Llibre d'Amic e
Amat and the Beloved
Ramon Llull
El Llibre d'Amic e Amat conté una
metàfora moral per a cada dia de l'any que,
segons Ramon Llull, és suficient per a tot
un dia de reflexió en les meravelles de
Déu. Així doncs, pitja en la dada d'avui per
a llegir la metàfora corresponent i
començar el dia amb bon peu!
Gener
Febrer
Març
Abril
Maig
Juny
Juliol
Agost
Setembre
Octubre
Novembre
Desembre
Exordi i Pròleg
En qual manera Blanquerna ermità féu lo
``Llibre d'Amic e Amat''.
Esdevenc-se, un dia, que l'ermità qui
estava en Roma, segons que damunt
havem dit, anà visitar los ermitans e els
recluses qui eren en Roma, e atrobà que en
alcunes coses havien moltes de
temptacions per ço cor no sabien haver la
manera qui es covenia a llur vida; e pensà
que anàs a Blanquerna ermità que li faés
un llibre qui fos de vida ermitana, e que
per aquell llibre pogués e sabés tenir en
Book of the Lover
Translated by Jordi Miralda Escudé
The Book of the Lover and the Beloved
offers you a moral metaphor for every day
of the year which, according to Ramon
Llull, is enough for a full day of reflection
on the wonders of God. So, click in today's
date to read the corresponding metaphor
and have a good start on your day!
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Exortation and
Preface
How eremite Blanquerna made the ``Book
of the Lover and the Beloved''.
It happened, one day, that the eremite who
was going through Rome, referred to
earlier, visited the eremites who were in
Rome, and found that they were having
many temptations on certain things, since
they did not know how to observe the
behavior that was proper of their lives; and
he thought of asking the eremite
Blanquerna to write a book about the life of
the eremite, so that through that book the

contemplació, devoció, los altres ermitans.
Estant un dia Blanquerna en oració aquell
ermità venc a la cel·la de Blanquerna e
pregà'l del llibre damunt dit. Molt cogità
Blanquerna en qual manera faria lo llibre
ni de qual matèria.
Estant Blanquerna en aquest pensament,
en volentat li venc que es donàs fortment a
adorar e contemplar Déu, per tal que en
l'oració Déus li demostràs la manera e la
matèria de què ell faés lo llibre. Dementre
que Blanquerna plorava e adorava, e en la
sobirana estremitat de ses forces havia
pujada Déus sa ànima, qui el contemplava,
Blanquerna se sentí eixit de manera, per la
gran frevor e devoció en què era, e cogità
que força d'amor no segueix manera com
l'amic ama molt fortment son amat. On per
açò Blanquerna fo en volentat que faés
Llibre d'Amic e Amat , lo qual amic fos
feel e devot crestià, e l'amat fos Déu.
Dementre considerava en esta manera
Blanquerna, ell remembrà com una
vegada, com era apostoli, li recomptà un
sarraí que los sarraïns han alcuns hòmens
religiosos, e, enfre los altres e aquells qui
són més preats enfre ells, són unes gents
qui han nom ``sufies'',e aquells han
paraules d'amor e exemplis abreujats e qui
donen a home gran devoció; e són paraules
qui han mester esposició, e per l'esposició
puja l'enteniment més a ensús, per lo qual
pujament muntiplica e puja la volentat en
devoció. On, com Blanquerna hac haüda
aquesta consideració, ell proposà a fer lo
llibre segons la manera damunt dita, e dix
a l'ermità que se'n tornàs a Roma, e que en
breu de temps li trametria, per lo diaca, lo
Llibre d'Amic e Amat , per lo qual poria
muntiplicar frevor e devoció en los
ermitans, los quals volia enamorar de Déu.
Del Llibre d'Amic e Amat. Del pròleg.
other eremites could know and were able to
be in contemplation and devotion. While
Blanquerna was in prayer one day, that
eremite came to Blanquerna's cell and he
made this request about the book.
Blanquerna thought hard of the way to
make the book, and what subject it would
be on.
As Blanquerna was musing in this thought,
he felt the will to give himself to the
adoration and comtemplation of God, so
that while praying, God would show him
the way to make his book and the subject it
should be on. While Blanquerna was crying
and adoring, and God had risen his soul,
who was contemplating him, to the sublime
extreme of his strength, Blanquerna felt
himself being elevated above form, through
the great fervor and devotion he was in, and
he thought that the strength of love does not
follow the way the lover loves his beloved
most intensely. So then, Blanquerna was
willing to make the Book of the Lover and
the Beloved , where the Lover would be the
faithful and devoted Christian, and the
beloved would be God.
While Blanquerna was deliberating in this
way, he remembered that once, when he
was an apostle, he was told by a Moor that
the Moors have some religious men, and
among the others and those who are most
appreciated among them, there are the
people called ``suffies'', who have words of
love and brief examples which give great
devotion to men; and they are words which
need to be professed, and through their
explanation understanding rises to a higher
state, and through this rise the will of
devotion can grow and multiply. Whereby,
when Blanquerna had had this
consideration, he proposed to make the
book in the aforementioned way, and he
told the eremite to go back to Rome, and
that he would briefly send to him, through
the deacon, the Book of the Lover and the
Beloved , by which he could multiply
fervor and devotion among the eremites,
who he wanted to fall in love with God.
On the Book of the Lover and the Beloved.
On the preface.
 Blanquerna was in prayer and he reflected
Blanquerna estava en oració e considerava
on the way he contemplated God and his
la manera segons la qual contemplava Déu
virtues; and when he had finished his
e ses virtuts; e con havia finida sa oració,
prayer, he wrote about what he had
escrivia ço en què havia contemplat Déu.
contemplated God in. He did this every
E açò faïa tots jorns; e mudava en sa
day; and he put new ideas in his prayer in
oració novelles raons, per tal que de
order to compose in many diverse ways the
diverses maneres i de moltes componés lo
Book of the Lover and the Beloved , and
Llibre d'Amic e Amat, e que aquelles
that those compositions were brief, so that
maneres fossen breus, e que en breu temps
the soul could experience many of them in
l'ànima ne pogués moltes decórrer.
a short time.
And, in God's blessing, Blanquerna started
E, en la benedicció de Déu, Blanquerna
his book, and he divided it into as many
començà son llibre, lo qual departí en
verses as days there are in a year. And each
aitals verses com ha dies en l'any. E cascú
verse is enough for a whole day of
vers basta a tot un dia a contemplar Déu,
contemplating God, according to the Art of
segons l'Art del Llibre de contemplació.
the Book of contemplation .

Comencen les The Moral

Metàfores Morals Metaphors start
1. The lover asked his beloved if there was
1. Demanà l'amic a son amat si havia en ell
anything left in him that was yet to be
nulla cosa romasa a amar; e l'amat respòs
loved; and his beloved replied that
que ço per què l'amor de l'amic podia
whatever could make his love stronger was
muntiplicar, era a amar.
to be loved.
2. The path the lover must walk to search
2. Les carreres per les quals l'amic encerca
for his beloved is long and dangerous,
son amat són llongues, perilloses, poblades
replete with thoughts and deliberation, with
de consideracions, de sospirs e de plors, e
anguished moans and cries, and enlightened
enluminades d'amors.
with love.
3. Ajustaren-se molts amadors a amar un 3. A multitude of lovers gathered to
amat qui els abundava tots d'amors; e worship one beloved, who filled all of them
cascú havia per cabal son amat e sos with love; and everyone cared for his
pensaments agradables, per los quals beloved and his enjoyable thoughts, for
sentien plaents tribulacions. which they felt pleasant wonders.
4. Plorava l'amic e deia:
4. The lover wept and said:
- �Tro a quant de temps cessaran tenebres
- How longer till darkness ceases in the
en lo món, per ço que cessen les carreres
world, so that evil deeds will cease? And
infernals? Ni l'aigua, qui ha en costuma
how longer for the water, which
que decórrega a enjús, �quan serà l'hora
customarily moves downward, to have the
que haja natura de pujar a ensús? Ni els
nature to move upward? And how longer
innocents, �quan seran més que els for the innocent to be more than the guilty?
colpables?
5. - Ah! When will the lover rejoice, when
5. - Ah! Quan se gaubarà l'amic que muira
he dies for his beloved? And the beloved,
per son amat? Ni l'amat, quan veurà son
when will he see his lover languish for his
amic llanguir per sa amor?
love?

