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I love you,
Not only for what you are,
But for what I am
When I am with you.
I love you,
Not only for what
You have made of yourself,
But for what
You are making of me.
I love you
For putting your hand
Into my heaped up heart
And passing over
All the foolish, weak things
That you can't help
Dimly seeing there,
And for drawing out
Into the light
All the beautiful belongings
That no one else had looked
Quite far enough to find.
I love you because you
Are helping me to make
Of the lumber of my life
Not a tavern
But a temple;
Out of works,
Not a reproach,
But a song.
I love you
Because you have done
More than any creed
Could have done
To make me good,
And more than any fate
Could have done
To make me happy.
You have done it
Without a touch,
Without a word,
Without a sign.
You have done it
By being yourself.
Perhapes that is what
Being a friend means,
After all.
(Roy Croft)
Volim te
Ne samo zbog toga što ti jesi
Nego i zbog toga što sam ja
Kada sam sa tobom.
Volim te
Ne samo zbog onog
Što si učinila od sebe,
Nego i zbog toga
Što činis od mene.
Volim te
Zbog onog dela mene
Koji ti iznosiš na videlo;
Volim te
Jer stavljaš ruku
Na moje, brigama pretrpano srce,
I prelaziš preko
Svih ludosti i slabosti
Kojima ne mozeš pomoci,
A čame onde u magli,
Pa ih izvodiš
Na svetlo.
Sva ta moja predivna imovina
U koju se niko pre nije
Bio dovoljno daleko zagledao
Da je pronadje.
Volim te
Jer mi pomazeš
Da iz nabacane hrpe svog života
Izgradim
Ne krčmu,
Već hram;
Da u delima svakodnevnim
Ne slusam prekor
Vec pesmu.
Volim te
Jer si učinila više
Nego što bi me neko ubeđenje
Ikada moglo
Učiniti dobrim,
Više, nego što bi me ma koji usud
Mogao usrećiti.
Bez reči,
Bez dodira,
Bez znaka.
Učinila si sve
Naprosto,
Bivajuci onim što jesi.
Mozda to, na kraju,
I jeste ono
Što znači – biti prijatelj.
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