where is true love found... ?

don’t look in the dark and noiseless wood

nor atop the highest of high mountains

neither on the solitary seashore

do not seek it in religious places

temples where the grains of incense burn

grottoes where the hermits keep their praxis

not within great palaces of marble

not upon great seats adorned with gems

in heaven nor beyond the universe

true love comes to lay its hold upon us

and enkindle us when we are working

for the very joy of all the World

it enkindles us when we are working

thither where we feel ourselves at one

in life at one in death for our Ideal

Intojo
tr. after Damais