6. Dix l'amic a l'amat:
- Tu qui umples lo sol de resplendor,
umple mon cor d'amor.
Respòs l'amat:
- Sens compliment d'amor no foren tos ulls
en plor, ni tu vengut en est lloc veer ton
amador.
7. Temptà l'amat son amic si amava
perfectament; e demanà-li de què era la
diferència qui és enfre presència e
absència d'amat. Respòs l'amic:
- D'innorància e oblidament, coneixença e
remembrament.
8. Demanà l'amat a l'amic:
- �Has membrança de nulla cosa que
t'haja guardonat, per ço cor me vols amar?
Respòs:
- Hoc, per ço cor enfre los treballs e els
plaers que em dones, no en faç diferència.
9. - Digues, amic - dix l'amat - : �hauràs
paciència si et doble tes llangors?
- Hoc, ab què em dobles mes amors.
10. Dix l'amat a l'amic:
- Saps, encara, què és amor?.
Respòs:
- Si no sabés què és amor, �sabera què és
treball, tristícia, e dolor?
11. Digueren a l'amic:
- �Per què no respons a ton amat qui
t'apella?
Respòs:
- Ja m'aventur a greus perills per ço que a
ell pervenga, e ja li parle desirant ses
honors.
12. - Amic foll: �per què destruus ta
persona e despens tos diners, e lleixes los
delits d'aquest món e vas menyspreat enfre
les gents?
Respòs:
- Per honrar los honraments de mon amat,
qui per més hòmens és desamat, deshonrat,
que honrat e amat.
13. - Digues, foll per amor: �e qual cosa
és pus vesible, o l'amat en l'amic, o l'amic
en l'amat?
6. The lover said to his beloved:
- You, who fillst the Sun with glare, fill my
heart with love.
To which the beloved answered:
- Without fulfilment of love your eyes
would not be in tears, neither would you
have come to this place to see your loved
one.
7. The beloved tempted his lover, and
inquired if he loved perfectly; and he asked
what the difference was between presence
and absence of the beloved. Replied the
lover:
- From ignorance and forgetfulness, to
knowledge and remembrance.
8. The beloved asked his lover:
- Can you remember anything that I gave
you, for which you love me?
And he replied:
- Yes, since among the sorrows and
pleasures you give me, I make no
difference.
9. - Tell me, my lover - said the beloved - :
will you have patience if I double your
misery?
- Yes, if you just double my love.
10. The beloved said to the lover:
- Do you know, yet, what love is?
Replied the lover,
- If I did not know what love is, would I
know what hardship, sadness and pain are?
11. The lover was asked:
- Why are you not answering your beloved,
who is calling you?
He answered:
- I am already facing grave danger to attain
him, and I surely speak to him wishing for
his honors.
12. - Crazy lover: why do you destroy
yourself and give your money away, and
ignore the pleasures of this world and go
disdained among the people?
He answered:
- To honor the principles of my beloved,
who by more people is despised and
dishonored, than honored and loved.
13. - Tell me, crazy for love: Who is the
most visible, the beloved in the lover, or the
lover in the beloved?
Respòs, e dix que l'amat és vist per amors, And he said the beloved is seen in love, and
e l'amic per sospirs, e per plors, e treballs e the lover is seen in sorrow, in weeping, in
dolors. hardship and pain.
14. The lover was seeking someone who
14. Encercava l'amic qui recomptàs a son
would tell his beloved how he bore grave
amat com ell per sa amor sostenia greus
hardship and died for his love; and he met
treballs e moria; e atrobà son amat qui
his beloved who was reading in a book
lligia en un llibre on eren escrites totes les
where all the grief and all the delights
llangors que amor li donaria per son amat,
which his love would give him for his
e tots los grats que n'havia.
beloved were written.
15. Our Lady brought her Son to the lover,
15. Portà nostra Dona son Fill a l'amic per
so he could kiss his foot, and so that he
ço que li besàs son peu, e que escrivís en
would write in his book the virtues of our
son llibre les virtuts de nostra Dona.
Lady.
16. - Digues, aucell qui cantes: �est-te
mès en guarda de mon amat per ço que et 16. - Tell me, bird who sings: have you
defena de desamor, e que muntiplic en tu come to my beloved so that he defends you
amor? from hatred, and he multiplies love in you?
Respòs l'aucell: Replied the bird:
- �E qui em fa cantar, mas tan solament - And who makes me sing, but the Lord of
lo Senyor d'amor, qui es té a deshonor love, to whom hatred is dishonor?
desamor?
17. Enfre amor e esperança ha fet hostal 17. Love has settled between fear and
amor, on viu de pensaments e mor per hopefulness, living with thoughts and dying
oblidaments com los fonaments són sobre by oblivion as the foundations are over the
los delits d'aquest món. delights of this world.
18. Qüestió fo enfre los ulls e la memòria 18. A dispute occurred between the eyes
de l'amic, cor los ulls deien que mellor and the memory of the lover, for the eyes
cosa és veer l'amat que membrar-lo, e la said it was better to see the beloved than to
memòria dix que per lo remembrament remember him, and the memory said that
puja l'aigua als ulls e el cor s'enflama through remembrance the water rises to the
d'amor. eyes and the heart swells with love.
19. Demanà l'amic a l'enteniment e a la 19. The lover asked intelligence and will
volentat qual era pus prop a son amat; e which one was closest to his beloved; and
corregueren ambdós, e fo ans l'enteniment they both ran, and intelligence was to his
a son amat que la volentat. beloved before will.
20. Into discord came the lover and the
20. Contrastaren-se l'amic e l'amat; e viu-
beloved; and it was seen by another lover,
ho un altre amic, qui plorà tan llongament
and he wept for so long until he had
tro hac feta pau e concordança enfre l'amat
brought into peace and agreement the
e l'amic.
beloved and the lover.
21. Sospirs e plors vengren a jutjament a 21. Sighs and tears came to the judgement
l'amat e demanaren-li per lo qual se sentia of the beloved and asked him which one he
amat pus fortment. Jutjà l'amat que els felt most strongly loved by. The beloved
sospirs són pus prop a amor, e los plors als judged that sighs are closer to love, and
ulls. tears closer to the eyes.
22. Venc l'amic beure a la font on hom qui 22. The lover came to drink from the
no ama s'enamora com beu en la font, e fountain that arouses love in those who do
doblaren sos llanguiments. E venc l'amat not love, and his sorrows were doubled.
 And then the beloved came to drink from
beure a la font per ço que sobredoblement
the fountain to double again the love of his
doblàs a son amic ses amors, en lmos quals
lover, in which he would double his
li doblàs llangors.
sorrows.
23. The lover fell sick, and the beloved
23. Malalte fo l'amic, e pensava'n l'amat:
looked after him: with worthiness he fed
de mèrit lo peixia, e ab amor l'abeurava, e
him, and with love he gave him drink, with
paciència lo colgava, d'humilitat lo vestia,
patience he abounded him, of humbleness
ab veritat lo metjava.
he dressed him, with truth he cured him.
24. Demanaren a l'amic on era son amat. 24. The lover was asked where his beloved
Respòs: was. He replied:
- Ve'l-vos en una casa pus noble que totes - See him in a house that is more noble than
les altres nobilitats creades; e ve'l-vos en any other created nobilities; and see him in
mes amors, e en mos llanguiments e en my acts of love, and in my suffering and in
mos plors. my weepings.
25. Digueren a l'amic: 25. They said to the lover:
- On vas? - Where do you go?
- Venc de mon amat. - I come from my beloved.
- On véns? - Where do you come to?
- Vaig a mon amat. - I go to my beloved.
- Quan tornaràs? - When will you be back?
- Estaré ab mon amat. - I will be with my beloved.
- Quant estaràs ab ton amat? - How long will you be with your beloved
- Aitant de temps con seran en ell los meus for?
pensaments. - As long as my thoughts will be with him.
26. The birds were singing the dawn, and
26. Cantaven los aucells l'alba, e despertà's
the lover, who is the dawn, awakened; and
l'amic, qui és l'alba; e los aucells feniren
the birds ended their song, and the lover
llur cant, e l'amic morí per l'amat en l'alba.
died for his beloved in the dawn.
27. The bird was singing in the garden of
27. Cantava l'aucell en lo verger de l'amat. the beloved, when the lover came and said
Venc l'amic, qui dix a l'aucell: to the bird:
- Si no ens entenem per llenguatge, - If we don't understand each other by
entenam-nos per amor; cor en lo teu cant language, let us communicate with love; for
se representa a mos ulls mon amat. to my eyes, my beloved is represented in
your song.
28. The lover, who had worked hard to
28. Hac son l'amic, qui molt havia treballat
search for his beloved, felt sleep coming to
en cercar son amat; e hac paor que no
him; and he feared he might forget his
oblidàs son amat. E plorà, per ço que no
beloved. And he cried, so as not to fall
s'adormís, ni son amat no fos absent a son
asleep, and so that his beloved would not
remembrament.
be absent to his consciousness.
29. Encontraren-se l'amic e l'amat, e dix 29. The lover met his beloved, and he said:
l'amic: - You need not speak to me; but make a
- No cal que em parles; mas fé'm senyal ab signal with your eyes, which are words to
tos ulls, qui són paraules a mon cor, con te my heart, when I give you what you ask
do ço que demanes. me.
30. Desobeí l'amic son amat, e plorà 30. The lover disobeyed his beloved, and
l'amic. E l'amat venc morir en la gonella he wept. And the beloved came to die in the
de son amic, per ço que l'amic recobràs ço
que havia perdut; e donà-li major do que
cell que perdut havia.
31. L'amat enamora l'amic, e no el plany
de son llanguiment, per ço que pus
fortment sia amat e en lo major
llanguiment atrop l'amic plaer e
reveniment.
32. Dix l'amic:
- Turmenten-me los secrets de mon amat,
com les mies obres los revelen, e cor la
mia boca los té secrets e no els descobre
les gents.
33. Les condicions d'amor són que l'amic
sia sofirent, pacient, humil, temorós,
diligent, confiant, e que s'aventur a grans
perills a honrar son amat. E les condicions
de l'amat són que sia vertader, liberal,
piadós, just, a son amic.
34. Encercava l'amic devoció en los munts
e en los plans, per veer si era servit son
amat; e atrobà'n defalliment en cascú
d'aquests llocs. E per açò cavà en la terra,
si hi atrobaria lo compliment, pus que per
terra devoció ha defalliment.
35. - Digues, aucell que cantes d'amor al
meu amat: �Per què em turmenta ab
amor, qui m'ha pres a ésser son servidor?
Respòs l'aucell:
- Si no sostenies treballs per amor, �ab
què amaries ton amat?
36. Consirós anava l'amic en les carreres
de son amat, e encepegà, e caec enfre
espines, les quals li foren semblants que
fossen flors, e que son llit fos d'amors.
37. Demanaren a l'amic si camiaria per
altre son amat. Respòs, e dix:
- �E qual altre és mellor ni pus noble que
sobiran bé, eternal, infinit en granea,
poder, saviea, amor, perfecció?
38. Cantava e plorava l'amic cants de son
amat, e deia que pus ivaçosa cosa és amor
en coratge d'amador, que llamp en
resplendor, ni tro en oïment; e pus viva és
aigua en plor que en ondes de mar; e pus
prop és sospir a amor que neu a blancor.
gown of his lover, to let him recover what
he had lost; and he gave him yet a greater
gift than the one he had lost.
31. The beloved brings love to the lover,
and does not pity him for his sorrows,
whence he may more strongly be loved
and, in the greatest sorrow, find pleasure
and renewal.
32. Said the lover:
- I am tormented by the secrets of my
beloved, for they are revealed in my deeds,
but they are kept secret in my mouth and
they are not unraveled by the people.
33. The conditions for love are that the
lover be long-suffering, patient, humble,
fearful, diligent, trustful, and ready to
confront great dangers to honor his
beloved. And the conditions for the beloved
are that he be truthful, generous,
compassionate, and just to his lover.
34. The lover was searching for devoutness
in the mountains and the plains, to see if his
beloved was being served; but he found
only failure in every place. So he dug into
the earth to see if he could find compliance,
since by the earth devoutness fails.
35. - Tell me, bird who sings love to my
beloved: Why does he torment me with
love, when he has taken me as his servant?
The bird replied:
- If you endured no hardship for your love,
what would you love your beloved with?
36. Deep in thought, the lover mused on the
paths to his beloved, when he stumbled and
fell among thorns, and the thorns seemed
like flowers to him, and his bed seemed to
be made of love.
37. The lover was asked if he would change
his beloved for someone else. He answered
saying:
And who could be better and more noble
than supreme good, eternal, infinite in
greatness, power, wisdom, love, perfection?
38. The lover was singing and weeping
songs to his beloved, and he said that love
is swifter in the courage of the lover than
lightning is in glare, and thunder is in
sound; and more lively is water in tears
than in the waves of the sea; and closer to
 love are sighs than whiteness is to snow.
39. The lover was asked why his beloved is
39. Demanaren a l'amic per què era son
glorious. He answered:
amat gloriós. Respòs:
- Because he is glory.
- Per ço cor és glòria.
He was asked why he is powerful. He
Digueren-li per què era poderós. Respòs:
answered:
- Per ço cor és poder.
- Because he is power.
Ni per què és savi:
And why he is learned:
- Per ço cor és saviea.
- Because he is learning.
Ni per què és amable:
And why he is kind:
- Per ço cor és amor.
- Because he is love.
40. The lover woke up in the morning, and
40. Llevà's matí l'amic, e anava cercant
he went searching for his beloved; and he
son amat; e atrobà gents qui anaven per la
ran across people who were walking along
via, e demanà si havien vist son amat.
the way, and he asked them if they had seen
Respongueren-li dient quan fo aquella hora
his beloved. Then they asked him when it
que son amat fo absent a sos ulls mentals.
was that his beloved was absent to his eyes
Respòs l'amic, e dix:
of the mind. The lover replied:
- Anc, pus hac vist mon amat en mos
- Never, for I have seen my beloved in my
pensaments, no fo absent a mos ulls
thoughts, so he was not absent to my
corporals, cor totes coses vesibles me
corporal eyes, since to me everything
representen mon amat.
visible represents my beloved.
41. Ab ulls de pensaments, llanguiments,
41. With eyes of thoughts, pangs, sighs and
de sospirs e de plors, esguardava l'amic
tears, the lover gazed at his beloved; and
son amat; e ab ulls de gràcia, justícia,
with eyes of grace, justice, piety, mercy,
pietat, misericòrdia, liberalitat, l'amat
generosity, the beloved gazed at his lover.
esguardava son amic. E l'aucell cantava lo
And the bird sang to this pleasant gaze.
plaent esguardament damunt dit.
42. Les claus de les portes d'amor són 42. The keys to the doors of love are gilded
daurades de consirers, sospirs e plors; e el with meditation, moans and tears; and the
cordó de les claus és de consciència, string of the keys is made of conscience,
contrició, devoció, satisfació; e el porter és contriction, devotion, satisfaction; and the
de justícia, misericòrdia. doorman is of justice, mercy.
43. The lover knocked at the door of his
43. Tocava l'amic a la porta de son amat ab beloved with a stroke of love, hope. The
colp d'amor, esperança. Oïa l'amat lo colp beloved heard the knock from his lover
de son amic ab humilitat, pietat, paciència, with humility, compassion, patience,
caritat. Obriren les portes deïtat e charity. The doors were opened by deity
humanitat, e entrava l'amic veer son amat. and humanity, and the lover came in to see
his beloved.
44. Property and community came together,
44. Propietat e comunitat s'encontraren, e
and they mixed with each other, to bring
es mesclaren, per ço que fos amistat e
friendship and kindness among the lover
benvolença enfre l'amic e l'amat.
and the beloved.
45. Dos són los focs que escalfen l'amor de 45. Two fires lighten the love of the lover:
l'amic: la un és bastit de desigs, plaers, e one is built of wishes, pleasures,
cogitacions; l'altre és compost de temor, deliberations; the other is made out of fear,
llanguiment, e de llàgremes e de plors. suffering, of tears and weepings.
46. Desirà l'amic soliditat, e anà estar tot 46. The lover wished for solitude, and he
 went to be alone to have the company of
sol per ço que hagués companyia de son
his beloved, with whom he was alone
amat, ab lo qual està tot sol enfre les gents.
among the people.
47. Estava l'amic tot sol, sots l'ombra d'un 47. The lover was alone, in the shadow of a
bell arbre. Passaren hòmens per aquell fine tree. People went by that place, and
lloc, e demanaren-li per què estava sol. E asked him why he was alone. And the lover
l'amic respòs que sol fo com los hac vists e replied that he was alone once he had seen
oïts, e que d'abans era en companyia de and heard them, but he had been in the
son amat. company of his beloved before.
48. Ab senyals d'amor se parlaven l'amic e 48. With signals of love the lover and the
l'amat; e ab temor, pensaments, llàgremes beloved spoke, and with fear, thoughts,
e plors recomptava l'amic a l'amat sos tears and weepings the lover told his
llanguiments. beloved of his sorrows.
49. Dubtà l'amic que son amat no li fallís a 49. The lover doubted whether his beloved
ses majors necessitats. Desenamorà l'amat would fail him in his greatest need. The
son amic. Hac contrició, penediment, lover had contrition, repentance in his
l'amic en son cor; e l'amat reté al cor de heart; and the beloved rendered hope and
l'amic esperança, caritat; e als ulls charity to the lover's heart, and tears and
llàgremes e plors, per ço que retornàs amor weepings to his eyes, to let love return to
en l'amic. the lover.
50. The same thing is proximity and
50. Eguals coses son propinqüitat e
remoteness between the lover and the
llunyedat enfre l'amic e l'amat; cor enaixí
beloved; for just like in mixing water and
com mesclament d'aigua e de vi, se
wine, the love of the lover and the beloved
mesclen les amors de l'amic e l'amat;
mix together; just like with heat and glare,
enaixí con calor e llugor, s'encadenen llurs
their love is linked; and just like essence
amors; e enaixí com essència e ésser, se
and being, they suit themselves and come
convenen e s'acosten.
close to each other.
51. The lover said to his beloved:
51. Dix l'amic a son amat:
- My healing and my suffering are in you;
- En tu és mon sanament e mon
and where you give me the best health, my
llanguiment; e on pus fortment me sanes,
pain grows the most, and where you give
pus creix mon llanguiment, e on pus me
me the most suffering, your healing is
llangueixs, major sanitat me dónes.
greatest.
Respòs l'amat:
Replied the beloved:
- La tua amor és segell e emprenta on
- Your love is the stamp and seal where you
mostres los meus honraments a les gents.
show my glory to the people.
52. Veia's pendre l'amic, e lligar, e ferir e 52. The lover was being abducted and
auciure per amor de son amat. Demanaren- chained, wounded, and slain for the love to
li aquells qui el turmentaven: his beloved. Those who tormented him
- On és ton amat? asked:
Respòs: - Where is your beloved?
- Ve'l-vos en lo muntiplicament de mes He replied:
amors e en la sustentació que em fa de mos - See him in my growing love and in the
turments. sustainment of my suffering he provides.
53. Dix l'amic a l'amat: 53. The lover said to the beloved:
- Anc no fugí ni em partí de tu a amar, - I never fled from you, nor did I depart
depús que t'hac conegut; cor en tu, e per tu from loving you, ever since I knew you; for
e ab tu fui on que fos. in you, for you and with you, I was where I
 needed to be.
Respòs l'amat:
Replied the beloved:
- Ni jo, depús que tu m'haguist conegut e
- Neither did I forget you, ever since you
amat, no t'oblide, ni null temps no fiu
knew me and you loved me, nor was there
contra tu engan ni falliment.
ever deceit or desertion against you.
54. Anava l'amic per una ciutat com a foll, 54. The lover was going through a city like
cantant de son amat; e demanaren-li les a mad man, singing of his beloved; and
gents si havia perdut son seny. Respòs que people asked him if he had lost his senses.
son amat havia pres son voler, e que ell li He answered that his beloved had taken his
havia donat son enteniment; per açò era-li will, and he had given him his intelligence;
romàs tan solament lo remembrament, ab so only memory remained in him, which he
què remembrava son amat. remembered his beloved with.
55. The beloved said:
55. Dix l'amat:
- It is an act against love for the lover to be
- Miracle és contra amor, d'amic qui
asleep forgetting his beloved.
s'adorm oblidant son amat.
Answered the lover:
Respòs l'amic:
- And it is an act against love for the
- E miracle és contra amor si l'amat no
beloved not to wake the lover, since he has
desperta l'amic, pus que l'ha desirat.
desired him.
56. The heart of the lover rose to the
56. Pujà-se'n lo cor de l'amic en les altees
heights of the beloved, so as not to be
de l'amat, per ço que no fos embargat a
restrained to love in the abyss of this world.
amar en l'abís d'aquest món. E con fo a
And when he was with the beloved, he
l'amat, contemplà'l ab dolçor e plaer; e
gazed at him with sweetness and pleasure;
l'amat baixà'l a aquest món, per ço que el
then, the beloved descended him to this
contemplàs ab tribulacions e ab
world, so that he could gaze at him in
llanguiments.
anxiety and pain.
57. The lover was asked:
57. Demanaren a l'amic:
- What is your wealth?
- Quals són tes riquees?
He answered:
Respòs:
- It is the poverty I sustain for my beloved.
- Les pobretats que sostenc per mon amat.
- And what gives you rest?
- E qual és ton repòs?
- The grief that love gives to me.
- Lo llanguiment que em dóna amor.
- And who is your doctor?
- E qui és ton metge?
- The trust that I have in my beloved.
- La confiança que he de mon amat.
- And who is your teacher?
- E qui és ton maestre?
He answered that his teacher was the
Respòs, e dix que les significances que les
meanings of his beloved given by all
creatures donen de son amat.
creatures.
58. The bird was singing in a bunch of
58. Cantava l'aucell en un ram de fulles e
leaves and flowers, and the wind stirred the
de flors, e lo vent menava les fulles e
leaves and brought the smell from the
aportava odor de les flors. Demanava
flowers. The lover asked the bird w:at the
l'amic a l'aucell què significava lo
motion of the leaves and the smell of the
moviment de les fulles ni l'odor de les
flowers meant. He answered:
flors. Respòs:
- The leaves, in their movement, mean
- Les fulles signifiquen en llur moviment,
obedience; and the smell means suffering
obediència; e l'odor, sufre e malanança.
and misfortune.
59. Anava l'amic desirant son amat, e 59. The lover was desiring his beloved, and
 he ran into two friends who greeted each
encontrà's ab dos amics qui ab amors e ab
other with love and tears, and they
plors se saludaren, e s'abraçaren e es
embraced and kissed each other. The lover
besaren. Esmortí's l'amic: tan fortment li
shivered: so strongly was he reminded of
remembraren los dos amics son amat.
his beloved by the two friends.
60. The lover was musing about death, and
60. Cogità l'amic en la mort, e hac paor tro he feared it until he remembered his
que remembrà son amat. E cridà a les beloved. And he called to the people
gents qui li estaven davant: around him:
- Ah, senyors! Amats per ço que mort ni - Ah, gentlemen! Rejoice in honoring my
perills no temats, a honrar mon amat. beloved, so that you fear neither danger nor
death.
61. Demanaren a l'amic on començaren 61. They asked the lover where his love
primerament ses amors. Respòs que en les had started first. He answered it started in
noblees de son amat; e que d'aquell the good works of his beloved; and from
començament s'enclinarien a amar si that beginning, they would be led to love
mateix e son proïsme, e en desamar engan themselves and their kin, and to despise
e falliment. deception and failure.
62. - Digues, foll: si et desamava ton amat, 62. - Tell me, crazy man: what would you
què faries? do if your beloved were to loath you?
Respòs, e dix que amaria per ço que no He answered that he would love so that he
morís, con sia cosa que desamor sia mort, would not die, since loathing is death, and
e amor sia vida. love is life.
63. Demanaren a l'amic quina cosa era 63. The lover was asked what perseverance
perseverança. Dix que perseverança era is about. He said perseverance is about
benanança e malanança en amic well-being and misfortune in the lover who
perseverant en amar, honrar, servir son perseveres in loving, honoring, and serving
amat en fortitudo, paciència, esperança. his beloved with fortitude, patience, hope.
64. Dix l'amic a son amat que el pagàs del 64. The lover asked his beloved to pay him
temps en què l'havia servit. Comptà l'amat for the time he had served him. The
los pensaments, e els desigs, e els plors, e beloved counted the thoughts, the wishes,
els perills e els treballs que havia the weepings, the dangers and the trouble
sostenguts son amic per sa amor; e afegí his lover had sustained for his love; and he
en aquell compte, eternal benauirança, e added to that account eternal blessing, and
donà si mateix en paga a son amic. he gave himself in payment to his lover.
65. Demanaren a l'amic qual cosa era 65. The lover was asked what well-being
benanança. Respòs que malanança was about. He answered that it was
sostenguda per amor. hardship endured through love.
66. - Digues, foll: quina cosa és
66. - Tell me, crazy one, what is hardship?
malanança?
- It is remembrance of the dishonor that is
- Membrança de les deshonors qui són
done against my beloved, who is worthy of
fetes a mon amat, digne de tots
all honor.
honraments.
67. Remirava l'amic un lloc en lo qual 67. Staring back at a place where he had
havia vist son amat, e deia: seen his beloved, the lover said:
- Ah, lloc qui em representes les belles - Ah, place which symbolizes to me the
costumes de mon amat! Diràs a mon amat beatiful customs of my beloved! You will
que jo sostenc, per son amor, treball e tell my beloved that I am enduring trouble
malanança. and hardship for his love.
Respòs lo lloc:
- Con en mi era ton amat, soferia per ta
amor major treball e malanança que tots
los altres treballs ni les altres malanances
que amor pot donar a sos servidors.
68. Deia l'amic a son amat:
- Tu est tot, e per tot, e en tot, e ab tot. Tu
vull tot, per ço que haja e sia tot mi.
Respòs l'amat:
- No em pots haver tot sens que tu no sies
de mi.
E dix l'amic:
- Hages-me tot, e jo tu tot.
Respòs l'amat:
- Què haurà ton fill, ton frare e ton pare?
Dix l'amic:
- Tu est tal tot, que pots abundar a ésser tot
de cascú qui es dóna a tu tot.
69. Estec e perllongà l'amic sos
pensaments en la granea e en la
durabletatde son amat, e no hi atrobà
començament, ni mijà ni fi. E dix l'amat:
- Què mesures, foll?
Respòs l'amic:
- Mesur menor ab major, e defalliment ab
compliment, e començament ab infinitat,
eternitat, per ço que humilitat, paciència,
caritat, esperança, ne sien pus fortment en
ma membrança.
70. Les vies d'amor són llongues e breus
per ço cor amor és clara, pura, nèdea, vera,
subtil, simple, forts, diligent, llugorosa,
abundosa de novells pensaments e d'antics
remembraments.
71. Demanaren a l'amic quals són los fruits
d'amor. Respòs:
- Plaers, cogitaments, desigs, sospirs,
ànsies, treballs, perills, turments,
llanguiments. Sens aitals fruits no es lleixa
amor tocar a sos servidors.
72. Estaven moltes gents denant l'amic, qui
es clamava de son amat com no creixia ses
amors; e clamava's d'amor com li donava
Answered the place:
- When the beloved was in me, he suffered
greater trouble and hardship than all the
trouble and hardship that love could give to
his servants.
68. The lover was saying to his beloved:
- You are everything, you are for
everything, you are in everything, you are
with everything. I want everything of you,
so that I have everything and everything is
in me.
Answered the beloved:
- You cannot have all of me, without being
of me.
And the lover said:
- Have me totally, and let me have you
whole.
Replied the beloved:
- What will your son have, and your
brother, and your father?
Said the lover:
- You are such totality, that you can afford
being everything to all who totally give
themselves to you.
69. The lover extended and lengthened his
thoughts on the greatness and the durability
of his beloved, and he did not find in him
beginning, middle or ending. And the
beloved said:
- What are you measuring, crazy man?
Replied the lover:
- I am measuring inferior with superior, and
failure with compliance, and beginning
with infinity, eternity, so that humility,
patience, charity and hope may more
intensely be in my awareness.
70. The paths of love are long and brief,
because love is clear, pure, clean, truthful,
subtle, simple, strong, diligent, brilliant,
plentiful with new thoughts and ancient
recollections.
71. The lover was asked what the fruits of
love are. He answered:
- Pleasure, meditation, wishes, sighs,
anxiety, difficulties, danger, pain, sorrow.
Without these fruits love cannot be touched
by his servants.
72. Many people were with the lover, who
was complaining of his beloved that he did
not make his love grow; and he complained

treballs ni dolors. Escusà's l'amat, dient
que los treballs e les dolors d'on acusava
amor, eren muntiplicaments d'amors.
73. - Digues, foll: com no parles? �Ni
què és ço en què estàs embarbesclat,
consirós?
Respòs:
- En les bellees de mon amat, e en lo
ressemblament de les benanances e de les
dolors que m'aduen e em donen amors.
74. - Digues, foll: �qual cosa fo enans: o
ton cor, o amor?
Respòs, e dix que en un temps foren son
cor e amor; cor si no ho fossen, lo cor no
fóra creat a amar, ni amor no fóra creada a
cogitar.
75. Demanaren al foll on començà enans
sa amor: o en los secrets de son amat, o en
revelar-los a les gents. Respòs, e dix que
amor no hi fa null departiment, com és en
son compliment; cor ab secret té l'amic
secret los secrets de son amat, e ab secret
los revela, e ab revelació los té secrets.
76. Secret d'amor sens revelació, dóna
passió e llanguiment; e revelar amor dóna
temor per frevor. E per açò l'amic en totes
maneres ha llanguiment.
77. Apellà amor sos amadors, e dix-los
que li demanaren los dons que li eren pus
desirables e pus plaents. E ells demanaren
a amor que els vestits e els ornàs de sos
afaiçonaments, per ço que fossen a l'amat
pus agradables.
78. Cridà l'amic en alt a les gents, e dix
que amor los manava que amassen en
anant e en seent, e en vetlant e en dorment,
e en parlant e en callant, e en comprant e
en venent, e en plorant e en rient, e en
plaer e en llanguiment, e en guanyant e en
perdent; e en qualsque coses faessen, en
totes amassen, cor d'amor n'havien
manament.
79. - Digues foll: �quan venc en tu amor?
Respòs:
about love giving him hardship and pain.
The beloved excused himself, saying that
the hardship and pain he accused love of
were the growth of his love.
73. - Tell me, crazy: why do you not speak?
And what is this thing you are brooding
over, so thoughtful?
He answered:
- On the beauties of my beloved, and on the
resemblance of the good fortune and the
pain which bring to me and give me love.
74. - Tell me, crazy: which was earlier,
your heart, or love?
He answered, and said his heart and love
were at the same time; for had they not
been, the heart would not have been created
to love, nor would love have been created
to cogitate.
75. They asked the crazy man where his
love had started first: in the secrets of his
beloved, or in revealing them to the people.
He answered that love makes no difference
between the two, as long as it is in
compliance, since secretly, the lover keeps
the secrets of his beloved secret, and in
secret he reveals them, and in revelation he
keeps them secret.
76. Secret of love without revelation brings
passion and sadness; and to reveal love
brings fear through fervor. And this is why
the lover is in affliction all the time.
77. Love called his lovers, and told them to
ask for those gifts that were most desirable
and pleasant to them. And they said these
gifts were the robes, and asked love to
adorn them with their ornaments to make
them more likeable to the beloved.
78. The lover spoke to the people, and said
that love commanded them to love while
walking and while sitting, awake or sleep,
in talking and in quietness, in buying and in
selling, in crying and in laughing, in
pleasure and in pain, in winning and in
losing; and in whatever they were doing
they were to love, for that was love's
commandment.
79. - Tell me, crazy, when did love come to
you?
He replied:
- En aquell temps que m'enriquí, e em
poblà mon cor de pensaments, desirers,
sospirs, llanguiments, e abundà mos ulls
de llàgremes e de plors.
- Què t'aportà amor?
- Belles faiçons, honraments, e valors de
mon amat.
- En què vengren?
- En membrança e en enteniment.
- Ab què els reebist?
- Ab caritat, esperança.
- Ab què els guardes?
- Ab justícia, prudència, fortitudo,
temprança.
80. Cantava l'amat e deia que poc sabia
l'amic d'amor si havia vergonya de lloar
son amat, ni si el temia honrar en aquells
llocs on pus fortment és deshonrat; e poc
sap d'amar qui s'enuja de malanança; ni
qui es desespera de son amat, no fa
concordança d'amor, esperança.
81. Tramès lletres l'amic a son amat, en les
quals li dix si havia altre amador qui li
ajudàs a portar e a soferir los greus afanys
que sosté per sa amor. E l'amat rescrisc a
son amic dient que no ha ab què faça vers
ell injúria ni falliment.
82. Demanaren a l'amat, de l'amor de son 82. The beloved was asked about the love
amic. Respòs que l'amor de son amic és
mesclament de plaer e malanança, e de
temor, ardiment.
83. Demanaren a l'amic, de l'amor de
l'amat. Respòs que l'amor de son amat és
influència d'infinida bonea, eternitat,
poder, saviea, caritat, perfecció; la qual
influència ha l'amat a l'amic.
84. - Digues, foll: quina cosa és meravella?
Respòs:
- Amar més les coses absents que les
presents; e amar més les coses invisibles
incorruptibles, que les vesibles
corruptibles.
85. Encercava l'amic son amat, e atrobà un 85. The lover was searching for his
home qui moria sens amor; e dix que gran beloved, and he met a man who was dying
damnatge era d'home qui moria a nulla
- Love came to me at that time when I
became rich, and she stocked my heart with
thoughts, wishes, sighs, grief, and she filled
my eyes with tears and weepings.
- What did love bring to you?
- Beautiful images, honorings and values of
my beloved.
- What did they come through?
- Through remembrance and intelligence.
- What did you receive them with?
- With charity, with hope.
- What do you keep them with?
- With justice, caution, fortitude,
moderation.
80. The beloved was singing, and he said
the lover knew little of love if he was shy to
praise his beloved, or if he feared honoring
him in those places where he is most
strongly dishonored; and he who is
distressed by misfortune knows little of
loving; and he who despairs of his beloved
loses harmony with love and hopefulness.
81. The lover sent letters to his beloved,
where he asked if there was any another
lover who could help him bear and endure
the heavy burden he sustained for his love.
And the beloved wrote back, saying there
was nothing that he could offend or fail him
with.
of his lover. He replied that the love of his
lover is mixture of pleasure and affliction,
and of fear and audacity.
83. The lover was asked about the love of
his beloved. He replied that the love of his
beloved is influence of infinite goodness,
eternity, power, wisdom, charity,
perfection; and the beloved has this
influence on the lover.
84. - Tell me, crazy: what thing is marvel?
He answered:
- To better love that which is absent than
that which is present; and to better love the
invisible, incorruptible, than the visible and
corruptible.
without love; and he told what a great
 damnation it was for a man to die of any
mort sens amor. E per açò dix l'amic a
death without love. And so the lover said to
l'home qui moria:
the man who was dying:
- Digues: per què mors sens amor?
- Tell me, why do you die without love?
Respòs:
He answered:
- Per ço cor sens amor vivia.
- Because I was living without love.
86. The lover asked his beloved which one
86. Demanà l'amic a son amat qual cosa
was the greatest, love or the act of loving.
era major: o amor o amar. Respòs l'amat, e
The beloved replied and said that, in
dix que, en creatura, amor és l'arbre e amar
creatures, love is the tree and loving is the
és lo fruit, e els treballs e els llanguiments
fruit, and the hardship and sorrows are the
són les flors e les fulles; e en Déu, amor e
flowers and leaves; and in God, love and
amar són una cosa mateixa, sens negun
loving are one and the same thing, without
treball, llanguiment.
any hardship or sorrow.
87. Estava l'amic en llanguiments e en
87. The lover was in pain and sadness
tristícia per sobreabundància de
owing to the excess of his thoughts; and he
pensaments; e tramès precs a son amat que
pleaded to his beloved to send him a book
li trametés un llibre on fossen escrites ses
describing his ways, to give him some
faiçons, per ço que li donàs alcun remei.
solace. The beloved sent that book to his
L'amat tramès aquell llibre a son amic, e
lover, and the lover had his hardship and
doblaren a l'amic sos treballs e sos
his pain doubled.
llanguiments.
88. Malalte fo l'amic per amor, e entrà'l 88. The lover fell sick for love, and a
veer un metge qui muntiplicà ses llangors doctor came to see him who multiplied his
e sos pensaments; e sanat fo l'amic en sorrows and his thoughts; and in that hour
aquella hora. the lover was healed.
89. Love and the lover moved apart, and
89. Apartaren-se l'amic e amor, e tenien
they had solace in the beloved; and the
solaç de l'amat; e representà's l'amat. Plorà
beloved appeared to them. The lover cried
l'amic e esvaneí's amor en l'esmortiment
and, in his enfeeblement, love fainted. The
de l'amic. Reviscolà l'amat son amic com li
beloved reinvigorated the lover as he
remembrà ses faiçons.
reminded him of his ways.
90. The lover said to his beloved that many
90. Deia l'amic a l'amat que per moltes were the paths by which he came to his
carreres venia a son cor e es representava a heart and he appeared in his eyes, and
sos ulls, e per molts noms lo nomenava sa many were the names by which his words
paraula; mas l'amor ab què l'avidava e el could call him; but the love that he
mortificava no era mas una tan solament. enlivened him and mortified him with was
one and only one.
91. Entresenya's l'amat, a son amic, de 91. The beloved adorns himself for his
vermells e novells vestiments; e estén sos lover, with red, new clothes; and he extends
braços per ço que l'abraç, e enclina son cap his arms to be embraced, and he inclines
per ço que li do un besar, e està en alt per his head to be kissed, and he stands high to
ço que el pusca atrobar. be found by his lover.
92. Absentà's l'amat a son amic, encercava 92. The beloved became absent to the
l'amic son amat ab memòria e ab lover; the lover searched for his beloved
enteniment, per ço que el pogués amar. with memory and understanding, so that he
Atrobà l'amic son amat; demanà-li on could love him. The lover found his
havia estat. Respòs: beloved; he asked him where he had been.
 He replied:
- En l'absència de ton remembrament e en
- In the absence of your remembrance and
la innorància de ta intel·ligència.
in the ignorance of your intelligence.
93. - Tell me, crazy: are you ashamed of
93. - Digues, foll: �has vergonya de les
people seeing you cry for your beloved?
gents con te veen plorar per ton amat?
He answered that shame without sin is due
Respòs que vergonya sens pecat és per
to failure of love, in those who do not know
defalliment d'amor qui no sap amar.
how to love.
94. Sembrava l'amat en lo cor de l'amic 94. In the lover's heart the beloved sowed
desigs, sospirs, virtuts e amors. Regava wishes, sighs, virtues and love. The lover
l'amic les sements ab llàgremes e ab plors. watered the seeds with tears and weepings.
95. Sembrava l'amat en lo cors de l'amic 95. In the lover's body the beloved sowed
treballs, tribulacions, llanguiments. Sanava hardship, sorrow, tribulation. The lover
l'amic son cors ab esperança, devoció, healed his body with hopefulness, devotion,
paciència, consolacions. patience, consolation.
96. The beloved had a big party, with a
96. A una gran festa tenc l'amat gran cort
large gathering of many honored barons,
de molts honrats barons, e féu gran convits
and he made great gifts and donations. The
e gran dons. Venc l'amic a aquella cort;
lover came to that gathering; the beloved
dix-li l'amat:
told him:
- Qui t'ha apellat a venir a ma cort?
- Who called you to come to my party?
Respòs l'amic:
The lover answered:
- Necessitat e amors m'han fet venir veer
- Need and love made me come to see your
tes faiçons e tos capteniments.
ways and your demeanor.
97. Demanaren a l'amic de qui era. 97. The lover was asked who he belonged
Respòs: to. He answered:
- D'amor. - To love.
- De què est? - What are you made of?
- D'amor. - Of love.
- Qui t'ha engenrat? - Who begot you?
- Amor. - Love.
- On nasquist? - Where were you born?
- En amor. - In love.
- Qui t'ha nodrit? - Who nourished you?
- Amor. - Love.
- De què vius? - What do you live out of?
- D'amor. - Out of love.
- Com has nom? - Who named you?
- Amor. - Love.
- D'on véns? - Where do you come from?
- D'amor. - From love.
- On vas? - Where do you go to?
- A amor. - To love.
- On estàs? - Where are you?
- En amor. - In love.
- Has altra cosa mas amor? - Do you have anything but love?
Respòs: He answered:
- Hoc, colpes e torts contra mon amat. - Yes, blame and wrongdoings against my
- Ha en ton amat perdó ? beloved.
Dix l'amic que en son amat era - Is there forgiveness in your beloved?

