God has conquered the poet; he will lay akk that he has at the feet of his Victor and Master, and there he will weep out his pain. The loving and merciful God will bless him and call him, and he will gladly welcome death and go to Him
Life and death are presented here as the two breasts of the Divine Mother. we are born strangers in the world, but this mother nurses us. Birth brings the should into this strange world; death takes it to the unknown eternity. Taken from one breast, the baby weeps; put to the other, he is consoled. so does man, leaving life, find rest in death.
The poet is eager to set out on the journey of death. He hopes to meet God, his Beloved, at the end of the journey. He will dress like a bridegroom and go without fearing difficulties and dangers, sure to be welcomed by God.
Death is calling, and the poet is about to begin his last journey. He thanks his fellw beings, his brothers, for their goodness to him, begs for their good wishes, and leaves to them whatever wealth he has.
The poet is the bride who awaits her bridegroom, Death. When he comes, she will offer him all her hopes, joys and love. Now the bridegroom has arrived and the wedding is celebrated. As a bride finds fulfillment in her union with the bridegroom, so the poet’s life will be fulfilled in union with Death.
When death comes, the poet will welcome it, honour it and offer it all that he has acquired in life. Through death one is freed from the body and is able to come face to face with God.
Death is God’s messenger whom the poet will welcome heartily, offering him all his treasures. But he will reserve his soul, to offer it personally to his Maker.
Joy flows like a river and produces the rich growth of grass over the earth. God delights in creation and destruction, the latter being a renewal of life.
From now I leave off all petty decorations, lord of my heart, no more shall there be for me waiting and weeping in corners, no more coyness and sweetness of demeanour. Thou hast given me thy sword for adornment. No more doll’s decorations for me!
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