Jacopone : When you no longer love yourself

For more about the Italian monk and mystic Jacopone da Todi (or Jacopone Benedetti), see this earlier post.

When you no longer love yourself
But love Goodness,
You and your Beloved will become one.
When you love Him, He must love you in return;
In His charity you are drawn to Him
And the two are made one.
This is true union
That admits of no divisions.

Translation Serge and Elizabeth Hughes

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