misericòrdia e justícia, e per açò era son
hostal enfre temor e esperança.
98. Absentà's l'amat a l'amic, e encercà'l
l'amic en sos pensaments; e demanava'l a
les gents ab llenguatge d'amor.
99. Atrobà l'amic son amat qui estava
menyspreat enfre les gents, e dix a l'amat
que gran injúria era feta a sos honraments.
Respòs l'amat, e dix que ella prenia
deshonor per fretura de fervents e devots
amadors. Plorà l'amic e muntiplicaren ses
dolors; aconsolava'l l'amat mostrant-li sos
capteniments.
100. Lo llum de la cambra de l'amat venc
inluminar la cambra de l'amic, per ço que
en gitàs tenebres e que l'omplís de plaers, e
de llangors e de pensaments. E l'amic gità
de sa cambra totes coses, per ço que hi
cabés son amat.
101. Demanaren a l'amic quin senyal faïa
son amat en son gamfanó. Respòs que
d'home mort. Digueren-li per què faïa aital
senyal. Respòs:
- Per ço cor fo home mort crucificat, e per
ço que aquells qui es gaben que són sos
amadors, seguesquen son esclau.
102. Venc l'amat a albergar a l'hostal de
son amic, e lo majordome demanà-li
hostalatge. Mas l'amic dix que son amat
devia ésser albergat en perdó.
103. Acompanyaren-se memòria e
volentat, e pujaren en lo munt de l'amat
per ço que l'enteniment s'exalçà's, e l'amor
se doblàs en amar l'amat.
104. Tots jorns són sospirs e plors
missatges enfre l'amic e l'amat, per ço que
sia enfre ambdós solaç, companyia e
amistat, e benvolença.
105. Enyorava l'amic son amat, e tramès-li
sos pensaments, per ço que li aportassen
de son amat la benanança en la qual l'havia
tengut llongament.
106. Benefici donà l'amat a son amic, de
plors, sospirs, llangors, pensaments e
dolors; ab lo qual benefici servia l'amic
The lover said that both mercy and justice
were in his beloved, and for this reason his
abode was set between fear and
hopefulness.
98. The beloved became absent to his lover,
and the lover searched for him with his
thoughts; and he asked for him to the
people with language of love.
99. The lover found his beloved being
despised among the people, and he said to
him that a great offence was being made
against his honor. The beloved answered
that he took dishonor in the lack of fervent
and devout lovers. The lover cried, and his
sorrows multiplied; the beloved gave him
comfort, showing him his conduct.
100. The light from the beloved's room
came to enlighten the lover's room, to cast
away the darkness and fill it with pleasure,
and with sorrows and thoughts. And the
lover took everything away from his room
to let his beloved fit in.
101. The lover was asked what sign his
beloved carried in his flag. He replied it
was a sign of a dead man. They asked why
he carried such a sign. He answered:
- Because he was a dead, crucified man,
and in order that those who take pride in
being his lovers may follow his way.
102. The beloved came to be loved at the
home of his lover, and the butler asked him
to pay for the lodging. But the lover said
his beloved had to be lodged in forgiveness.
103. Memory and will came together, and
they climbed to the mountain of the
beloved to let understanding be exalted,
and to let love be doubled in loving the
beloved.
104. Every day sighs and weepings are
messages between the lover and the
beloved, to build between them solace,
companionship, affection, and goodwill.
105. The lover yearned for his beloved, and
he sent him his thoughts, so that they could
carry from his beloved the goodwill that he
had given him for so long.
106. The beloved offered his lover the
benefit of crying, of sighs, sorrows, of grief
and pain; and with this benefit, the lover
son amat. served his beloved.
107. The lover prayed to his beloved to
107. Pregà l'amic son amat que li donàs
have generosity, peace, self-esteem in this
llarguea, pau, honrament en est món, e
world; and the beloved displayed his forms
l'amat demostrà ses faiçons al
to the memory and the intelligence of the
remembrament e l'enteniment de l'amic, e
lover, and he offered himself as the object
donà's a la volentat per object.
of his will.
108. Demanaren a l'amic en què està 108. The lover was asked what honor is
honrament. Respòs que en entendre e amar about. He said it is about understanding and
son amat. E demanaren-li en què està loving his beloved. They asked him what
deshonor. Respòs que en oblidar, desamar dishonor is. He said it is to forget and
son amat. despise his beloved.
109. Turmentava'm amor tro que li hac dit
109. I was mortified by love until I said that
que tu eres present als meus turments; e
you were present in my torment; and then
adoncs amor afluixà mos llanguiments, e
love softened my pain and, as a reward, you
tu, per guardó, muntipliquist amor, qui em
multiplied love, who doubled my ordeal.
doblà mos turments.
110. Along the path of love I ran across a
110. Encontré en la via d'amor amador qui
lover who did not speak: with tears,
no parlava: ab plors, magres faiçons,
distressed gestures and wretchedness, he
llanguiments, acusava amor e blasmava.
blamed love and he cursed. Love responded
Escusava's amor ab lleialtat, paciència,
with loyalty, hopefulness, patience,
devoció, fortitudo, temprança, benanança.
devotion, strength, serenity, welfare. For
E per açò blasmé l'amador qui d'amor se
that, I blamed the lover who complained of
clamava, pus que tan nobles dons li
love, for love was giving him offerings so
donava amor.
noble.
111. Cantava l'amic e deia: 111. The lover sang and said:
- Oh, con gran malanança és amor! Ah, - Oh, what a great affliction is love! Ah,
con gran benauirança és amar mon amat, what a great blessing is to love my beloved,
qui ama sos amadors ab infinida amor who loves his followers with infinite,
eternal, complida en tots acabaments! eternal love, fulfilled in all purposes!
112. Anava l'amic en una terra estranya on 112. The lover was going through a strange
cuidava atrobar son amat, e en la via land where he planned to find his beloved,
assaltejaren-lo dos lleons. Paor hac de and along his way he was assailed by two
mort l'amic, per ço cor desirava viure per lions. The lover had fear of death, for he
servir son amat; e tramès son wished to live to serve his beloved; and he
remembrament a son amat, per ço que sent his memories to his beloved, so that
amor fos a sos traspassaments, per la qual love would be present in his passing away
amor mills pogués sostenir la mort. and could better overcome death. While the
Dementre que l'amic remembrava l'amat, lover remembered his beloved, the lions
los lleons vengren humilment a l'amic, al humbly approached the lover, and they
qual lleparen les llàgremes de sos ulls qui leaked the tears from his crying eyes, and
ploraven, e les mans e els peus li besaren. they kissed his hands and feet. And the
E l'amic anà en pau encercar son amat. lover went in peace to seek his beloved.
113. Anava l'amic per munts e per plans, e 113. The lover was going through mounts
no podia trobar portal on pogués eixir del and plains, and he could not find the door
carçre d'amor qui llongament havia tengut where he could get out of the jail of love
en presó son cors, e sos pensaments e tots which had for so long imprisoned his heart,
sos desirers e plaers. and his thoughts and all his desires and

114. Dementre que l'amic anava enaixí
treballant, atrobà un ermità qui dormia
prés d'una bella font. Despertà l'amic
l'ermità, dient si havia vist, en somniant,
son amant. Respòs l'ermità, e dix que
egualment eren encarcerats sos
pensaments en lo carçre d'amor, en vetlant
e en dorment. Molt plac a l'amic com
havia trobat companyó de presó; e
ploraren ambdós, cor l'amat no havia molts
d'aitals amadors.
115. No ha en l'amat nulla cosa en què
l'amic no haja ànsia e tribulació, ni l'amic
no ha cosa en si en què l'amat no haja plaer
e senyoria; e per açò l'amor de l'amat é en
acció e l'amor de l'amic en llanguiment,
passió.
116. En un ram cantava un aucell, e deia
que ell daria un novell pensament a
amador que li'n donàs dos. Donar l'aucell
lo novell pensament a l'amic, e l'amic
donà'n dos a l'aucell, per ço que alleujàs
sos turments; e l'amic sentí muntiplicades
ses dolors.
117. Encontraren-se l'amic e l'amat, e
foren testimonis de llur encontrament
saluts, abraçaments, e besars, e llàgremes e
plors. E demanà l'amat a l'amic, de son
estament; e l'amic fo embarbesclat en
presència de son amat.
118. Contrastaren-se l'amic e l'amat, e
pacificaren-los llurs amors; e fo qüestió
qual amor hi mès major amistat.
119. Amava l'amic tots aquells qui temien
son amat, e havia temor de tots aquells qui
no temien son amat; e per açò fo qüestió
qual era major en l'amic: o amor o temor.
120. Jurcava l'amic a seguir son amat, e
passava per una carrera on havia un mal
lleó qui auceïa tot home qui en passava
pererosament e sens devoció.
121. Deia l'amic:
- Qui no tem mon amat, a tembre li cové
totes coses; e qui tem mon amat, audàcia e
ardiment li cové en totes coses.
pleasures.
114. While the lover was worried in this
manner, he met an eremite who was
sleeping near a beautiful fountain. The
lover waked the eremite, asking if he had
seen his beloved in his dreams. The eremite
replied that his thoughts were equally
incarcerated in the jail of love being awake
or asleep. The lover was greatly pleased to
have met a prison partner, for the beloved
did not have many lovers like these.
115. There is nothing in the beloved the
lover is not anxious and does not yearn for,
nor is there anything in the lover the
beloved does not feel pleasure and majesty
for; hence, the love of the beloved is in
action, and the love of the lover is in
languor, passion.
116. In a branch a bird was singing, and
was saying that he would give a new
thought to a lover who would give him two.
The bird gave the new thought to the lover,
and the lover gave two to the bird, so that
his anguish would be alleviated; and the
lover felt his pain being multiplied.
117. The lover and the beloved met, and
greetings, hugs, kisses, tears and weepings
were present in their encounter. And the
beloved asked the lover about his estate;
and the lover was puzzled in the presence
of his beloved.
118. The lover and the beloved were at
odds, and they were pacified by their love;
and one wondered whose love had given
the greatest friendship.
119. The lover loved everyone who feared
his beloved, and he feared anyone who did
not fear his beloved; and so it was
wondered which was greatest in the lover:
love or fear.
120. The lover strived to follow his
beloved, and he was going along a road
where a nasty lion killed anybody who was
going by leisurely and without devotion.
121. The lover said:
- He who does not fear my beloved is
bound to fear all things, and he who fears
my beloved is bound to be bold and

