Joy fills my eyes,
Remembering your hair,
With tears,
And these tears roll and shine;
Into my thoughts are woven
A dark night
With raindrops
And the rolling and shining of love songs.
(from the Hindustani of Mir Taqui, 18th century)

I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.
(Alfred Lord Tennyson, In Memoriam, 27, 1850)

Though a swift stream is divided
By a boulder
In its headlong flow,
Though divided,
On it rushes,
And at last unites again.
(Sutoku, 1119-1164)

L'amour ne périt jamais.
Aan de liefde komt nooit een einde.
Láska nikdy nezanikne.
Love never fails.
El amor jamás se extingue.
A szeretet soha el nem fogy.
Láska nemá konca.
Любовта никога не отпада.
Die Liebe höret nimmer auf.
O amor jamais acaba.
Kärleken förgår aldrig.
Любовь никогда не перестает.
L'amore non verrà mai meno.
Miłość nigdy nie ustaje.
(1 Corinthians 13:8)

Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.
(Henry David Thoreau)

Δέδυκε μεν α σελάννα
και Πληιάδες· μέσαι δε
νύκτες, παρά δ' έρχετ' ώρα,
εγώ δε μόνα κατεύδω.
(Sappho / Σαπφώ / Ψάπφω)