and love. The Lover watered the seed with his tears. In the body of the Lover the Beloved planted trials, tribulations and griefs. And the Lover tended his body with hope and devotion, consolation and patience.
96. The Beloved left the Lover, and the Lover sought Him in his thoughts, and inquired for Him of men in the language of love. The Lover found his Beloved, who was despised among the people, and he told the Beloved what great wrong was done to His name. The Beloved answered him, and said: 'Lo, I suffer these wrongs for want of fervent and devoted lovers.' The Lover wept, and his sorrow was increased, but the Beloved comforted him, by revealing to him His presence.
97. The light of the Beloved's abode came to illumine the Lover's dwelling, which was full of darkness, and to fill it with joy, with grief and with thoughts. And the Lover cast out all things from his dwelling, that the Beloved might be lodged there.
Reference~ Book of the Lover and the Beloved, Ramon Lull
75. They asked the Fool: 'Where did thy love have its birth: in the secrets of the Beloved, or in the revelation of them?' He replied: 'Love in its fullness makes no such distinction as this; for secretly the Lover hides the secrets of his Beloved; secretly also he reveals them, and yet when they are revealed he keeps them secret still.'
76. The secrets of love, unrevealed, cause anguish and grief; revelation of love brings fervor and fear. And for this cause The Lover must ever be suffering.
86. The Lover was sorrowful, and wearied with overmuch thought. And therefore he begged his Beloved to send him a book, in which he might thereby be relieved. So the Beloved sent that book to the Lover, and his trials and griefs were doubled.
93. The Beloved planted in the heart of the Lover sighs and longings, virtue and love. The Lover watered the seed with his tears. In the body of the Lover the Beloved planted trials, tribulations and griefs. And the Lover tended his body with hope and devotion, consolation and patience.
96. The Beloved left the Lover, and the Lover sought Him in his thoughts, and inquired for Him of men in the language of love. The Lover found his Beloved, who was despised among the people, and he told the Beloved what great wrong was done to His name. The Beloved answered him, and said: 'Lo, I suffer these wrongs for want of fervent and devoted lovers.' The Lover wept, and his sorrow was increased, but the Beloved comforted him, by revealing to him His presence.
97. The light of the Beloved's abode came to illumine the Lover's dwelling, which was full of darkness, and to fill it with joy, with grief and with thoughts. And the Lover cast out all things from his dwelling, that the Beloved might be lodged there.
Reference~ Book of the Lover and the Beloved, Ramon Lull