122. Demanaren a l'amic d'ocasió, e dix
que ocasió és plaer en penitència, e
enteniment en consciència, e esperança en
paciència, e sanitat en abstinència,
consolació en remembrament, e amor en
diligència, e lleialtat en vergonya, e riquea
en pobretat, e pau en obediència, e guerra
en malvolença.
123. Enllumenà amor lo nuvolat qui es
mès enfre l'amic e l'amat; e féu-lo enaixí
lluorós e resplendent con és la lluna en la
nit, e l'estel en l'alba, e lo sol en lo dia, e
l'enteniment en la volentat. E per aquell
nuvolat tan llugorós se parlen l'amic e
l'amat.
124. Demanaren a l'amic quals tenebres
són majors. Respòs que l'absència de son
amat. Demanaren-li qual és la major
resplendor, e dix que la presència de son
amat.
125. Lo senyal de l'amat apar en l'amic,
qui per amor és en tribulacions, sospirs, e
plors, pensaments, e en menyspreament de
les gents.
126. Escrivia l'amic aquestes paraules:
- Alegra's mon amat, cor a ell tramet mos
pensaments, e per ell ploren mos ulls, e
sens llanguiments no viu, ni sent, ni veig,
ni oig, ni he odoraments.
127. - Ah, enteniment, volentat! Lladrats, e
despertats los grans cans qui dormen,
oblidant mon amat. Ah, ulls!: plorats. Ah,
cor!: sospirats. Ah memòria!: membrats la
deshonor de mon amat, la qual li fan
aquells qui ell ha tan honrats.
128. - Muntiplica l'enemistat qui és enfre
les gents e mon amat, e promet dons e
guardons mon amat, e menaça ab justícia,
saviea. E memòria e volentat menyspreen
ses menaces e sos prometiments.
129. Acostava's l'amat a l'amic per ço que
l'aconsolàs e el conhortàs dels
llanguiments que sostenia, e dels plors que
havia; e on més l'amat a l'amic s'acostava,
pus fortment plorava e llanguia l'amic per
les deshonors que planyia de son amat.
130. Ab ploma d'amor e ab aigua de plors,
e en carta de passió, escrivia l'amic unes
audacious in everything.
122. The lover was asked what opportunity
was about; and he said that opportunity was
pleasure in penitence, and intelligence in
consciousness, and hopefulness in patience,
and health in abstinence, solace in
remembrance, and love in care, and loyalty
in shame, and wealth in poverty, and peace
in obedience, and war in malevolence.
123. Love illuminated the cloud which had
come in between the lover and the beloved;
and she made it so bright and glaring as the
Moon in the night, and the star at dawn,
and the Sun in the day, and intelligence in
will. And through so brightened a cloud,
the lover and the beloved speak.
124. The lover was asked what the darkest
gloom is. He replied it is the absence of his
beloved. They asked him what the brightest
gleam is, and he said it is the presence of
his beloved.
125. The sign of the beloved appears in the
lover who, because of love, is in grief,
sighs, tears, concerns, and in the scorn of
the people.
126. The lover was writing these words:
- Let my beloved rejoice, since to him I
send my thoughts, and for him my eyes cry,
and without sorrow I do not live, neither do
I feel, nor see, nor hear, nor smell.
127. - Ah, understanding, willpower! Bark,
and wake the great dogs who sleep,
forgetting my beloved. Ah, eyes! Cry. Ah,
heart! Sigh. Ah, memory! Remember the
dishonor that my beloved is given by those
he has honored so much.
128. - The enmity between the people and
my beloved is multiplied, and my beloved
promises gifts and offerings, and menaces
with justice, wisdom. And memory and will
dismiss his threats and promises.
129. The beloved came close to the lover to
console and give solace to him for the grief
he was bearing, and the tears he had; and
the closer the beloved came to the lover,
the more the lover wept and regretted the
dishonor to his beloved.
130. With feather of love and water of
tears, and in letter of passion, the lover
lletres a son amat, en les quals li deia que
devoció se tardava e amor se moria, e
falliment e error muntiplicaven sos
enemics.
131. Nuaven-se les amors de l'amic e
l'amat ab membrança, enteniment,
volentat, per ço que l'amic e l'amat no es
partissen; e la corda en què les dues amors
se nuaven era de pensaments,
llanguiments, sospirs e plors.
132. Jaïa l'amic en llit d'amor; los llençols
eren de plaers, e lo cobertor era de
llanguiments, e el coixí era de plors. E era
qüestió si el drap del coixí era del drap
dels llençols o del cobertor.
133. Vestia l'amat son amic mantell, cota,
gonella; e capell li faïa d'amor, e camisa de
pensaments, e calces de tribulacions, e
garlanda de plors.
134. Pregava l'amat son amic que no
l'oblidàs. Deia l'amic que no el podia
oblidar, pus que no el podia innorar.
135. Deia l'amat que en aquells llocs on és
més temut a lloar, lo lloàs e l'escusàs. Deia
l'amic que d'amor lo bastàs. Responia
l'amat que per sa amor s'era encarnat e
penjat per morir.
136. Deia l'amic al seu car amat que li
mostràs manera con lo pogués fer conèixer
e amar e lloar a les gents. Omplí l'amat son
amic de devoció, paciència, caritat,
tribulacions, pensaments, sospirs, e plors;
e en lo cor de l'amic fo audàcia en lloar
son amat, e en sa boca foren llaors de son
amat, e en sa volentat fo menyspreament
de lo blasme de les gents qui jutgen
falsament.
137. Deia l'amic a les gents aquestes
paraules:
-Qui vertaderament remembra mon amat,
oblida, en les circumstàncies de son
remembrament, totes coses; e qui totes
coses oblida per membrar son amat, de
totes coses lo defèn mon amat, e part li
wrote some words to his beloved where he
said that devotion was slackening and love
was dying, and failure and error multiplied
his enemies.
131. The love of the lover and the beloved
was linked by remembrance, intelligence,
will, so that they would not part; and the
rope that tied their love was made of
thoughts, sorrows, sighs and tears.
132. The lover was lying in a bed of love;
the sheets were made of pleasure, the quilt
was made of sufferings, and the pillow was
made of tears. And it was to be wondered
whether the pillow cloth was like the sheets
cloth or like the quilt cloth.
133. The beloved dressed his lover with
cloak, coat, gown; and he made him a hat
out of love, and a shirt out of thoughts, and
trousers out of grief, and garland out of
weepings.
134. The beloved pleaded to his lover not
to forget him. The lover said he could not
forget him, for he could not ignore him.
135. The beloved told the lover to praise
him and excuse him in those places where
it was most dreadful to praise him. The
lover asked to be given plenty of love. The
beloved answered that for his love he had
been incarnated and had been hanged to
die.
136. The lover asked his dear beloved to
show him how he could make him be
known, loved, and praised by the people.
The beloved filled his lover with devotion,
patience, charity, restlessness, thoughts,
sighs, and tears; and boldness to praise his
beloved grew in the heart of the lover, and
praise for his beloved rose in his mouth,
and in his will he fostered disregard for the
cursing by the people who make false
judgement.
137. The lover said these words to the
people:
- He who truly remembers my beloved,
forgets, in the circumstances of his
remembrance, all things; and he who
forgets all things to remember his beloved
is defended from everything, and is given
dóna de totes coses.
138. Demanaren a l'amic de què naixia
amor, ni de què vivia, ni perquè moria.
Respòs l'amic que amors naixia del
remembrament, e vivia d'intel·ligència, e
moria per oblidament.
139. Oblidà l'amic tot ço qui és dejús lo
sobirà cel, per ço que l'enteniment pogués
pus alt pujar a conèixer l'amat lo qual la
volentat desija preïcar, contemplar.
140. Anava's l'amic combatre per honrar
son amat, e menà en sa companyia fe,
esperança, caritat, justícia, prudència,
fortitudo, temprança, ab què vencés los
enemics de son amat. Fóra vençut l'amic,
si no li ajudàs son amat a significar ses
nobilitats a son amic.
141. Passar volia l'amic a la darrerana fila
per la qual amava son amat, e les altres
fins donaven-li embargament en son
passatge; e per açò llongs desigs e
pensaments daven a l'amic tristícia e
llanguiment.
142. Gabava's e alegrava's l'amic en les
noblees de son amat; llanguia l'amic per
sobrecogitacions e pensaments. E era
qüestió qual sentia pus fortment, o els
plaers o els turments.
143. Missatge era l'amic als prínceps
crestians, e als infeels, per son amat, per ço
que els mostràs l'art e els començaments a
conèixer, amar, l'amat.
144. Si veus amador honrat de nobles
vestiments, honrat per vanaglòria, gras per
menjar e dormir, sàpies que en aquell veus
damnació e turments. E si veus amador
pobrament vestit, menyspreat per les gents,
descolorit e magre per dejunar e vetlar,
sàpies que en aquell veus salvació e
perdurable benedicció.
145. Plany-se l'amic, e clama's lo cor de
calor d'amor. Mor-se l'amic, plora'l l'amat,
e dóna-li consolació de paciència,
esperança, guardó.
part of everything, by my beloved.
138. The lover was asked what love was
born from, and what it lived out of, and
what it died for. He answered that love was
born of remembrance, lived out of
intelligence, and died by oblivion.
139. The lover forgot everything that is
under the supreme heaven, to let his
understanding rise higher to know the
beloved, whom the will wished to preach
and contemplate.
140. The lover was going to fight to honor
his beloved, and he steered to his side faith,
hopefulness, charity, justice, caution,
fortitude, moderation, which he could
overcome the enemies of his beloved with.
The lover would have been vanquished,
had his beloved not helped him in
exhibiting his nobilities.
141. The lover wanted to proceed to the
ultimate purpose why he loved his beloved,
and the other goals became and
encumbrance to his passage; whereby, long
desires and thoughts gave the lover sadness
and grief.
142. The lover rejoiced and took pride in
the noble works of his beloved; he
languished in deep meditation and thought.
And it was wondered which one he felt
most intensely, the pleasures or the
anguish.
143. The lover was the messenger to the
Christian princes, and to the infidels, of his
beloved, to show them the art and the
beginnings of knowing and loving his
beloved.
144. If you see a lover honored in noble
clothes, honored by conceit, fat from eating
and sleeping, let it be known that you see in
him damnation and torment. And if you see
a lover poorly dressed, despised by the
people, discolored and lean from fasting
and staying awake, let it be known that you
see in him salvation and lasting blessing.
145. The lover complains, and the heart
cries out for warmth of love. The lover
dies, the beloved mourns him, and he gives
him solace of patience, hopefulness,
reward.
 146. The lover cried for that which he had
146. Plorava l'amic ço que havia perdut; e
lost; and he could not be comforted by
no era qui el pogués consolar, per ço cor
anyone, since what he had lost was
sos perdiments eren inrecuperables.
unrecoverable.
147. Creada ha Déus la nit a cogitar e a 147. God has created night for the lover to
vetlar l'amic en les noblees de son amat; e be awake and reflect on the righteousness
cuidava's l'amic que l'hagués creada a of his beloved; and the lover surmised that
reposar e a dormir aquells qui són he had created it for those who have
treballats per amor. worked for love to rest and sleep.
148. Escarnien e reprenien les gents l'amic
148. The people rebuked and scoffed at teh
per ço cor anava com a foll per amor. E
lover for being crazy for love. And the
l'amic menyspreava llurs escarns, e
lover disregarded their jibes, and reproved
reprenia les gents per ço cor no amaven
the people for not loving his beloved.
son amat.
149. Deia l'amic: 149. The lover said:
- Vestit són de drap vilment, mas amor - I am vilely dressed in rags, but love
vest de plaents pensaments mon cor, e lo dresses my heart in pleasant thoughts, and
cors de plors, llanguiments, passions. my body in tears, distress, passion.
150. Cantava l'amat, e deia:
150. The beloved sang and said:
- Endrecen-se los meus lloadors en lloar
- My worshippers are to praise my values;
mes valors; e los enemics de mos
and the enemies of my graciousness hurt
honraments turmenten-los e han-los en
and disregard my values. And that is why I
menyspreament. E per açò he tramès a
have informed my lover to regret and to
mon amic que planga e plor ma deshonor;
weep for my dishonor; and his laments and
e els seus plants e els seus plors són nats
his weepings are born from my love.
de mes amors.
151. The lover promised the beloved that
151. Jurava l'amic a l'amat que per sa amor
he bore and liked hardship and passion for
amava e sostenia treballs e passions; e per
his love; and therefore he pleaded the
açò pregava l'amat que l'amàs e de sos
beloved to love him and to have
treballs passió hagués. Jurà l'amat que
compassion of his troubles. The beloved
natura e propietat era de sa amor que amàs
assured that it was the nature and property
tots aquells qui l'amaven, e que hagués
of his love to love everyone who loved
pietat d'aquells qui per sa amor treball
him, and to have mercy of anyone who
sostenien. Alegrà's l'amic e consolà's en la
bore hardship for his love. The lover was
natura e en la propietat essencial de son
glad and comforted by the nature and
amat.
essencial property of his beloved.
152. Vedà la paraula l'amat a son amic, e 152. Words were forbidden to the lover by
aconsolava's l'amic en l'esguardament de his beloved, and the lover found solace in
son amat. watching his beloved.
153. Tant plorà e cridà l'amic a son amat, 153. So much did the lover cry and call his
tro que l'amat davallà de les altees beloved, till the beloved descended from
sobiranes dels cels, e venc en terra plorar, the subleme heights of the Heavens, and he
e plànyer, e morir per amor, e per nodrir came to Earth to weep and to lament, to die
los hòmens a amar, e a conèixer, lloar sos for love, and to nurture men into loving,
honraments. knowing, and praising his honors.
154. Blasmava l'amic los crestians com no 154. The lover blamed the Christians for
meten lo nom de son amat, Jesucrist, not having first in their letters the name of
primerament en llurs lletres, per ço que li their beloved, Jesus Christ, to make him the
faessen l'honor que els sarraïns fan a
Mafumet, (...), al qual fan honor com lo
nomenen primerament en llurs lletres.
155. Encontrà l'amic un escuder qui anava
consirós e era magre, descolorit e
pobrament vestit; e saludar l'amic dient
que Déus l'endreçàs a trobar son amat. E
l'amat li demanà en què l'havia conegut. E
l'escuder li dix que los uns secrets d'amors
revelen los altres; e per açò han
coneixença, los amadors, los uns dels
altres.
156. Les noblees, e els honraments e les
bones obres de l'amat són tresor e riquees
de l'amic. E lo tresor de l'amat són los
pensaments, e els desigs, e els turments, e
els plors e els llanguiments que l'amic
sostée per honrar e amar son amat.
157. Grans hosts e grans companyes se són
ajustades d'espirits d'amors, e porten senya
d'amor, on és la figura e el senyal de llur
amat; e no volen menar en llur companyia
null home qui sia sens amor, per ço que
llur amat no hi prenga deshonor.
158. Los hòmens qui es despenyen folls
per ajustar diners, mouen l'amic a ésser
foll per amor; e la vergonya que l'amic ha
de les gents a anar con a foll, dóna manera
a l;amic d'on haja amor e preu de les gents.
E per açò és qüestió qual dels dos
moviments és major ocasió d'amor.
159. En tristícia ha amor mès l'amic per
sobrecogitaments; e cantà l'amat, e alegràs
l'amic com l'hac oït. E fo qüestió qual dels
dos fo major ocasió a muntiplicar amor en
l'amic.
160. En los secrets de l'amic són revelats
los secrets de l'amat, e en los secrets de
l'amat són revelats los secrets de l'amic. E
és qüestió qual dels dos secrets és major
ocasió de revelació.
161. Demanaren al foll per quals senyals
era conegut son amat. Respòs, e dix que
per misericòrdia, pietat, estant en volentat
essencialment, sens negú camiament.
honor that the moors make to Muhammad,
(...), whom they honor when they name him
first in their letters.
155. The lover met with a squire who was
going in deep thought and who was lean,
discolored, and poorly dressed; and he
greeted the lover wishing him to be led by
God to find his beloved. And the lover
asked him how he had known him. And the
squire said that one secret of love reveals
the others; and thereby lovers can recognize
each other.
156. The kindness, and the wonders and the
good deeds of the beloved are the treasure
and wealth of the lover. And the treasure of
the beloved are the thoughts, the wishes,
the pain, the weeping and the sorrows that
the lover bears to honor and to love his
beloved.
157. Great hosts and battalions have been
engaged with the spirits of love, and they
carry a sign of love having the image and
the mark of their beloved, and they do not
want to bring anybody along in their
company who is without love, lest their
beloved would take it as a dishonor.
158. Men who pretend to be crazy in order
to make money drive the lover to be crazy
for love; and the shame the lover feels from
the people for going like a mad man offers
him a way to love and appreciate the
people. So one wonders which of these two
impulses is a greater opportunity for love.
159. Love had put the lover in sadness from
excessive concentration; and the beloved
sang, and the lover rejoiced when he had
heard him. And it was wondered which of
these two actions was the best occasion to
multiply love in the lover.
160. In the secrets of the lover the secrets
of the beloved are revealed, and in the
secrets of the beloved the secrets of the
lover are revealed. And one wonders which
of the two secrets is the greatest means of
revelation.
161. The crazy one was asked what signs
his beloved was known by. He replied, and
said it was by mercy, compassion, being
essentially in will, without any change.
 162. Because of the special love the lover
162. Per l'especial amor que l'amic havia a
had for his beloved, he loved the communal
l'amat, amava lo bé comú sobre lo bé
good over the special good, so that his
especial, per ço que comunament fos son
beloved could be communally known,
amat conegut, lloat, desirat.
praised, desired.
163. Love and hatred met in a garden
163. Amor e desamor s'encontraren en un
where the lover and the beloved were
verger on parlaven secretament l'amic e
secretly talking; and love asked hatred what
l'amat; e amor demanà a desamor per qual
purpose she had come for to that place; and
entenció era venguda en aquell lloc; e
hatred replied it had come to take love
respòs desamor que per desenamorar
away from the lover and to dishonor the
l'amic e per deshonrar l'amat. Molt desplac
beloved. The beloved and the lover were
a l'amat e a l'amic ço que deia desamor; e
greatly displeased by what hatred was
multiplicaren amor per ço que vencés e
saying; and they multiplied love to let her
destruís desamor.
defeat and destroy hatred.
164. - Digues, foll: �en què ets sens 164. - Tell me, crazy: what do you feel the
major volentat: o en amar, o en aïrar? greatest will in: loving, or hating?
Respòs que en amar, per ço cor aïrava per He answered that in loving, since he hated
tal que pogués amar. so that he could love.
165. - Digues, amador: �en què has més
165. - Tell me, lover: what do you have the
d'enteniment: o en entendre veritat, o
most understanding of: truth, or falsity?
falsetat?
He replied it was of truth.
Respòs que en entendre veritat.
- Why?
- Per què ?
- Because I understand falsity to be able to
- Cor entén falsetat per ço que pusca mills
better understand truth.
entendre veritat.
166. Apercebé l'amic que era amat per son 166. The lover perceived that he was loved
amat, e demanà a l'amat si sa amor e sa by his beloved, and he asked the beloved if
misericòrdia eren en ell una cosa mateixa. his love and his mercy were in him one and
Atorgàa; l'amat que, en sa essència, no han the same thing. The beloved accepted that,
diferència sa amor ni sa misericòrdia. E in their essence, there is no difference,
per açò dix l'amic per què el turmentava sa there is no difference between his love and
amor, e per què no el guaria sa his mercy. Whence the lover asked why his
misericòrdia, de ses llangors. E respòs love tormented him, and why his mercy did
l'amat que la misericòrdia li donà les not heal him from his pain. And the
llangors per ço que ab aquelles honràs pus beloved replied that mercy gave him pain
perfetament sa amor. to more perfectly honor his love with.
167. The lover wished to go to a strange
167. L'amic volc anar en una terra estranya
land to honor his beloved, and wanted to
per honrar son amat, e volc-se desmarxar
disguise himself to avoid being abducted
per ço que no fos pres en lo camí. E anc no
along the way. And he could never disguise
poc desmerxar de sos ulls plors, ni de sa
weeping from his eyes, nor the lean
cara magres faiçons e groga color, ni de
features and yellow color from his face, nor
son cor plants, pensaments, sospirs,
moans, thoughts, sighs, sadness, sorrows,
tristícia, llanguiments; e per açò fo pres en
from his heart; hence, he was abducted on
lo viatge, e lliurat a turments per los
his journey, and handed over to be
enemics de son amat.
tormented by the enemies of his beloved.
168. Estava pres l'amic en lo carçre 168. The lover was locked in the jail of
d'amor. Pensaments, desigs e love. Thoughts, desires and memories
remembraments lo guardaven e
l'encadenaven per ço que no fugís a son
amat; llanguiments lo turmentaven;
paciència, esperança lo consolaven.
Morira's l'amic; mas l'amat li demostrà son
estament, e reviscolà l'amic.
169. Encontrà l'amic son amat: conec
l'amic son amat, e plorà. Reprès l'amat son
amic per ço cor no plorava ans que
l'hagués conegut; e demanà-li en què
l'havia conegut, pus que no plorava.
Respòs l'amic que en lo remembrament, e
en l'enteniment, e en sa volentat, on fo
multiplicament en continent que fo present
a sos ulls corporals.
170. Demanà l'amat a l'amic què era amor.
Respòs que presència de faiçons e de
paraules d'amat en cor sospirant d'amador,
e llanguiment per desigs e per plors en cor
d'amic.
171. Amor és bulliment d'audàcia e de
temor per frevor; e amor és final volentat a
desirar son amat. E amor és aquella cosa
qui aucís l'amic con oí cantar de les bellees
de son amat. E amor és ço que és mort, e
en què està tots jorns ma volentat.
172. Devoció e enyorament trameteren,
per missatgers, pensaments al cor de
l'amic, per ço que pujàs l'aigua als ulls qui
volien cessar dels plors en los quals havien
llongament estats.
173. Deia l'amic:
- Si vosaltres, amadors, volets foc, venits a
mon cor e encenets vostres llàntees; e si
volets aigua, venits als meus ulls, qui
decorren de llàgremes; e si volets
pensaments d'amor, venits-los pendre a
mes cogitacions.
174. Esdevenc-se un dia que l'amic
cogitava en la gran amor que havia a son
amat, e en los grans treballs e perills en
què havia estat llongament per sa amor; e
considerà que sos guaardons fossen grans.
Dementre que l'amic cogitava en esta
manera, ell remembrà que pagat l'havia
son amat, per ço cor l'havia enamorat de
guarded him and chained him to prevent
him from fleeing to his beloved; distress
tormented him; patience, hopefulness
comforted him. The lover would have died;
but the beloved showed him his glory, and
the lover revived.
169. The lover ran across his beloved: he
recognized his beloved, and wept. The
beloved reprimanded his lover because he
did not weep before recognizing him; and
asked him how he had known him, since he
did not weep. The lover replied he had
known him in remembrance, in
understanding, and in his will, which were
multiplied as soon as he had been present to
his corporal eyes.
170. The beloved asked the lover what love
was. He replied it was the presence of the
ways and words of the beloved in the
longing heart of the lover, and sorrow
through desires and tears in the lover's
heart.
171. Love is the boiling of baldness and
awe through fervor; and love is the final
will to desire his beloved. And love is that
thing which killed the lover when he heard
the song of the beauty of his beloved. And
love is that which is dead, and which my
will is always with.
172. Devotion and longing sent thoughts by
messengers to the heart of the lover, so that
water would rise to the eyes, who wanted to
cease the weeping which they had long
sustained.
173. Said the lover:
- If you, lovers, would like fire, come to my
heart and light your lamps; if you want
water, come to my eyes, which pour out
tears; and if you want thoughts of love,
come to take them in my meditations.
174. The lover was thinking one day on the
great love he felt for his beloved, and on
the great trouble and danger he had long
been through for his love; and he pondered
that his reward would be great. While he
was meditating in this way, he remembered
he had been paid by his beloved, since he
had been enraptured by his features, and for
ses faiçons, e cor per sa amor li havia
donats llanguiments.
175. Torcava l'amic sa cara e sos ulls de
plors que sostenia per amor, per ço que no
descobrís los llanguiments que li donava
son amat; lo qual dix a son amic per què
celava los senyals d'amor als altres
amadors, los quals li havia donats per ço
que els enamoràs d'honrar ses valors.
176. - Digues, home qui vas com a foll per
amor; �tro a quant de temps seràs serf e
sotmès a plorar e a sostenir treballs e
llanguiments?
Respòs:
- Tro al temps que mon amat, de l'ànima e
del cors farà en mi departiment.
177. - Digues, foll: has diners?
Respòs:
- He amat.
- Has viles, ni castells, ni ciutats, comdats
ni dugats?
Respòs:
- He amors, pensaments, plors, desirers,
treballs, llanguiments, qui són mellors que
emperis ni regnats.
178. Demanaren a l'amic en què coneixia
la sentència de son amat. Respòs que en
l'egualtat de plaers e llanguiments, a la
qual son amat jutjava sos amadors.
179. - Digues, foll: �qui sap més d'amor:
o aquell qui n'ha plaer, o aquell qui n'ha
treballs e llanguiments?
Respòs, e dix que la un sens l'altre no en
pot haver coneixença.
180. Demanaren a l'amic per què no
s'escusava dels falliments e de los falsos
crims que les gents l'acusaven. Respòs que
a escusar havia son amat, que les gents
blasmaven falsament; e que home, on pot
caer engan e error, no és quaix digne de
nulla escusació.
181. - Digues, foll: per què escuses amor
com treballa e turmenta ton cors e ton cor?
Respòs:
- Per ço cor multiplica mos mèrits e ma
his love he had given him sorrows.
175. The lover wiped his face and his eyes
of the tears he sustained for love, to keep
the sorrows that his beloved gave him from
being discovered; and the beloved said to
his lover why he was concealing from the
other loving people the signs of love, which
he had been given to enamour them of
honoring his values.
176. - Tell me, man who goes like mad for
love: how long will you be a serf, subjected
to weep and to sustain hardship and
sorrows?
He answered:
- Until that time when my beloved will
bring about in me separation of the soul and
the body.
177. - Tell me, crazy: do you have money?
He answered:
- I have my beloved.
- Do you own towns, or castles, or cities, or
counties, or duchies?
He answered:
- I have love, thoughts, plants, desires,
hardship, sorrows, which are better than
empires or kingdoms.
178. The lover was asked how he was
aware of the sentence of his beloved. He
replied it was through the balance of
pleasure and sorrows, in which his beloved
judged his lovers.
179. - Tell me, crazy one: who knows best
about love, he who derives pleasure, or he
who derives hardship and sorrows from it?
He replied, and said that knowledge cannot
be gained from one without the other.
180. The lover was asked why he did not
excuse himself of the failures and false
crimes he was accused of by the people. He
answered that he had to excuse his beloved,
who was falsely blamed by the people; and
man, upon whom error and deceit may fall,
is not quite worthy of any excuse.
181. - Tell me, crazy one: why do you
excuse love, when she gives trouble and
torment to your body and your heart?
He answered:
- Because she multiplies my merit and my
benauirança.
182. Complanyia's l'amic de son amat com
tan greument lo faïa turmentar a amor; e
escusava's l'amat muntiplicant a l'amic
treballs e perills, pensaments e llàgremes e
plors.
183. - Digues, foll: per què escuses los
colpables?
Respòs:
- Per ço que no sia semblant als acusants
los innocents e els colpables.
184. Llevava l'amat l'enteniment a
entendre ses altees, per ço que l'amic
enclinàs son remembrament a membrar sos
defalliments, e la volentat los menyspreàs
e pujàs amar los acabaments de l'amat.
185. Cantava l'amic de son amat, e deia
que tant li portava bona volentat, que totes
les coses que aïrava per sa amor li eren
plaents e benanances majors que les coses
que amava sens l'amor de son amat.
186. Anava l'amic per una gran ciutat, e
demanava si trobaria null home ab qui
pogués parlar a sa guisa de son amat. E
mostraren-li un home pobre qui plorava
per amor e cercava companyó ab qui
pogués parlar d'amor.
187. Estava l'amic pensiu e embarbesclat
com podien pendre començaments sos
treballs, de les noblees de son amat, qui ha
en si mateix tanta de benauirança.
188. Estaven les cogitacions de l'amic
enfre oblidança de sos turments e enfre
membrança de sos plaers: cor los plaers
que ha d'amor li obliden la malanança, e
los turments que sosté per amor li
remembren la benanança que ha per amor.
189. Demanaren a l'amic si era possible
cosa que son amat lo desenamoràs. Respòs
que no, dementre que la memòria membràs
e l'enteniment entenés les nobleses de son
amat.
190. - Digues, foll, de què es fa la major
comparació e semblança?
Respòs:
blessings.
182. The lover complained of his beloved
for tormenting him so gravely for love; and
the beloved excused himself by multiplying
hardship and danger, thoughts, tears and
plants to the lover.
183. - Tell me, crazy one: why do you
excuse the guilty?
He answered:
- Not to be like those who accuse the
innocent and the guilty.
184. The beloved raised intelligence to let
her understand his majesty, in order that the
lover's memory were ready to realise his
failings, and his will despised them and
rose to love the virtues of his beloved.
185. The lover was singing of his beloved,
and he said he gave him such good will that
all the things he hated for the love of his
beloved rewarded him with more pleasant
and greater joy than the things he loved
without the love of his beloved.
186. The lover was in a big city, and he was
asking if he would find anyone who he
could talk to at his leisure of his beloved.
And they showed him a poor man who
wept for love and was searching for a
companion whom he could talk to about
love.
187. The lover was thoughtful and puzzled
over how his hardship could originate in
the majesty of his beloved, who possesses
so much bliss in his own self.
188. The thoughts of the lover were
between oblivion of his agony and
remembrance of his pleasure: for by the
pleasure he derives from love he forgets
hardship, and by the agony he endures for
love he is reminded of the bliss he enjoys
because of love.
189. The lover was asked if it might be
possible that his beloved would take love
away from him. He answered it was not
possible, as long as his memory
remembered and his intelligence
understood the glory of his beloved.
190. - Tell me, crazy one: What can one
make the greatest comparison of and find
the greatest resemblance in?

