Love ad finem Love above all else. Love ad finem; Stir the wildest berries in its cup With sweetest thoughts to the brim Casting off all that's bitter, drink up! There is no heart that is so hard That a true loving heart cannot win; There is none who deserves a reward Better than he who loves tho' it be a sin! Love to your heart's greatest delight For tomorrow may be but a dream Gone like the wind before end of night Like leaves carried away by the stream! Love without restraint for love is good If not erected on altars of lust and deceit; Keep on loving! Of life it's the blood, The sap that unseen does death defeat! Ad finem love on, until the nightingale Begins to sing and make you swoon With songs that seem to sail in the gale, Sweet companion to the waning moon! Wherever you go, whatever you do, Love be foremost in your mind; It is the balm that will soothe you Like no other; love will make you kind! Yes, always love even if others don't For it is heaven on earth to truly love While hatred is a hell that alas! won't Bring you many blessings from above! Love is giving, it's never a waste When you give more than what you have; He who loves much and without haste Receives much more than he ever gave! Claudio Wye December 10, 2006