Chapter 16 soul, have mercy

O my soul!You know I'm weak, when will you stop crying?I only describe your dreams in human terms, when will you stop yelling? O soul, look!I have followed your teachings all my life.Take a closer look, you have made me suffer so much, I only describe you like this in order to follow you every step of the way. My heart, which was mine, is your slave; my stoicism, which was my consolation, now reproaches me because of you; blame.But all of this was originally given to me by God, what else do you want, what extravagant hopes do you have? I denied myself, my comfort zone, my life's honor, and there was only you.Please judge me impartially!For justice is where your glory lies; otherwise, please remove the god of death, set me free from your shackles, and let you and me be separated from now on.

O soul, have mercy!You let love weigh on my heart, and I can't bear it: you are with love, united, strong; I am with matter, superficial and weak.How can one strong and one weak last for a long time?one O soul, have mercy!You make happiness out of reach for me: you stand on the top of the mountain with happiness; but I am in the valley and the abyss with misfortune.How can one high and one low meet each other? O soul, have mercy!You make beauty appear and disappear before my eyes: You stand with beauty in light; I am in darkness with ignorance.How can light and darkness be confused? soul!You rejoice in the world before it comes; and the body is in life, and it is unhappy because of life.

Swiftly you rush toward the eternal world, and this body slowly marches toward perdition; you will not slow down, nor will it quicken its pace.soul!This is really very sad. You are drawn upward by the sky; but this body is downward by the gravity of the earth.Therefore, you cannot comfort it, nor will it congratulate you, which is abomination. soul!You are rich by your wisdom; the flesh is poor by its very nature.You can't condescend, and it refuses to climb the dragon and the phoenix, which is really a great misfortune. In the silent night, you can go to your lover and hug him tightly happily; but this body will always suffer from the pain of longing and parting.

soul!Please have mercy, please have mercy!