- D'amic e amat.
Demanaren-li per qual raó. Respòs que per
amor, qui estava enfre ambdós.
191. Demanaren a l'amat si havia haüda
null temps pietat. Respòs que si no hagués
haüda pietat, no hagra enamorat l'amic, ni
l'hagra turmentat de sospirs, e de plors, e
de treballs e llangors.
192. En un gran boscatge era l'amic, qui
anava cercar son amat; e atrobà veritat e
falsetat qui es contrastaven de son amat,
cor veritat lo lloava e falsetat lo blasmava.
E per açò l'amic cridà amor que ajudàs a
veritat.
193. Venc temptació a l'amic per ço que li
absentàs son amat, e que la memòria se
despertàs e recobràs la presència de son
amat, membrant aquell pus fortment que
no l'havia membrat, per ço que
l'enteniment més a ensús fos llevat a
entendre, e la volentat a amar, son amat.
194. Oblidà un dia l'amic son amat, e
membrà en altre dia que l'havia oblidat. E
en aquell dia en lo qual l'amic membrava
que son amat oblidat havia, fo l'amic en
tristícia e en dolor, e en glòria e en
benanança, per oblidament e per
membrança.
195. Tan fortment desirava l'amic llaors e
honraments de son amat, que dubtava que
els membràs; e tan fortment aïrava les
deshonors de son amat, que dubtava que
les aïràs. E per açò l'amic estava
embarbesclat, enfre amor e temor, per son
amat.
196. Moria l'amic per plaer, e vivia per
llanguiments; e els plaers e els turments
s'ajustaven e s'unien en ésser una cosa
mateixa en la volentat de l'amic. E per açò
l'amic en un temps mateix moria e vivia.
197. Oblidar e innorar volgra l'amic son
amat una hora tan solament, per ço que
hagués alcun repòs a sos llanguiments.
Mas, cor li fóra passió l'oblidament e la
innorància, hac paciència, e exalçà son
He answered:
- Of lover and beloved.
They asked him for what reason. He replied
it was because of love, who was between
them.
191. The beloved was asked if he had had
mercy at any time. He answered that had he
not had mercy, he would not have
enamoured the lover, neither would he have
tormented him with sighs, weeping,
hardship, and sorrows.
192. The lover was in a great forest, where
he was searching for his beloved; and he
met truth and falseness who were arguing
about his beloved, since truth praised him
and falseness blamed him. And hence, the
lover called on love to help truth.
193. A temptation came to the lover to be
kept apart from his beloved, and then to let
memory wake up and recover the presence
of his beloved, remembering him better
than ever before, so that his intelligence
would rise higher in understanding, and his
will in loving, his beloved.
194. One day the lover forgot his beloved,
and another day he remembered he had
forgotten him. And in that day when the
lover remembered he had forgotten his
beloved, he was sad and in pain, and he
was in glory and bliss, for oblivion and
remembrance.
195. So intensely was the lover wishing for
praise and for the glory of his beloved, that
he doubted he remembered them; and so
intensely he hated dishonor for his beloved,
that he doubted he hated it. Hence, the
lover was puzzled, between love and fear,
by his beloved.
196. The lover died through pleasure, and
lived through sorrow; and the pleasure and
the suffering came together and were united
to be a single thing in the will of the lover.
And therefore the lover died and lived at
the same time.
197. The lover wanted to forget his beloved
for just one hour, to have some rest in his
sorrows. But, since oblivion and ignorance
would fill him with passion, he had
patience, and he exalted his intelligence
enteiment e sa memòria a contemplar son and his memory to contemplate his
amat. beloved.
198. So much the lover loved his beloved,
198. Tant amà l'amic son amat, que de tot
that he believed everything he told him, and
ço que li deia lo creia, e tant lo desirava
so much he wished to understand him, that
entendre, que tot ço que n'oïa dir volia
he wanted to understand everything he
entendre per raons necessàries. E per açò
heard of him through necessary reason.
l'amor de l'amic estava enfre creença e
And therefore the love of the lover was
intel·ligència.
between belief and intelligence.
199. Demanaren a l'amic qual cosa era pus 199. The lover was asked what thing was
lluny de son coratge; e ell repòs que furthest from his courage; he answered it
desamor. E demanaren-li per qual raó. was neglect. They asked him why. He
Respòs que per ço cor ço qui era pus prop answered because the closest thing to his
a son corage era amor, qui és contrari de courage was love, which is opposite to
desamor. neglect.
200. - Tell me, crazy one: do you have
200. - Digues, foll: has enveja?
envy?
Respòs:
He answered:
- Hoc, totes les vegades que oblit la
- Yes, every time I forget the generosity
llarguea e les riquees de mon amat.
and wealth of my beloved.
201. - Digues, amador: has riquesa? 201. Tell me, lover: do you have wealth?
Respòs que: - Yes: love.
- Hoc: amor. - Do you have poverty?
- Has pobrea? - Yes: love.
- Hoc: amor. - Why?
- Per què? - Because love is not being greater than it
- Per ço cor no és amor major, e cor no is, and many lovers are not being
enamora molts amadors a honrar los enraptured by it to honor the principles of
honraments de mon amat. my beloved.
202. - Tell me, loving one: where is your
202. - Digues, amant: on és ton poder?
power?
Respòs:
He answered:
- En lo poder de mon amat.
- In the power of my beloved.
- Ab què t'esforces contra tos enemics?
- How do you strive against your enemies?
- Ab les forces de mon amat.
- With the strength of my beloved.
- Ab què et conhortes?
- How are you comforted?
- Ab los tresors eternals de mon amat.
- With the eternal treasures of my beloved.
203. - Digues, foll: �qual ames més: o la 203. - Tell me, crazy one: what do you love
misericòrdia de ton amat, o la justícia de the best, the mercy of your beloved, or the
ton amat? justice of your beloved?
Respòs que tant li covenia amar e tembre He answer that he should both fear and love
justícia, que nulla majoritat de voler no justice, and that he should have no
devia haver en sa volentat a amar nulla preference in his will to love anything over
cosa sobre la justícia de son amat. the justice of his beloved.
204. Combatien-se colpes e mèrits en la 204. Fault and worth were struggling in the
consciència e la volentat de l'amic; e conscience and will of the lover; and justice
justícia, membrança, muntiplicaven and remembrance multiplied conscience;
benanança en la volentat de l'amat. E per and mercy and hopefulness multiplied
açò los mèrits vencien colpes e torts en la prosperity in the will of the beloved. And
 therefore worth defeated fault and wrong in
penitència de l'amic.
the penance of the lover.
205. Afermava l'amic que en son amat era 205. The lover asserted that full perfection
tota perfecció: e negava que en son amat was in his beloved, and he denied that there
no havia null defalliment. E per açò era was any failure in his beloved. And so it
qüestió qual era major: o l'afermació, o la was wondered which one was greatest: the
negació. assertion, or the denial.
206. Eclipse fo en lo cel, e tenebres en la 206. An eclipse occurred in the heaven, and
terra: e per açò l'amic remembrà que pecat darkness came on the earth: thereby the
li havia llongament absentat son amat de lover remembered that sin had for long
son voler, per la qual absència tenebres evicted from his will his beloved, and by
havien exilada la llugor de son enteniment, this eviction darkness had exiled brightness
ab lo qual se representa l'amat a sos from his understanding, which the beloved
amadors. is expressed with to his lovers.
207. Venc amor en l'amic, a la qual amor
207. Love came to the lover, and the lover
l'amic demanà quà volia. E amor li dix que
asked her what she wanted. And love told
ella era venguda en ell per ço que
him she had come to him to train and feed
l'acostumàs e el nodrís en tal manera que,
him in such a way that, at his death, he
a la mort, pogués vençre sos mortals
could defeat his mortal enemies.
enemics.
208. Malalta fo l'amor con l'amic oblidà 208. Love was ill when the lover forgot his
son amat; e malalte és l'amic, cor, per beloved, and the lover is ill because,
sobremembrar, son amat li dóna treballs, through intense remembrance, his beloved
ànsies, e llanguiments. gives him hardship, anxiety, and sorrows.
209. Atrobà l'amic un home qui moria sens
209. The lover met a man who was dying
amor. Plorà l'amic la deshonor que l'amat
without love. He wept for the dishonor
prenia en la mort d'aquell home qui moria
given to the beloved in the loveless death of
sens amor, e dix a aquell home per què
that man, and asked that man why he was
moria sens amor; e ell respòs que per ço
dying without love; and he said it was
cor no havia qui li hagués donada
because nobody had taught him about love,
coneixença d'amor ni qui l'hagués nodrit a
and nobody had fed him to be a lover. And
ésser amador. E per açò l'amic sospirà en
thereby the lover sighed in his weeping and
plorant e dix:
said:
- Ah, devoció! �quan serets major per ço
- Ah, devotion! When will you be greater,
que la colpa sia menor e que lo meu amat
to make guilt lesser, and to let my beloved
haja molts frevents, ardits lloadors,
have many fervent, bold praisers, lovers,
amadors, qui no dubten a lloar sos
who do not doubt in praising his glory?
honraments?
210. The lover tempted love to see if he
210. Temptà l'amic amor si es poria
could keep his courage without
sostenir en son coratge sens que no
remembering his beloved; and his heart
remembràs son amat; e cessà son cor de
ceased to think, and his eyes ceased to cry;
pensar e sos ulls de plorar; e aniquilà's
and love was wiped out, and the lover
amor, e romàs l'amic embarbesclat, e
remained puzzled, and he asked the people
demanà a les gents si havien vista amor.
if they had seen love.
211. Amor, amar, amic e amat se covenen 211. So strongly are love, loving, lover and
tan fortment en l'amat, que una actualitat beloved joined together in the beloved, that
són en essència, e diverses coses són they are one reality in essence, and lover
l'amic e l'amat concordants sense nulla and beloved are concordant in diverse
contrarietat e diversitat d'essència. E per
açò l'amat és amable sobre totes altres
amors.
212. - Digues, foll: per què has tangran
amor?
Respòs:
- Cor llong e perillós és lo viatge en lo
qual vaig cercar mon amat. Ab gran feix
lo'm cové encercar, e ivaçosament me
cové anar; e totes aquestes coses no poria
complir sens gran amor.
213. Vetlava, dejunava, plorava, almoina
faïa, e en terres estranyes anava l'amic per
ço que pogués a son amat moure sa
volentat, e enamorar sos sotsmeses per
honrar sos honraments.
214. Si no abasta l'amor de l'amic a moure
son amat a pietat e a perdó, abasta l'amor
de l'amat a donar a ses creatures gràcia e
benedicció.
215. - Digues, foll: per qual cosa pots ésser 215. - Tell me, crazy one: what can make
pus semblant a ton amat?
Respòs:
- Per entendre a amar de tot mon poder les
faiçons de mon amat.
216. Demanaren a l'amic si son amat havia
defalliment de nulles coses, e respòs que
hoc: d'amadors, lloadors, a honrar ses
valors.
217. Feria l'amat lo cor de son amic ab
vergues d'amor, per ço que li faés amar
l'arbre d'on l'amat collí les vergues ab què
fér sos amadors; en lo qual arbre soferí
mort, e llangors e deshonors per restaurar a
amor los amadors que perduts havia.
218. Encontrà l'amic son amat, e viu-lo
molt noble e poderós, e digne de tot
honrament; e dix-li que fortment se
meravellava de les gents, qui tan poc
l'amaven, e el coneixien e l'honraven, com little, and knew him and honored him so
ell ne fos tan digne. E l'amat li respòs dient little. And the beloved said he had been
que ell havia pres molt gran engan en ço
que havia creat home per ço que en fos
amat, conegut, honrat; e de mil hòmens,
los cent lo temien e l'amaven tan solament; feared and loved him; and out of the one
e de los cent, los noranta lo temien per ço hundred, ninety feared him so that he
things, without any opposition or diversity
in essence. Whereby the beloved's kindness
is above any other love.
212. - Tell me, crazy one: why do you have
such great love?
He replied:
- Because the journey in search of my
beloved is long and dangerous. In great
hardship I must search for him, and I
should do it swiftly. And I could not
comply with all these things without great
love.
213. The lover stayed awake, fasted, cried,
gave charity, and went to strange lands to
be able to move his will close to his
beloved, and to enthuse his subjects to
honor his principles.
214. If the lover's love does not reach far
enough to move his beloved to mercy and
forgiveness, the beloved's love will reach
out to give his creatures grace and
benediction.
you closest to your beloved?
He answered:
- Knowing to love in all my ability the
ways of my beloved.
216. The lover was asked if his beloved had
been failed by anything, and he said yes: by
lovers, praisers, in not honoring his values.
217. The beloved hurt his lover's heart with
thorns of love, to make him love the tree
from which the beloved had picked the
thorns he hurts his lovers with; in which
tree he had suffered death, pain and
dishonor to return to love the lovers he had
lost.
218. The lover met his beloved, and he saw
him in great nobility and power, and
worthy of all honors; and he said he was
shocked by the people, who loved him so
greatly disappointed in having created man
to love him, know him, and honor him, and
out of one thousand men, only one hundred

que no els donàs pena, e los deu l'amaven
per ço que els donàs glòria; e no era quaix
qui l'amàs per sa bonea e sa nobilitat. Con
l'amic oí aquestes paraules, plorà fortment
en la deshonor de son amat, e dix:
- Amat, que tant has donat a home e tant
l'has honrat, per què home ha tant tu en
oblit?
219. Lloava l'amic son amat, e deia que ell
havia traspassat on , cor ell és lla on no pot
atènyer on . E per açò com denamaren a
l'amic on era son amat, respoòs:
- És.
Mas no es sabia on; emperò sabia que son
amat és en son remembrament.
220. Comprà l'amat ab sos honraments un
home esclau e sotsmès a pensaments,
llanguiments, sospirs, e plors; e demanà-li
què menjava ni bevia. Respòs que ço que
ell volia. Demanà-li què vestia. Respòs
que ço que ell volia. Dix l'amat:
- Has gens de volentat?
Respòs que serf e sotsmès no ha altre voler
mes obeir a son senyor e son amat.
221. Demanà l'amat a son amic si havia
paciència. Respòs que totes coses li plaïen;
e per açò no havia ab què hagués
paciència; cor qui no havia senyoria en sa
volentat, no podia ésser impacient.
222. Amor se donava a qui es volia; e cor a
molts hòmens no es donava e los amadors
fortment no enamorava, pus n'havia
llibertat, per açò l'amic d'amor se clamava,
e amor acusava a son amat. Mas amor
s'escusava dient que ella no era contra
franca volentat, per ço cor gran mèrit e
gran glòria desirava a sos amadors.
223. Gran contrast e gran discòrdia fo
enfre l'amic e amor, per ço cor l'amic
s'ujava dels treballs que sostenia per amor.
E era qüestió si era per defalliment d'amor,
o de l'amic; e vengren-ne a jutjament de
l'amat lo qual puní l'amic ab llanguiment, e
guardunà-lo ab muntiplicament d'amor.
would not give them pain, and ten loved
him to be given glory; and there was hardly
anybody who loved him for his goodness
and nobility. When the lover heard these
words, he cried desolately for the dishonor
of his beloved, and he said:
- Beloved, you who have given so much to
man and have honored him so much, why
have you been forgotten so much by man?
219. The lover praised his beloved, and he
said he had transcended the where , since
he was where the where cannot reach. And
so, when the lover was asked on the
whereabouts of his beloved, he answered:
- He is.
But it was not known where; however, he
knew his beloved is in his remembrance.
220. The beloved bought with his virtues a
slave man who was subjected to worries,
sorrows, sighs, and plants; and he asked
him what he ate and what he drank. He
replied, whatever he wanted. He asked him
what he wore. He said, whatever he
wanted. The beloved said,
- Do you have any will?
He replied that a slave and subdued person
has no will but to obey his master and his
beloved.
221. The beloved asked his lover if he had
patience. He answered that he was pleased
by everything; and therefore there was
nothing to be patient about; for he who is
not the master of his will, cannot be
impatient.
222. Love gave herself to whoever wanted
her; and since many men did not want her,
and the people were not greatly in love, she
was free of them, hence the lover cried out
for love, and love blamed his beloved. But
love excused herself and said she was not
against free will, because she wished great
merit and glory for her lovers.
223. There was a great argument and
discord between love and the lover,
because the lover was tired of the hardship
he endured for love. And it was argued if
this was due to love's weakness, or the
lover's; and they came to the judgement of
the beloved, who punished the lover with
distress, and rewarded him with growing

224. Qüestió fo si amor era pus prop a
pensament o a paciència. Solvé l'amic la
qüestió, e dix que amor és engenrada en
los pensaments, e és sostentada en la
paciència.
225. Veïns de l'amic són los bells
capteniments de l'amat, e los veïns de
l'amat son los capteniments de son amic, e
los treballs e els plors que sosté per amor.
226. Volc pujar molt altament la volentat
de l'amic per ço que molt amàs son amat, e
manàa a l'enteniment que pujàs a tot son
poder; e l'enteniment ho manà al
remembrament. E tots tres pujaren
contemplar l'amat en sos honraments.
227. Partí's volentat de l'amic e donà's a
l'amat; e l'amat mès en presó la volentat en
l'amic, per ço que fos per ell amat e servit.
228. Deia l'amic:
- No es cuit mon amat que jo sia departit a
amar altre amat; cor amor m'ha tot ajustat
a amar un amat tan solament.
Respòs l'amat, e dix:
- No es cuit mon amic que jo sia amat e
servit per ell tan solament, ans he molts
amadors per qui són amat pus fortament e
pus llongament que per sa amor.
229. Deia l'amic a son amat:
- Amable amat: tu has mos ulls acostumats
e nodrits a veer, e mes orelles a oir, tos
honraments; e per açò és acostumat mon
cor a pensaments, per los quals has
acostumats mos ulls a plorar e mon cors a
llanguir.
Respòs l'amat a l'amic e dix que sens aitals
costumes e nodriments no fóra escrit en lo
llibre son nom, en lo qual són escrits tots
aquells qui vénen a eternal benedicció, e
son delits llurs noms del llibre on són
escrits aquells qui van a eternal
maledicció.
230. En lo cor de l'amic s'ajusten los
nobles capteniments de l'amat, e
muntipliquen los pensaments e els treballs
en l'amic, lo qual fóra finit e mort si l'amat
love.
224. An argument took place on whether
love was closer to thought or to patience.
The lover solved the question, and he said
that love is begotten in thoughts, and is
sustained by patience.
225. The beautiful countenance of the
beloved is the lover's neighbor, and the
beloved's neighbors are the lover's
thoughts, and the hardship and crying he
endures for love.
226. The lover's will wanted to rise very
highly to greatly love his beloved, and he
ordered intelligence to rise up to all
hispower; and intelligence ordered the
same to memory. And all three rose to
contemplate the beloved in his glory.
227. The lover's will left him and gave
himself to the beloved; and the beloved
confined the will in the lover, to be served
and loved by him.
228. The lover said:
- Let my beloved not be worried that I
could leave him to love someone else, since
love has led me to love only one beloved.
The beloved said in reply:
- Let my lover not be worried that I be
loved and served only by him, since I have
many other lovers who love me more
strongly and for longer than he does.
229. The lover said to his beloved:
- Kind beloved: you have trained and
nourished my eyes to see, and my ears to
hear, your honorings; and hence my heart is
used to the thoughts by which you have
accustomed my eyes to weep and my body
to languish.
The beloved answered the lover, and he
said that without such habits and
nourishments his name would not be
written in the book where all who come to
eternal blessing are inscribed, and whose
names are deleted from the book where
those who go to eternal damnation are
inscribed.
230. The noble demeanours of the beloved
gather in the heart of the lover, and the
thoughts and the duress are multiplied in
the lover, who would be finished and dead
muntiplicàs en los pensaments de l'amic
pus de sos honraments.
231. Venc l'amat albergar a l'hostal de son
amic, e féu-li son amic llit de pensaments;
e servien-li sospirs e plors. E pagà l'amat
son hostal, de remembraments.
232. Mesclà amor los treballs e els plaers
en los pensaments de l'amic; e clamaren-se
los plaers d'aquell mesclament, e acusaren
amor a l'amat; e feniren e deliren los
plaers, con l'amat los hacs departits dels
turments que amor dóna a sos amadors.
233. Los senyals de les amors que l'amic
fa a son amat són: en lo començament
plors, e en lo mig tribulacions, e en la fi
mort. E per aquells senyals l'amic preïca
los amadors de son amat.
234. Assoliava's l'amic, e acompanyaven
son cor pensaments, e sos ulls llàgremes e
plors, e son cors afliccions e dejunis. E
com l'amic tornava en la companyia de les
gents, desemparaven-lo totes les coses
damunt dites, e estava l'amic tot sol enfre
les gents.
235. Amor és mar tribulada d'ondes e de
vents, qui no ha port ni ribatge. Pereix
l'amic en la mar, e en son perill pereixen
sos turments e neixen sos compliments.
236. - Digues, foll: què és amor?
Respòs:
- Amor és concordança de tesòrica e de
pràtica a una fi, a la qual se mou lo
compliment de la volentat de l'amic, per ço
que faça a les gents honrar e servir son
amat. E és qüestió si la fi se cové pus
fortment ab la volentat de l'amic qui desija
ésser ab son amat.
237. Demanaren a l'amic qui era son amat.
Respòs que ço qui el faïa amar, desirar,
llanguir, sospirar, plorar, escarnir, morir.
238. Demanaren a l'amat qui era son amic.
Respòs que aquell qui per honrar e lloar
sos honraments no dubtava nulles coses, e
qui a totes coses renunciava per obeir sos
manaments e sos consells.
had the beloved multiplied in the lover's
thoughts more of his honorings.
231. The beloved came to stay in his lover's
lodging, and the lover made him a bed of
thoughts; and he served him sighs and
plants. And the beloved paid for his stay
with remembrances.
232. Love mixed hardship and pleasure in
the lover's thoughts; and pleasure
complained of that mixture, and accused
love to the beloved; and pleasure was
finished and deleted once the beloved had
put it apart from the torment that love gives
to his people.
233. The signs of love that the lover makes
to his beloved are: in the beginning tears, in
the middle tribulations, and in the end
death. And with those signs the lover
preaches to the people on his beloved.
234. When the lover was isolated, his heart
was accompanied by thoughts, and his eyes
by tears and plants, and his body by
afflictions and fasts. And when the lover
went back to the company of the people, he
was deserted by all the above mentioned
things, and he was alone among the people.
235. Love is like the sea swirling with
waves and wind, without port or shore. The
lover perishes in the sea, and in his danger
his pain perishes, and his wholeness is
born.
236. - Tell me, fool: what is love?
He answered:
- Love is concordance of theory and
practice for a goal, which the fulfillment of
the lover's will moves towards, so that it
makes people honor and serve their
beloved. And one wonders if this goal is
closest to the will of the lover who wants to
be with the beloved.
237. The lover was asked who his beloved
was. He answered it was that which made
him love, desire, languish, sigh, cry, scoff,
die.
238. The beloved was asked who his lover
was. He answered it was the one who
hesitated on nothing to honor and praise his
glory, and who renounced to everything to
obey his command and his advice.
239. - Digues, foll: qual feix és pus feixuc
e pus greu: o treballs per amor, o treballs
per desamor?
Respòs que ho demanàs als hòmens qui
fan penitència per amor a son amat o per
temor dels turments infernals.
240. Adormí's l'amic e morí amor, cor no
hac de què visqués. Despertà's l'amic e
reviscolà amor en los pensaments que
l'amic tramès a son amat.
241. Deia l'amic que ciència infusa venia
de volentat, devoció, oració, e ciència
adquisita venia d'estudi, enteniment. E per
açò és qüestió qual ciència és pus tost en
l'amic, ni qual li és pus agradable, ni qual
és major en l'amic.
242. - Digues, foll: d'on has tes
necessitats?
Respòs:
- De pensaments, e de desirar, adorar,
treballar, perseverança.
- E d'on has totes aquestes coses?
Respòs:
- D'amor.
- E d'on has amor?
- De mon amat.
- E d'on has ton amat?
- De si mateix tan solament.
243. - Digues, foll: vols ésser franc de
totes coses?
Respòs que hoc, exeptat son amat.
- Vols ésser catiu?
Respòs que:
- Hoc de sospirs, e pensaments, treballs, e
perills, e exils, plors, a servir mon amat, al
qual són creat per lloar ses valors.
244. Turmentava amor l'amic per lo qual
turment plorava e planyia l'amic. Cridava'l
son amat que s'acostàs a ell per ço que
sanàs. On pus l'amic a son amat s'acostava
pus fortment amor lo turmentava, cor més
d'amor sentia. E cor més de plaers sentia
on més amava, pus fortment l'amat de sos
llanguiments lo sanava.
239. - Tell me, fool: which is the heaviest
and most severe burden, trouble for love, or
trouble for enmity?
He replied he should ask the men who are
in penitence for either love of their beloved,
or for dread of the hellish torments.
240. The lover fell asleep and love died, for
it had nothing to live from. The lover woke
up and love was revived in the thoughts tha
the lover sent to his beloved.
241. The lover said that innate science
comes from will, devotion, prayer; and
acquired science comes from study,
understanding. And so, it is a wonder
which is the earliest science in the lover,
and which is the most pleasant, and which
is greatest in the lover.
242. - Tell me, fool: how do you satisfy all
your needs?
He replied:
- With my thoughts, and by wishing,
adoring, working, and with perseverance.
- And where do you get all these things
from?
He replied:
- From love
- And where do you find love?
- In my beloved.
- And where do you find your beloved?
- I find Him only in Himself.
243. - Tell me, fool: do you want to be free
from everything?
He answered he did, except from his
beloved.
- Do you want to be captive?
He replied:
- I do of sighs, thoughts, hardship, danger,
exiles, plants, to serve my beloved, to
whom these things have been created to
honor his values.
244. Love tormented the lover, and he cried
and moaned from the torment. His beloved
called on him to come close to him to be
healed. The closer the lover came to the
beloved, the more he was tormented by
love, since he felt greater love. And
because he felt more deeply pleased as he
loved more, his beloved could better heal
him of his sorrows.
245. Malalta era amor. Metjava-la l'amic
245. Love was sick. The lover cared for
ab paciència, perseverança, obediència,
love with patience, perseverance,
esperança; guaria l'amor. Emmalaltia
obedience, hope; love healed. The lover fell
l'amic; sanava-lo l'amat donant-li
sick; he was healed by the beloved, who
remembrament de ses virtuts e de sos
reminded him of his virtues and honorings.
honraments.
246. - Tell me, fool one: what is solitude?
246. - Digues, foll: què és solitudo?
He replied:
Respòs:
- It is solace and company of lover and
- Solaç e companyia d'amic e amat.
beloved.
- E què és solaç e companyia?
- And what is solace and company?
Respòs que solitudo estant en coratge
He answered it was solitude in the courage
d'amic qui no membra mas tan solament
of the lover, who thinks of nothing but his
son amat.
beloved.
247. A question was asked to the lover:
247. Qüestió fo feta a l'amic:
- Where is the greatest danger: in enduring
- On és major perill: en sostenir treballs
hardship for love, or in enjoying love's
per amor, o benanances?
rewards?
Acordà's l'amic ab son amat, e dix que
The lover agreed with his beloved, and said
perills per malanances són per
that danger in misfortune comes from
impaciència, e perills per benanances són
impatience, and danger in prosperity comes
per desconeixença.
from mindlessness.
248. Love was freed by the beloved, who
248. Solvé l'amat amor, e llicencià les gave license to the people to take from her
gents que en prenguessen a tota llur as much as they wished; and hardly any
volentat; e a penes atrobà amor qui la people were found who would place love in
metés en son coratge. E per açograve; their courage. And hence the lover cried
plorà l'amic e hac tristícia de la deshonor and was sad for the dishonor for the
que amor pren sajús enfre nós, per falses dishonor that love is given down here
amadors e per hòmens desconeixents. among us, by false friend and mindless
men.
249. Aucí amor en lo coratge de son 249. Love slayed everything in the courage
vertader amic totes coses, per ço que hi of his true lover, so that she could live and
pogués viure e caber; e hagra mort l'amic fit there; and the lover would have died had
si no hagués membrança de son amat. he not had remembrance of his beloved.
250. Two thoughts were in the lover: one
250. Havia en l'amic dos pensaments: la un
meditated every day on the essence and the
cogitava tots jorns en l'essència e en les
virtues of his beloved; and the other
virtuts de son amat; e l'altra cogitava en les
meditated on the deeds of his beloved.
obres de son amat. E per açò era qüestió
Whereby it was wondered which thought
qual pensament era pus llugorós, pus
was the most brilliant, the most pleasant to
agradable a l'amat e a l'amic.
the beloved and the lover.
251. The lover died by the strength of great
251. Morí l'amic per força de gran amor.
love. He was buried in his land by the
Soterrà'l en sa terra l'amat, en la qual fo
beloved, where the lover was resurrected.
l'amic ressuscitat. E és qüestió l'amic de
And it is wondered which act the lover
qual reebé major do.
received the greatest gift from.
252. En la presó de l'amat eren 252. In the jail of the beloved were
malanances, perills, llanguiments, misfortune, danger, sadness, dishonor,
deshonors, estranyedats, per ço que no
embargassen son amic a lloar sos
honraments e a enamorar los hòmens qui
l'han en menyspreament.
253. Estava l'amic un dia denant molts
hòmens que son amat havia en est món
massa honrats, per ço cor lo deshonraven
en llurs pensaments. Aquells
menyspreaven son amat e escarnien sos
servidors. Plorà l'amic, tirà sos cabells,
baté sa cara e rompé sos vestiments; e
cridà altament:
- Fo anc fet tan gran falliments com
menysprear mon amat?
254. - Digues, foll: vols morir?
Respòs que:
- Hoc, en los delits d'aquest món e en los
pensaments dels maleïts qui obliden e
deshonren mon amat; en los quals
pensaments no vull ésser entès ni volgut,
pus que no hi és mon amat.
255. - Si tu, foll, dius veritat, seràs per les
gents ferit, e escarnit, reprès, turmentat e
mort.
Respòs:
- Segons aitals paraules, se segueix que si
deia falsies, fos lloat, amat, servit, honrat
per les gents, e defès dels amadors de mon
amat.
256. Falses lloadors blasmaven un dia
l'amic en presència de son amat. Havia
l'amic paciència, e l'amat justícia, saviea,
poder. E l'amic amà més ésser blasmat e
reprès, que ésser negú dels falses
blasmadors.
257. Sembrava l'amat diverses sements en
lo cor de son amic, d'on naixia, e fullava, e
floria e granava el fruit tan solament. E és
qüestió si d'aquell fruit poden néixer
diverses sements.
258. Sobre amor està molt altament l'amat,
e dejús amor està molt baixament l'amic. E
amor, qui està en lo mig, davalla l'amat a
l'amic, e puja l'amic a l'amat. E del
davallament e pujament, viu e pren
començament l'amor per la qual llangueix
l'amic e és servit l'amat.
strangement, so that they would not hinder
his lover from praising the beloved's
honorings and from inspiring love in the
men who had him in despise.
253. The lover was once in the presence of
many men who had been excessively
honored by his beloved, since they
disgraced him in their thoughts. They
despised their beloved and they scorned his
servants. The lover cried, pulled his hair,
beated his face and tore his clothes; and he
loudly shouted:
- Were such great wrongs ever done as
despising my beloved?
254. - Tell me, fool one: do you want to
die?
He replied:
- Yes, in the pleasures of this world and in
the thoughts of the damned ones who omit
and dishonor my beloved; in which
thoughts I do not want to be understood or
wanted, for my beloved is not in them.
255. - If you, crazy one, tell the truth, you
will be wounded, scorned, reprimanded,
tormented, and slayed by the people.
He replied:
- According to these words, it follows that
if I told falsity, I would be praised, loved,
served, honored by the people, and
defended from the friends of my beloved.
256. False preachers were blaming one day
the lover in the presence of his beloved.
The lover had patience, and the beloved
had justice, wisdom and power. And the
lover preferred to be blamed and told off,
than to be any of the false accusers.
257. The beloved sowed various seeds in
the heart of his lover, from which the fruit
alone was born, sprouted, flowered, and
matured. And it is wondered if several
different seeds may be born from that fruit.
258. Over love the beloved stands very
highly, and under love the lover is placed
very lowly. And love, who is in between,
descends the beloved to the lover, and
raises the lover to the beloved. And out of
this descend and this rise, the love, which
the lover languishes from and the beloved
is served by, begins and lives.
259. A la dreta part d'amor està l'amat, e 259. On the right of love stands the
l'amic està a la sinestra; e per açò, sens que
beloved, and the lover is on the left; and
l'amic no pas per amor, no pot pervenir a therefore, without passing through love, the
son amat. lover cannot attain his beloved.
260. And ahead of love is the beloved and
260. E denant amor està l'amat e detràs
behind the beloved is the lover. And this is
l'amat està l'amic. E per açò l'amic no pot
why the lover cannot attain love until his
pervenir a amor tro que ha passats sos
thoughts and his wishes have passed
pensaments e sos desirers per l'amat.
through the beloved.
261. Fa l'amat a son amic tres semblants a 261. The beloved makes for the lover three
si mateix amats, en honraments e valors. E beloved ones like himself, in honorings and
enamora's l'amic de tots tres egualment, in values. And the lover is equally in love
jacsia que l'amor sia una tan solament, a with all three, even though love is only one,
significancça de la unitat, una en tres as in the meaning of unity, essentially one
amats essencialment. in three beloved ones.
262. Vestí's l'amat del drap on era vestit
262. The beloved clothed himself in the
son amic, per ço que fos son companyó en
same dress as his lover, to be eternally his
glòria eternalment. E per açò l'amic desirà
companion in glory. Hence the lover
tots jorns vermells vestiments, per ço que
wished to dress in red every day, so that the
el drap sia mills semblant als vestiments de
cloth is more like that of his beloved.
son amat.
263. - Tell me, fool one: what was your
263. - Digues, foll: què faïa ton amat ans
beloved doing before the world existed?
que el món fos?
He answered:
Respòs:
- He must have existed owing to several
- Covenia's a ésser per diverses propietats
properties that are eternal, personal,
eternals, personals, infinides, on són amic
infinite, in which the lover and the beloved
e amat.
are present.
264. Plorava e havia tristícia l'amic com 264. The lover cried and was sad to see the
veia a los infeels innorantment perdre son infidels lose their beloved in their
amat; e alegrava's en la justícia de son ignorance; and he rejoiced in the justice of
amat, que turmentava aquells qui el his beloved, who tormented those who
coneixien e li eren desobedients. E per açò knew him and were disobedient to him.
fo-li feta qüestió qual era major: o sa And hence, he was asked which was the
tristícia, o sa alegrança, ni si havia major greatest one: his sadness or his rejoicing;
benanança com veia honrar son amat, o and his fortune to see his beloved honored,
major malanança com lo veia deshonrar. or his misfortune to see him dishonored.
265. The lover gazed at his beloved in the
265. Esguardava l'amic son amat en la
greatest differentiation and concordance of
major diferència e concordança de virtuts,
virtues, and in the greatest opposition of
e en la major contrarietat de virtuts e de
virtues and vices, and in being perfection,
vicis, e en ésser perfecció, qui es covenen
which better suit each other without
pus fortment sens defalliment e no ésser,
disheartening and without no-being, than
que ab defalliment e ab no ésser.
with disheartening and no-being.
266. Los secrets de son amat veia l'amic, 266. The lover saw the secrets of his
per diversitat, concordança, qui li beloved by diversity, concordance, which
revelaven pluralitat, unitat en son amat, revealed to him plurality, unity in his
per major conveniment d'essència sens beloved, for the greater suitability of
contrarietat. essence without conflict.

267. Digueren a l'amic que si corrupció,
qui és contra ésser en ço qui és contra
generació, qui és contra no ésser, era
eternalment corrompent corromput,
impossible cosa seria que no ésser ni fi se
concordàs ab la corrupció ni el corromput.
On, per estes paraules, l'amic viu en son
amat generació eternal.
268. Si fos falsetat ço per què l'amic pot
més amar son amat, fóra veritat ço per què
l'amic no pot tant amar son amat; e si açò
fos enaixí, seguira's que defalliment fos de
major e de veritat en l'amat, e hagra en
l'amat concordança de falsetat e menor.
269. Lloava l'amic son amat, e deia que si
son amat ha major possibilitat a perfecció
e major impossibilitat a imperfecció, cové
que son amat sia simple, pura, actualitat en
essència e en operació. On, dementre que
l'amic enaixí lloava son amat, li era
revelada la trinitat de son amat.
270. Veia l'amic en nombre d'un o de tres
major concordança que en altre nombre,
per ço cor tota forma corporal venia de no
ésser a ésser per lo nombre damunt dit. E
per açò l'amic esguardava la unitat e la
trinitat de son amat per la major
concordança de nombre.
271. L'amic lloava lo poder, e el saber e el
voler de son amat, qui havien creades totes
coses, enfora pecat; lo qual pecat no fóra
sens lo poder, e el saber e el voler de son
amat; al qual pecat no són ocasióo lo
poder, ni el saber ni el voler de son amat.
272. Lloava e amava l'amic son amat com
l'havia creat e li havia donades totes coses;
e lloava'l e amava'l com li plac pendre sa
semblança e sa natura. E d'açò cové ésser
feta qüestió qual llaor e amor deu haver
major perfecció.
267. The lover was told that if corruption,
which is against being inasmuch as it is
against generation, which is against no-
being, were eternally corrupting the
corrupted, it would be impossible for either
no-being or end to agree with corruption or
the corrupted. Whereby, through these
words, the lover saw in his beloved eternal
generation.
268. If falsehood were that through which
the lover can better love his beloved, then
truth would be the reason why the lover
cannot love his beloved best; and this being
the case, failure of the major and of thruth
would follow in the beloved, and in him
there would be concordance of falsehood
and the minor.
269. The lover praised his beloved, and he
said that inasmuch as his beloved has the
greatest possibility of perfection, and the
greatest impossibility of imperfection, it
suits his beloved to be simple, pure
realization in essence and in operation.
Whereby, while the lover was praising his
beloved in this way, the trinity of his
beloved was being revealed to him.
270. The lover saw in the numbers one or
three a greater concordance than in other
numbers, because every corporal form
came from no-being to being through the
above said numbers. And hence the lover
watched the unity and the trinity of his
beloved by means of the greater
concordance of number.
271. The lover praised the power, the
knowledge, and the will of his beloved,
which had created everything except for
sin; which sin would not exist without the
power, the knowledge and the will of his
beloved; which sin is not brought about by
neither the power, nor the knowledge, nor
the will of his beloved.
272. The lover praised and loved his
beloved for having created him and given
everything to him; and he praised and loved
him because he was pleased to have taken
his resemblance and his nature. And one
should ask which of these acts of praise and
love has the greatest perfection.

273. Temptà amor l'amic de saviesa, e féu-
li qüestió si l'amat l'amava més en pendre
sa natura o en recrear-lo. E l'amic fo
embarbesclat, tro que respòs que la
recreació se convenc a esquivar
malanança, e l'encarnació a donar
benanança. E de la responsió fo feta altra
qüestió: qual fo major amor.
274. Anava l'amic demanar almoina per
les portes, per ço que remembràs l'amor de
son amat a sos servidors, e per ço que usàs
d'humilitat, pobretat paciència, qui són
coses agradables a son amat.
275. Demanaren perdó a l'amic per amor
de son amat; e l'amic no tan solament
perdonà ans los donà si mateix e sos béns.
276. Ab llàgremes de sos ulls recontava
l'amic la passió e la dolor que son amat
sostenc per sa amor; e ab tristícia,
pensaments, escrivia les paraules que deia;
e ab misericòrdia, esperança, se
conhortava.
277. L'amat e amor vengren veer l'amic
qui dormia. L'amat cridà a son amic, e
amor lo despertà. E l'amic obeí a amor, e
respòs a son amat.
278. Nodria l'amat son amic a amar; e
amor ensenyava-li a perillar, e paciència
l'adoctrinava con sostengués treballs per
l'amor d'aquell a qui s'és donat per
servidor.
279. Demanava l'amat a les gents si havien
vist son amic, e ells demanaren-li les
calitats de son amic; e l'amat dix que son
amic era ardit, temerós, ric e pobre, alegre,
trist, consirós, e llanguia tots jorns per sa
amor.
280. E demanaren a l'amic si volia vendre
son desirer; e ell respòs que venut l'havia a
son amat per un tal diner que tot lo món ne
poria ésser comprat.
281. - Preïca, foll, e digues paraules de ton
amat. Plora, dejuna!
Renuncià al món l'amic, e anà cercar son
amat ab amor, e lloava-lo en aquells llocs
273. The lover was tempted by love with
his wisdom, and was asked if the beloved
was loving him the most by taking his
nature, or by recreating him. And the lover
was puzzled, till he answered that
recreation was needed to avoid misfortune,
and incarnation was needed to give his
blessing. And from the answer another
question arose: which one the greatest love
was.
274. The lover went asking for alms by the
doorsteps to remind the love of his beloved
to his servants, and to make use of
humility, poverty and patience, which are
pleasant to his beloved.
275. The lover was asked for forgiveness
for the love of his beloved; and the lover
not only forgave, but he gave himself and
his estate as well.
276. With tears in his eyes the lover
narrated the passion and the pain that his
beloved endured for his love; and with
sadness and thoughts, he wrote the words
he was uttering; and with grace and
hopefulness, he was comforted.
277. The beloved and love came to see the
lover, who was sleeping. The beloved
called his lover, and love awoke him. And
the lover obeyed love, and he answered to
his beloved.
278. The lover was nourished by his
beloved to love; and love taught him to
confront danger, and patience educated him
to sustain hardship for the love of that one
to whom he had given himself as servant.
279. The beloved asked the people if they
had seen his lover, and they asked him for
the qualities of his lover; and the beloved
said that his lover was bold, fearful,
wealthy and poor, joyous, sad, thoughtful,
and that he grieved every day for his love.
280. And the lover was asked if he wanted
to sell his wish; and he answered he had
sold it to his beloved for a kind of money
that could buy all the world.
281. - Do pray, you crazy one, and speak
words about your beloved. Do cry out, do
fast!
The lover renounced the world, and he

on era deshonrat.
282. Bastia e obrava l'amic una bella ciutat
on estegués son amat. Ab amor,
pensaments, plants, plors e llanguiments
l'obrava; e ab plaers, esperança, devoció,
l'ornava; e ab fe, justícia, prudència,
fortitudo, temprança, la guarnia.
283. Bevia l'amic amor en la font de son
amat, en la qual l'amat llavà los peus a son
amic, qui moltes vegades ha oblidats,
menyspreats, sos honraments; per què lo
món és en defalliment.
284. - Digues, foll: què és pecat?
Respòs:
- Entenció girada e enversada contra la
final entenció e raó per què mon amat ha
creades totes coses.
285. Veia l'amic que el món és creat, com
sia cosa que eternitat se convenga mills ab
son amat, qui és essència infinida en
granea e en tota perfecció, que ab lo món,
qui ha cantitat finida. E, per açò, en la
justícia de son amat veia l'amic que
l'eternitat de son amat cové ésser davant a
temps e a cantitat finida.
286. Escusava l'amic son amat a aquells
qui deien que el món és eternal, dient que
son amat no hagra justícia perfeta si no
retés a cascuna ànima son cors; a lo qual
no fóra bastant lloc ni matèria ordial; ni el
món no fóra ordenat a una fi tan solament
si fos eternal; e si no ho fos, defallira en
son amat perfecció de volentat, saviea.
287. - Digues, foll: en què has coneixença
que la fe catòlica sia vera, e la creença dels
jueus e dels sarraïns sien en falsetat e
error?
Respòs:
- En les deu condicions del Llibre del
gentil e dels tres savis .
288. - Digues, foll: en què comença
saviea?
Respòs:
went searching for his beloved with love,
and he praised him in those places where he
was dishonored.
282. The lover built and worked on a
beautiful city where his beloved would
dwell. With love, thoughts, plants, cries and
sorrows, he constructed it; and with
pleasure, hopefulness, devotion, he adorned
it; and with faith, justice, caution, fortitude,
temperance, he garnished it.
283. The lover drank love in the fountain of
his beloved, in which the beloved washed
his lover's feet, who has often forgotten and
neglected his principles; whereby the world
is in failure.
284. - Tell me, fool: what is sin?
He replied:
- It is intention reversed and turned against
the final intention and reason for which my
beloved has created everything.
285. The lover saw that the world is created
on account that eternity is better suited to
his beloved, who is infinite essence in
greatness and in all perfection, than with
the world, which is of finite quantity. And
therefore, in the justice of his beloved, the
lover saw that his beloved's eternity must
prevail over time and over finite quantity.
286. The lover defended his beloved from
those who said the world is eternal by
saying that his beloved would not have
perfect justice if he did not deliver to each
soul its body, to which body neither place
nor prime matter would be enough; and the
world would not be directed toward one
end only if it were eternal; and if it were
not directed toward one end, perfection of
will and knowledge would fail in his
beloved.
287. - Tell me, you fool: what gives you the
knowledge that the catholic faith is true,
and the beliefs of the jews and the moors is
in falsehood and error?
He replied:
- Through the ten conditions of the Book of
the Gentle and the three wise men .
288. - Tell me, fool one: what does wisdom
start from?
He replied:
 - From faith and devotion, which are a
- En fe e en devoció, qui són escala on
ladder where intelligence climbs on to
puja l'enteniment entendre los secrets de
understand the secrets of my beloved.
mon amat.
- And how about faith and devotion, where
- E fe e devoció, d'on han començament ?
do they start from?
Respòs:
He replied:
- De mon amat, qui inlumena fe e escalfa
- From my beloved, who enlightens faith
devoció.
and warms up devotion.
289. The lover was asked which one was
289. Demanaren a l'amic qual cosa era
greater: possibility or impossibility. He
major: o possibilitat, o impossibilitat.
replied that possibility is greater in
Respòs que possibilitat era major en
creation, and impossibility in his beloved;
creatura, e impossibilitat en son amat; con
because possibility and potentiality are
sia cosa que possibilitat e potència se
concordant, and so are impossibility and
concorden, e impossibilitat e actualitat.
actuality.
290. - Digues, foll: qual cosa és major: o 290. - Tell me, fool one: which one is
diferència, o concordança ? greater, difference or concordance?
Respòs que, fora son amat, diferència era He replied that, except in his beloved,
major en pluralitat, e concordança en difference was greater in plurality, and
unitat, mas en son amat eren eguals en concordance in unity, but in his beloved
diferència e unitat. they are equal in difference and unity.
291. - Tell me, loving one: what is
291. - Digues, amador: què és valor?
worthiness?
Respòs que lo contrari de la valor d'aquest
He answered that it is the opposite of this
món, la qual és desirada per los falsos
world's worth, which is desired by the false,
amadors vanagloriosos, qui volen valer
vain lovers, who wish to be worthy while
havents desvalor e per ´sser perseguidors
possessing worthlessness, and to be
de valor.
persecutors of worthiness.
292. - Digues, foll: has vist home qui sia 292. - Tell me, fool one: have you seen any
orat? man who is mad?
Respòs que ell havia vist un bisbe qui He replied he had seen a bishop who had in
havia a sa taula molts anaps e moltes his table many cups, bowls and silver
escudelles e talladors d'argent, e havia en cutlery, and who had in his bedroom many
sa cambra moltes vestedures e gran llit, e robes and a great bed, and in his chests a lot
en ses caixes molts diners; e a la porta de of money; and at the door of his palace
son palau havia pocs pobres. there were but few paupers.
293. - Fool one: do you know what vileness
293. - Foll: saps què és viltat?
is?
- Vils pensaments.
- Vile thoughts.
- E què és lleialtat?
- And what is loyalty ?
- Temor de mon amat, nada de caritat e de
- It is fear of my beloved, born from charity
vergonya, qui tem blasme de les gents.
and shyness, which is afraid of the blame of
- E què és honrament?
the people. - And what are honorings?
Respòs:
He replied:
- Cogitar mon amat, e desirar e lloar sos
- To meditate of my beloved, and to wish
honraments.
and pray for his honorings.
294. Los treballs e les tribulacions que 294. The lover was altered and was led to
l'amic sostenia per amor, l'alteraren e impatience by the trouble and tribulations
l'enclinaren a impaciència; e reprès-lo he was sustaining for love; and the beloved
 reprimanded him with his honorings and
l'amat ab sos honraments e ab sos
his promises, by saying that whoever is
prometiments, dient que poc sabia d'amor
altered by either setbacks or bliss knows
qui s'alterava per maltrets ni per
little of love. The lover cried and repented,
benanança. Hac l'amic contrició e plors, e
and he prayed to his beloved to deliver love
pregà son amat qui li retés amors.
to him.
295. - Fool one, tell me: what is love?
295. - Foll, digues: què és amor?
He replied that love is that thing that places
Respòs que amor és aquella cosa qui los
the free ones into servitude and gives
francs met en servitud e a los serfs dóna
freedom to the servants. And it was
llibertat. E és qüestió a qual és pus prop
wondered which one love is closest to:
amor: o a llibertat, o a servitud.
freedom, or servitude.
296. Cridava l'amat son amic, e ell li 296. The beloved was calling his lover, and
responia dient: he answered him saying:
- Què et plau, amat qui est ulls de mos ulls, - What is it that pleases you, my beloved,
e pensaments de mos pensaments, e you who are eyes of my eyes, and thought
compliment de mos compliments, e amor of my thoughts, and fulfillment of my
de mes amors, e encara començament de fulfillments, and love of my loving acts,
mos començaments? and even beginning of my beginnings?
297. - Beloved - the lover said -, I go to you
297. - Amat - deia l'amic -, a tu vaig e en
and I go in you, for you are calling me. I go
tu vaig, car m'apelles. Contemplar vaig
to contemplate contemplation, by
contemplació, ab contemplació de ta
contemplation of your contemplation. I am
contemplació. En ta virtut só, e ab ta virtut
in your virtue, and I come with your virtue,
venc, d'on prenc vertut. Salut-te ab ta
whereby I obtain virtue. I greet you in your
salutació, qui és ma salutació en ta
greeting, which is my greeting in your
salutació, de la qual esper salutació
greeting, from which I expect a lasting
perdurable en benedicció de ta benedicció,
greeting in blessing of your blessing, in
en la qual beneït són en ma benedicció.
which I am blessed in my blessing.
298. You are high, my beloved, in your
298. Alt est, amat, en tes altees, a les quals
highness, to which you exalt my will,
exalces ma volentat, exalçada en ton
which is exalted in your exalting with your
exalçament ab ta altea, qui exalça en mon
highness, which exalts in my remembrance
remembrament mon enteniment, exalçat en
my understanding, which is exalted in your
ton exalçament, per conèixer tos
exalting to come to know your principles,
honraments e per ço que la volentat n'haja
so that its love may be exalted by the will
exalçat enamorament e la memòria n'haja
and memory may have it in high
alta remembrança.
remembrance.
299. - You are, beloved, glory of my glory,
299. - Glòria est, amat, de ma glòria;; e ab
and with your glory and in glory you give
ta glòria e en la glòria, dónes glòria a ma
glory to my glory, which is glorious of your
glòria, qui ha glòria de ta glòria. Per la
glory. And for this glory of yours, the
qual tua glòria, me són glòria egualment
trouble and grief that came to me to honor
los treballs e los llanguiments qui em
your glory are equally glorious to me as the
vénen per honrar ta glòria ab los plaers e
pleasure and thoughts, that come to me
els pensaments qui em vénen de ta glòria.
from your glory.
300. - Amat: en lo carçre d'amor me tens 300. - Beloved: in the prison of love you
enamorat ab tes amors, qui m'han are holding me in love with your love,
enamorat de tes amors, per tes amors e en which has enamored me of your love, for

tes amors. Cor àls no est mas amors, en les
quals me fas estar sol e ab companyia de
tes amors e de tos honraments. Car tu est
sol en mi sol, qui són solitari ab mos
pensaments, con la solitat tua, sola en
honors, m'haja sola a lloar e honrar ses
valors sens temor dels desconeixements
qui no t'han sol en llurs amors.
301. Solaç est, amat, de solaç; perquè en tu
assolaç mos pensaments ab ton solaç, qui
és solaç e confort de mos llanguiments e
de mes tribulacions, qui són tribulades en
ton solaç con no assolaces los innorants ab
ton solaç e con los coneixents de ton solaç
no enamores pus fortment a honrar tos
honraments.
302. Clamava's l'amic, a son senyor, de
son amat, e a son amat de son senyor.
Deien lo senyor e l'amat:
- Qui fa en nóos departiment, qui som una
cosa tan solament ?
Responia l'amic e deia que pietat de senyor
e tribulació per amat.
303. Perillava l'amic en lo gran pèlag
d'amor, e confiava's en son amat, qui li
acorria ab tribulacions, pensaments,
llàgremes e plors, sospirs e llanguiments,
per ç cor lo pèlag era d'amors, e d'honrar
ses honors.
304. Alegrava's l'amic cor era son amat,
cor per son ésser és tot altre ésser
esdevengut, e sostentat, e obligat, e
sotsmès a honrar, servir, l'ésser de son
amat, qui per null ésser no pot ésser delit,
ni encolpat, ni minvat ni crescut.
305. - Amat: en la tua granea fas grans
mos desirers, e mos pensaments, e mos
treballs; cor tant és gran, que tota res és
gran que de tu ha membrança, e
enteniment e plaer; e ta granea fa poques
totes coses qui són contra tos honraments,
manaments.
306. - Eternalment comença, e ha
your love and in your love. Because you
are nothing but love, in which you make be
alone and in the company of your love and
your honorings. Because you are alone in
me being alone, me lonely with my
thoughts, like your own solitude, which is
alone in honors and is the only one whose
values I praise and honor without fear of
the misunderstandings that do not have you
alone in their love.
301. You are solace, my beloved, of solace;
because I console my thoughts in your
solace, which is solace and comfort of my
sorrows and my tribulations, which are
distressed in your solace when you do not
console the ignorant with your solace, and
when you do not more strongly engage
those knowledgeable of your solace to
honor your principles.
302. The lover complained to his lord about
his beloved, and to his beloved about his
lord. The lord and the beloved said:
- Who is driving separation into us, we who
are only one?
The lover answered, and said it was grace
from the lord and tribulation from the
beloved.
303. The lover was in danger in the great
sea of love, and he trusted his beloved, who
came to his rescue with tribulations,
thoughts, tears and plants, sighs and
sorrows, since the sea was one of love and
of honoring his principles.
304. The lover rejoiced in the existence of
his beloved because through his being all
beings are realised, and sustained, and
bound, and subdued to honor and to serve
the being of their beloved, who cannot be
pleased, blamed, lessened or grown by any
other being.
305. - Beloved: in your magnificence you
magnify my desires, my thoughts and my
troubles; for your magnificence is so great,
that everything that has remembrance,
understanding and pleasure from you is
great; and your greatness belittles
everything that is against your principles
and commands.
306. - My beloved is eternally begun, and
començat e començarà mon amat; e
eternalment no comença ni ha començat ni
començarà . E aquests començaments no
són contradicció en mon amat, per ço cor
és eternal, e ha en si unitat e trinitat.
307. - Lo meu amat és un, e en sa unitat
s'uneixen en una volentat mos pensaments
e mes amors; e la unitat de mon amat
abasta a totes unitats e a totes pluralitats; e
la pluralitat qui és en mon amat abasta a
totes unitats e pluralitats.
308. - Sobirà bé és lo bé de mon amat, qui
és bé de mon bé; cor és bé mon amat sens
altre bé, cor si no ho fos, mon bé fóra
d'altre bé sobirà. E cor no ho és, sia doncs
tot lo meu bé despès en esta vida, a honrar
lo sobirà bé, cor enaixí cové.
309. - Si tu, amat, saps mi pecador, sí et
fas tu piadós e perdonador. E per ço que
saps en tu est mellor que mi, doncs jo sé en
tu perdó e amor, pus que tu fas saber a mi
contrició, e dolor, e desire de prendre mort
per lloar ta valor.
310. - Lo teu poder, amat, me pot salvar
per benignitat, pietat e perdó, e pot-me
damnar per justícia e per colpes de mos
falliments. Complesca ton poder ton voler
en mi; cor tot és compliment, sia que em
dons salvació o damnament.
311. - Amat: veritat visita la construcció
de mon cor, e puja aigua a mos ulls com
ma volentat l'ama; e cor la tua veritat és
sobirana, puja veritat sajús ma volentat, a
honrar tos honraments, e davalla-la a
desamar mos defalliments.
312. Anc ver no fo ço en què mon amat no
fo, e fals és ço en què mon amat no és, e
fals serà ço en què mon amat no serà. E
per açò de necessitat és que sia veritat tot
quant serà, ni fo, ni és, si mon amat hi és, e
per açò fals és qui és en ver on mon amat
no és, sens que no se'n segueix
contradicció.
has begun and will begin eternally; and he
does not begin nor he began nor will begin
eternally. And these beginnings are not
contradiction in my beloved, because it is
eternal, and he includes unity and trinity.
307. - My beloved is one, and in his unity
my will and my thoughts and my loving
acts are united; and the unity of my beloved
encompasses all unity and all plurality; and
the plurality that is in my beloved
encompasses all unity and all plurality.
308. - Supreme goodness is the goodness of
my beloved, who is goodness of my
goodness; for my beloved is goodness
without any other good, for were he not,
my goodness would be of another supreme
good. And since it is not, let all of my
goodness spent in this life be dedicated to
honor the supreme good, as it should.
309. - Even though you know me, beloved,
a sinner, you make yourself merciful and
forgiving. And because what you know in
yourself is better than myself, thereby the
better I come to know forgiveness and love
in you the more you let me know
contrition, and grief, and desire to
encounter death to praise your worth.
310. - Your power, my beloved, may save
me by graciousness, piety and forgiveness,
and may condemn me by justice and by
guilt in my mistakes. Let your power fulfill
your will in me; for everything is plenitude,
whether you give me salvation or
damnation.
311. - Beloved: truth visits the construction
of my heart, and raises water to my eyes
because she is loved by my willpower; and
since your truth is supreme, truth lifts my
will to honor your principles, and lowers it
to dislike my failings.
312. That which my beloved was not in
was never true, and false is that which my
beloved is not in, and false will be that
which my beloved will not be in. And
therefore everything that will be, or was, or
is, must be truth if my beloved is there; and
hence, false is the one who is in some truth
where my beloved is not, with no
contradiction being implied.

313. Creà l'amat e destruí l'amic. Jutjà
l'amat, plorà l'amic. Recreà l'amat, glorià
l'amic. Fení l'amat sa operació, e romàs
l'amic eternalment en companyia de son
amat.
314. Per les carreres de vegetació, e de
sentiment, e d'imaginació, e d'enteniment,
volentat, anava l'amic cercar son amat; e
en aquelles carreres havia l'amic perills e
llanguiments per son amat, per ço que
exalçàs son enteniment e sa volentat a son
amat, qui vol que els seus amadors
l'entenen a l'amen altament.
315. Mou-se l'amic a ésser per l'acabament
de son amat, e mou-se a no ésser per son
defalliment. E per açò és qüestió qual dels
dos moviments han major apoderament en
l'amic naturalment.
316. - Posat m'has, amat, enfre mon mal e
ton b´. A la tua part sia pietat,
misericòrdia, paciència, humilitat e perdó,
ajuda e restaurament; a la mia part sia
contrició, perseverança, membrança, ab
sospirs, llàgremes e plors, de la tua santa
passió.
317. - Amat qui em fas amar: si no
m'ajudes, per què em volguist crear ? Ni
per què per mi portest tantes llangors, ni
sostenguist tan greu passió ? Pus tant
m'has ajudat a exalçar, ajuda'm, amat, a
davallar, a membrar, aïrar, mes colpes e
mos defalliments, per ço que mills mos
pensaments pusquen pujar a desirar,
honrar, lloar tes valors.
318. - Mon voler has fet franc a amar tos
honraments, e a menysprear tes valors, per
ço que pusques a mon voler muntiplicar
tes amors.
319. - En aquesta llibertat has, amat,
perillada ma volentat. Amat: en aquest
perill deus remembrar ton amic, qui de sa
volentat franca trau servitud a lloar tes
honors e a muntiplicar en son cors
llanguiments e plors.
313. The beloved created and the lover
destroyed. The beloved judged, the lover
cried. The beloved recreated, and he
glorified the lover. The beloved finished his
operation, and the lover remained eternally
in the company of his beloved.
314. Along the paths for vegetating, and for
feeling, imagination, understanding,
willingness, the lover went searching for
his beloved; and in those paths the lover
endured danger and sorrow for his beloved
to exalt his intelligence and willpower to
his beloved, who wants his lovers to
understand and love him highly.
315. The lover is moved to being by the
perfection of his beloved, and he is moved
to no-being by his enfeeblement. And
hence one wonders which of the two
movements naturally holds the greatest
power in the lover.
316. - You have placed me, my beloved,
between my wrong and your goodness. Let
there be on your part piety, mercy,
patience, humility and forgiveness, help
and healing; let there be on my part
contrition, perseverance, remembrance,
with sighs, tears and weeping coming from
your holy passion.
317. - Beloved, you who makes me love: if
you are not helping me, why did you want
to create me ? And why did you endure so
much grief for me, and bear so severe a
passion ? Since you have helped me to rise
so much, please help me, my beloved, to
come down, to remember, to despise my
offences and my failures, so that my
thoughts may better rise to desire, to honor,
to praise your worth.
318. - You have made my will free to love
your honor, and to undervalue your worth,
so that you may multiply your love in my
will.
319. - By means of this freedom you have
put, my beloved, my willpower in danger.
Beloved: in this danger you ought to
remember your lover, who obtains from his
free will the servitude to praise your
honorings and to multiply in his heart
sorrows and weepings.

320. - Amat: anc de tu en ton amic no venc
colpa ni falliment, ni en ton amic
compliment sens ton do e perdó. E doncs,
pus l'amic t'ha en aital possessió, no
l'hages en oblit en ses tribulacions ni en
son perillament.
321. - Amat, qui en un nom est nomenat
hom e Déu! En aquell nom, Jesucrist, te
vol ma volentat home de Déu; e si tu,
amat, has tant honrat ton amic sens sos
mèrits, en nomenar e voler ton nom, per
què no honres tants hòmens innorables qui
cientalment no són estats tan colpables al
teu nom, Jesucrist, con és estat lo teu
amic ?
322. Plorava l'amic, e deia a son amat
aquestes paraules:
- Amat, no fuist anc avar ni còbeu al teu
amic en donar ésser, ni en recrear-lo, ni en
donar-li moltes creatures a son servii.
Doncs, d'on vendria, amat, que tu, qui est
sobirana llibertat, fosses avar a ton amic,
de plors, pensaments, llanguiments, saviea
e amors, a honrar tes honors ? E per açò,
amat, lo teu amic te demana vida llonga,
per tal que pusca reebre de tu molts dels
dons damunt dits.
323. - Amat: si tu ajudes als hòmens justs
de llurs mortals enemics, ajuda a
muntiplicar mos pensaments en desirar tes
honors; e si tu ajudes als hòmens injusts,
com recobren justícia, ajuda al teu amic
com faça de sa volentat sacrifici a ta llaor,
e de son cors, a testimoni d'amor per via de
martire.
324. - No ha mon amat diferència en
humilitat, humil, humilitat, cor tot és
humilitat en pura actualitat. E per açò
l'amic reprèn ergull, qui vol pujar a son
amat aquells qui en est món la humilitat de
mon amat a tant honrats, e ergull los ha
vestits d'hipocresia, vanaglòria, vanitats.
325. Humilitat ha humiliat l'amat a l'amic,
per contrició; e sí es féu per devoció. E és
qüestió en qual d'ambdues l'amat fos pus
320. - Beloved: no guilt or failing in your
lover ever came from you, nor did any
fulfillment reach your lover without your
gift and forgiveness. Therefore, since the
lover is possessed of you in this way, do
not forget him in his trouble and
endangerement.
321. - Beloved, you who are called man
and God in one name! In that name, Jesus
Christ, my will wants you to be man of
God; and if you, beloved, have so much
honored your lover without his merit in the
way he calls and wishes your name, why do
you not honor so many ignorant men who
have not knowingly been so guilty toward
your name, Jesus Christ, as your lover has
been ?
322. The lover was crying, and he spoke to
his beloved in these words:
- Beloved, you were never mean or greedy
toward your lover in giving him being, in
recreating him, or in providing many
creatures to his service. So how could you,
my beloved who are supreme freedom, ever
be mean to your lover in giving him
weepings, thoughts, sorrows, wiseness and
love to honor your glory ? Therefore, my
beloved, your lover asks you for a long life,
so he may receive from you many of the
above said gifts.
323. - Beloved: if you help the just men
from their mortal enemies, help to multiply
my thoughts to desire your honorings; and
if you help the unjust men to recover
justice, help your lover to sacrifice his will
for your praising, and to sacrifice his body
to be testimony of love by way of
martyrdom.
324. - There is no difference in my beloved
between humbleness, the humble one, and
the humbling one, for everything is
humbleness in pure reality. And therefore
the lover rebukes pride, who wants to raise
to their beloved those who have been so
greatly honored by my beloved's humility
and who have been dressed up by pride in
hipocrisy, vileness, vanity.
325. Humility humbled the beloved down
to the lover, by contrition; and it was done
by devotion too. And it is questioned in
 which of the two the beloved was most
fortment humilitat a l'amic.
strongly humbled down to the lover.
326. Hac l'amat, per sa perfecció, 326. The beloved, through his perfection,
misericòrdia de son amic, e sí hac per les had mercy for his lover, as well as for the
necessitats de son amic. E fo qüestió per needs of his lover. And it was wondered for
qual de les dues raons l'amat perdonà pus which of the two reasons the beloved most
fortment les colpes de son amic. strongly forgave the faults of his lover.
327. Pregaven nostra Dona e los àngels e 327. Our Lady and the angels and the saints
els sants de glòria mon amat; e com prayed of glory to my beloved; and when I
remembré l'error en què el món és per remembered the error the world is in
desconeixença, membré gran la justícia de because of ignorance, I remembered well
mon amat, e gran la desconeixença de sos the great justice of my beloved and the
enemics. great ignorance of his enemies.
328. Pujava l'amic los poders de sa ànima, 328. The lover raised the power of his soul
per escala d'humanitat, gloriejar la divina through a ladder of humanity to glorify the
natura; e per la divinal natura davallava los divine nature; and through the divine nature
poders de sa ànima per gloriejar en la he descended the power of his soul to
humana natura de son amat. glorify in the human nature of his beloved.
329. The narrower the paths the lover goes
329. On pus estretes són les vies on l'amic
on towards his beloved, the wider love is;
va a son amat, pus amples són les amors; e
and the narrower love is, the wider the
on pus estretes són les amors, pus amples
paths are. And thereby, the lover
són les vies. E per açò, en totes maneres ha
experiences in every way for his beloved
l'amic per son amat amors e treballs, e
friendship and hardship, and suffering and
llanguiments e plaers e consolacions.
pleasure and consolation.
330. Ixen amors d'amors, e pensaments de 330. Love comes out of love, and thoughts
llanguiments, e plors de llanguiments; e out of sorrows, and plants out of sorrows,
entren amors en amors, e pensaments en and love comes into love, and thoughts into
plors, e llanguiments en sospirs. E l'amat plants, and sorrows into sighs. And the
esguarda's son amic, qui ha per sa amor beloved watches his lover, who for his love
totes aquestes tribulacions. goes throught all these tribulations.
331. Tranuitaven e faïen romaries e
331. The desires and remembrances of the
pelegrinacions los desirers e els
lover stayed up at night and made festivals
remembraments de l'amic en les noblees
and pilgrimages for the nobleties of his
de son amat, e aportaven a l'amic faiçons,
beloved, and furnished shape to the lover,
e omplien son enteniment de resplendor,
and filled his intelligence with brilliance,
per la qual la volentat muntiplicava ses
for which willpower multiplied his love.
amors.
332. With his imagination, the lover
332. L'amic, ab sa imaginació, pintava e
painted and formed the shapes of his
formava les faiçons de son amat en les
beloved in the bodily things, and with his
coses corporals, e ab son enteniment les
intelligence he polished them in the
polia en les coses esperituals, e ab volentat
spiritual things, and with willpower he
les adorava en totes creatures.
adored them in all creatures.
333. The lover bought one day of crying for
333. Comprà l'amic un dia de plors per
another day of thoughts, and he sold one
altre dia de pensaments, e vené un dia
day of love for another day of tribulations;
d'amors per altre de tribulacions; e
and his love and his thoughts were
muntiplicaren ses amors e sos pensaments.
multiplied.

334. Era l'amic en terra estranya, e oblidà
son amat, e enyorà's de son senyor e sa
muller e sos infants, e de sos amics. Mas
retornà remembrar son amat, per ço que
fos consolat e que la sua estranyedat no li
donàs enyorament ni marriment.
335. Oïa l'amic paraules de son amat, en
les quals lo veia son enteniment, per ço cor
la volentat havia plaer d'aquell oïment; e lo
remembrament membrava les virtuts de
son amat, e los seus prometiments.
336. Oïa blasmar l'amic son amat, en lo
qual blasma veia l'enteniment la justícia e
la paciència de son amat, cor la justícia
punia los blasmadors, e la paciència los
esperava a contrició, penediment. E per
açò és qüestió en qual dels dos l'amic creia
pus fortment.
337. Malalt fo l'amic, e féu testament ab
consell de son amat. Colpes e torts lleixà a
penediment, penitència; e delits temporals
lleixà a menyspreament; a sos ulls lleixà
plors, e a son cor sospirs e amors; e a son
enteniment lleixà les faiçons de son amat;
e a son remembrament la passió que
sostenc per sa amor son amat; e a son
negoci lleixà l'endreçament dels infeels,
qui innorantment van a penediment.
338. Odorà l'amic flors, e remembrà
pudors en ric avar, e en luxuriós, e en
desconeixent ergullós. Gustà l'amic
dolçors, e entès amargors en les
possessions temporals, e en l'entrament e
iximent d'aquest món. Sentí l'amic plaers
temporals, e l'enteniment entès lo breu
traspassament d'aquest món e los
perdurables turments als quals són ocasió
los delits qui a aquest món són agradables.
339. Hac l'amic fam, set, calor e fred,
pobresa, nuedat, malaltia, tribulació e fóra
finit si no hagués membrança de son amat,
qui el sanà ab esperança remembrament, e
ab lo renunciament d'aquest món, e ab lo
menyspreament del blasme de la gent.
334. The lover was in a strange land, and
he forgot his beloved, and he yearned for
his lord and for his wife and infants and his
friends. But he returned to remember his
beloved, in order to be comforted and that
his strangeness would not give him
yearning or melancholy.
335. The lover was hearing words from his
beloved which his intelligence saw him in,
because his willpower felt pleasure in that
hearing; and his memory remembered the
virtues of his beloved, and his promises.
336. The lover was hearing blaming of his
beloved, and in this blaming his
intelligence saw the justice and the patience
of his beloved, for justice punished the
blamers, and patience awaited them to
contrition, repentance. This is why it is
wondered in which of the two the lover
believed the most.
337. The lover was sick, and he made his
will with advice from his beloved. Guilt
and harm he bequeathed to repentance,
penitence; and temporal desire he
bequeathed to disdain; to his eyes he
bequeathed crying, and to his hearth sighs
and love; and to his intelligence he
bequeathed the forms of his beloved; and to
his memory the passion that his beloved
bears for his love; and to his business he
bequeathed the correction of the infidels,
who go ignorantly to their ruin.
338. The lover smelt flowers, and he
remembered the stench of the rich and
miserly, and of the lustful, and of the
unwise arrogant. The lover tasted sweets,
and he perceived the bitterness in the
temporal possessions, and in the entering
and exiting from this world. The lover felt
temporal pleasure, and intelligence
understood the brief passage through this
world and the lasting torments that are
brought about by the delights that are nice
in this world.
339. The lover bore hunger, thirst, heat and
cold, poverty, nakedness, illness,
tribulation; and he would have been
finished if he had not remembered his
beloved, who healed him with hopefulness,
remembering, and through the

340. Enfre treball e plaer era lo llit de
l'amic: ab plaer s'adormia, e ab treball se
despertava. E és qüestió a qual d'aquests
dos és pus prop lo llit de l'amic.
341. En ira s'adormí l'amic, cor temia lo
blasme de la gent; e despertà's en
paciència, com remembrà llaors de son
amat. E és qüestió l'amic de qui hac major
vergonya: o de son amat, o de les gents.
342. Cogità l'amic en la mort, e hac paor
tro que remembrà la ciutat de son amat, de
la qual mort e amor són portals e
entrament.
343. Clamava's l'amic a son amat de
temptacions qui li venien tots jorns
treballar sos pensaments. E l'amat li respòs
dient que temptacions són ocasió com hom
recorra ab remembrament remembrar Déu;
e amar sos honrats capteniments.
344. Perdé l'amic una joia que molt amava;
e fóra's desconsolat, tro que son amat li féu
qüestió qual cosa li era pus profitable: o la
joia que havia, o la paciència que hac en
les obres de son amat.
345. Dormia l'amic considerant en los
treballs e els empatxaments los quals ha en
servir son amat, e hac paor que ses obres
no perissen per aquells empatxaments.
Mas l'amat li tramès consciència que el
despertà en sos mèrits e en los poders de
son amat.
346. Havia l'amic a anar llongues carreres,
e dures e aspres; e era temps que anàs per
aquelles e que portàs lo gran feix que amor
fa portar a sos amadors. E per açò l'amic
alleujà sa ànima dels pensaments e els
plaers temporals, per ço que el cors pogués
portar lo càrrec pus lleugerament, e
l'ànima anàs per aquelles carreres en
companyia ab son amat.
347. Denant l'amic deien un jorn mal de
son amat, sens que l'amic no hi respòs ni
renouncement of this world, and through
the neglect of people's blame.
340. The lover's bed was between trouble
and pleasure: with pleasure he fell asleep,
and with trouble he woke up. And one
wonders which one of these two the lover's
bed is closest to.
341. The lover fell asleep in rage, for he
feared people's blame; and he woke up in
patience, when he remembered prasings to
his beloved. And it is wondered who the
lover felt most ashamed of: his beloved, or
the people.
342. The lover reflected about death, and
he was fearful until he remembered the city
of his beloved, for which death and love are
gates and entrance.
343. The lover complained to his beloved
of the temptations that were coming to him
every day to trouble his thoughts. And the
beloved replied to him saying that
temptations are opportunities to resort with
his memory to remember God and love his
honored demeanor.
344. The lover lost a jewel that he very
much liked; and he was distressed until his
beloved posed him the question of which
thing was the most profitable to him: the
jewel he had, or the patience he drew from
the work of his beloved.
345. The lover was sleeping while
reflecting on the trouble and the
impediments he ran into to serve his
beloved, and he feared that his work would
die out because of those impediments. But
the beloved sent him consciousness, which
awoke him in his merit and in the power of
his beloved.
346. The lover had to go on long, tough,
harsh journeys; and it was time for him to
go on those and to carry the large bundle
that love compels her lovers to carry. And
therefore the lover relieved his soul from
temporal thoughts and pleasures, so that the
body could carry the load more lightly and
the soul would go through those journeys in
the company of his beloved.
347. Wrong things were being said one day
next to the lover of his beloved, without the

escusà son amat. E és qüestió qual és pus
encolpat: o els hòmens qui blasmaven
l'amat, o l'amic qui callava e no escusava
son amat.
348. Contemplant l'amic son amat,
s'assubtilava en son enteniment, e
enamorava's en sa volentat. E és qüestió
per qual dels dos assubtilava pus fortment
sa remembrança a remembrar son amat.
349. Ab frevor e temor anava l'amic en son
viatge honrar son amat: frevor lo portava,
temor lo conservava. Dementre que l'amic
enaixí anava, atrobà sospirs e plors qui li
aportaven saluts de son amat. E és qüestió
per qual de tots quatre fo mills assolaçat
l'amic en son amat.
350. Esguardava l'amic si mateix per ço
que fos mirall on veés son amat, e
esguardava son amat per ço que li fos
mirall on hagués coneixença de si mateix.
E és qüestió a qual dels dos miralls era son
enteniment pus acostat.
351. Teologia e Filosofia, Medicina e Dret
encontraren l'amic qui els demanà de
noves si havien vist son amat. Teologia
plorava, Filosofia dubtava, Medicina e
Dret s'alegraven. E és qüestió què
significava cascú dels quatre significats a
l'amic qui va cercar son amat.
352. Angoixós e plorós anava l'amic
encercar son amat per vies sensuals e per
carreres entel·lectuals. E és qüestió en qual
dels dos camins entrà primerament
dementre cercava son amat, ni en qual
l'amat se mostrà a l'amic pus
declaradament.
353. El dia del judici dirà l'amat que hom
triï a una part ço que en aquest món li ha
donat, e a altra part sia triat ço que hom ha
donat al món, per ço que sia vist com
coralment és estat amat, ni qual dels dos
dons és pus noble e de major cantitat.
354. Amava la volentat de l'amic si
lover answering or excusing his beloved.
And it is asked which one is the most
guilty: the men who blamed the beloved, or
the lover who kept quiet and did not excuse
his beloved.
348. While contemplating his beloved, the
lover grew subtler in his intelligence, and
he fell in love in his willpower. And one
wonders which of these two made the
lover's memory subtler in the strongest way
in remembering his beloved.
349. With fervor and awe, the lover went
along his journey to honor his beloved: he
was carried by fervor, and preserved by
awe. As the lover was going in this way, he
ran across sighs and cryings, who brought
greetings from his beloved. And it is
wondered which of the four the lover was
best comforted by in his beloved.
350. The lover was watching himself so as
to be the mirror where he could see his
beloved, and he was watching his beloved
so as he were the mirror where he could
have knowledge of himself. And it is
wondered which of the two mirrors his
understanding was closest to.
351. Theology and Philosophy, Medicine
and Law ran across the lover, who asked
them again if they had seen his beloved.
Theology cried, Philosophy doubted,
Medicine and Law rejoiced. And it is
wondered what each of the four signs mean
to the lover who is searching his beloved.
352. Anguished and tearful, the lover went
in search of his beloved through sensuous
paths and intellectual routes. And it is
wondered which of these two ways he first
went into as he was searching his beloved,
and in which the beloved showed himself
most decisively to the lover.
353. On the day of the final judgement, the
beloved will ask everyone to sort out on
one side that which he has been given in
this world, and to place on the other that
which he has given to the world, to let it be
seen how he has been heartily loved and
which of the two gifts is the most noble and
of the largest quantity.
354. The lover's willpower loved herself,
mateixa, e l'enteniment demanà-li si era
pus semblant a son amat en amar si
mateixa o en amar son amat, com sia cosa
que son amat sia pus amant si mateix que
nulla altra cosa. E per açò é qüestió segons
qual responsió la volentat poc respondre a
l'enteniment pus vertaderament.
355. - Digues, foll: qual és la major e la
pus noble amor que sia en creatura ?
Respòs:
- Aquella qui és una ab lo creador.
- Per què ?
- Per ço cor lo creador no ha en què pusca
fer pus noble creatura.
356. Estava l'amic un dia en oració e sentí
que sos ulls no ploraven; e per ço que
pogués plorar tramès sa cogitació cogitar
en diners, fembres, fills, viandes,
vanaglòria; e atrobà en son enteniment que
més gents han de servidors cascuna de les
coses damunt dites, que no ha son amat. E
per açò foren sos ulls en plors, e sa ànima
en tristícia e dolor.
357. Anava l'amic consirós en son amat, e
atrobà en la via grans gents e grans
companyes qui li demanaven de noves; e
l'amic, per ço cor atrobava plaer en son
amat, no respòs a ço que li demanaven, e
dix que per ço que no es llunyàs de son
amat no volia respondre a llurs paraules.
358. Era l'amic dintre e defora cobert
d'amor, e anava cercar son amat. Deia-li
amor:
- On vas, amador ?
Respòs:
- Vaig a mon amat per ço que tu sies
major.
359. - Digues, foll: què és religió ?
Respòs:
- Nedeetat de pensa, e desirar morir per
honrar mon amat, e renunciar al món per
ço que no haja embargament a contemplar-
lo e a dir veritat de sos honraments.
360. - Digues, foll: què són treballs, plants,
sospirs, plors, tribulacions, perills, en amic
and intelligence asked her if she was most
similar to her beloved in loving herself or
in loving her beloved, for her beloved loves
himself better than anything else. And this
is why it is wondered according to which
answer willpower could reply to
intelligence most truthfully.
355. - Tell me, fool one: which is the
greatest and most noble love that is in any
creature ?
He replied:
- That which is one with the creator.
- Why?
- Because the creator has nothing out of
which he can make a more noble creature.
356. One day, the lover was in prayer and
he felt his eyes were not crying; and to be
able to cry, he sent out his thoughts to think
about money, women, children, food, and
vanity; and he found in his understanding
that each of these things have more people
as their servants than his beloved does. And
thereby his eyes cried and his soul was in
sadness and pain.
357. The lover was going thoughtful in his
beloved, and he met along his way large
numbers of people and groups who asked
him of any news; and since he found
pleasure in his beloved, the lover did not
respond to what he was being asked and he
said he did not want to answer their words
so that he was not moved away from his
beloved.
358. The lover was covered inside and
outside by love, and he went searching for
his beloved. Love said to him:
- Lover, where are you going ?
He replied:
- I am going to my beloved so that you may
become greater.
359. - Tell me, fool one: what is religion ?
He replied:
- Cleanness of thought, and wishing to die
to honor my beloved, and renouncing to the
world so that there is no encumbrance to
contemplate it and to tell the truth about its
honorings.
360. - Tell me, fool one: what are trouble,
laments, sighs, weepings, tribulations,
? danger, in the lover ?
Respòs:
- Plaer d'amat.
- Per què ?
- Per ço que en sia més amat, e l'amic més
guardonat.
361. Demanaren a l'amic amor en qual era
major: o en l'amic qui vivia, o en l'amic
qui moria. Respòs que en l'amic qui moria.
- Per què ?
- Per ço cor no pot ésser major en amic qui
mor per amor, e pot-ho ésser en amic qui
viu per amor.
362. Encontraren-se dos amics; la un
mostrava son amat, e l'altre l'entenia. E era
qüestió qual d'ambdós era pus prop a son
amat. E per la solució l'amic havia
coneixença de la demostració de trinitat.
363. - Digues, foll: per què parles tan
subtilment ?
Respòs:
- Per ço que sia ocasió a exalçar
enteniment a les noblees de mon amat, e
per què per més homes sia honrat, amat e
servit.
364. Embriagava's l'amic de vi, qui
membrava, entenia e amava l'amat. Aquell
vi amarava l'amat ab sos plors e ab les
llàgremes de son amic.
365. Amor escalfava e aflamava l'amic en
membrança de son amat; e l'amat lo
refredava ab llàgremes e plors, e ab
oblidament dels delits d'aquest món, e ab
renunciament dels vans honraments. E
creixien les amors com l'amic membrava
per qui sostenia llangors, tribulacions, ni
los hòmens mundans per qui sostenien
treballs, persecucions.
366. - Digues, foll: què és aquest món ?
Respòs:
- Presó dels amadors, servidors, de mon
amat.
- E qui els met en presó ?
Respòs:
- Consciència, amor, temor, renunciament,
contrició, companyia d'àvol agent; e és
He answered:
- Pleasure from the beloved.
- Why ?
- So that the beloved is better loved, and the
lover better rewarded.
361. The lover was asked which one love
was greatest in: the lover who lived, or the
lover who died. He replied it was in the
lover who died.
- Why ?
- Because it can be no greater in the lover
who dies for love, and it can be greater in
the lover who lives for love.
362. Two lovers met each other; one
displayed his beloved, the other one
understood him. And it was questioned
which one was closest to his beloved. And
through the solution, the lover came to
know the proof of trinity.
363. - Tell me, fool one: why do you speak
so subtly?
He answered:
- To bring about an opportunity to exalt
intelligence to the nobilities of my beloved,
and to bring more men to honor, love and
serve my beloved.
364. The lover got drunk from wine, who
remembered, understood, and loved the
beloved. That wine soaked the beloved
with his cryings and with his lover's tears.
365. Love was arousing and warming up
the lover in the remembrance of his
beloved; and the beloved cooled him down
through tears and cryings, and by forgetting
the desires of this world, and by renouncing
to vain honorings. And his loving acts grew
when the lover remembered who he was
sustaining grief and tribulations for, and
who the mundane men sustained trouble
and persecution for.
366. - Tell me, fool one: what is this
world ?
He replied:
- It is prison of the lovers and servers of my
beloved.
- And who places them in prison ?
He replied:
- Consciousness, love, fear, renunciation,
 contriction, and the company of evil
people; and it is work without reward,
treball sens guardó, on és puniment.
whereby punishment is found.
Cor Blanquerna havia a tractar del llibre de
Since Blanquerna had to treat on the book
l' Art de contemplació , per açò volc finir
of the Art of Contemplation , he decided to
lo Llibre de l'Amic e l'Amat . Lo qual és a
finish the Book of the Lover and the
glòria e a lausor de nostre senyor Déus.
Beloved . Which book is finished to the
glory and praising of God our Lord.
Jordi Miralda Escudé ( miralda@ieec.uab.es)

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