The weight of the world  
     is love.  
Under the burden  
     of solitude,  
under the burden  
     of dissatisfaction  

     the weight,  
the weight we carry  
     is love.  

Who can deny?  
     In dreams  
it touches  
     the body,  
in thought  
     constructs  
a miracle,  
     in imagination  
anguishes  
     till born  
in human--  
looks out of the heart  
     burning with purity--  
for the burden of life  
     is love,  

but we carry the weight  
     wearily,  
and so must rest  
in the arms of love  
     at last,  
must rest in the arms  
     of love.  

No rest  
     without love,  
no sleep  
     without dreams  
of love--  
     be mad or chill  
obsessed with angels  
     or machines,  
the final wish  
     is love  
--cannot be bitter,  
     cannot deny,  
cannot withhold  
     if denied:  

the weight is too heavy  

     --must give  
for no return  
     as thought  
is given  
     in solitude  
in all the excellence  
     of its excess.  

The warm bodies  
     shine together  
in the darkness,  
     the hand moves  
to the center  
     of the flesh,  
the skin trembles  
     in happiness  
and the soul comes  
     joyful to the eye--  

yes, yes,  
     that's what  
I wanted,  
     I always wanted,  
I always wanted,  
     to return  
to the body  
     where I was born.  

                         San Jose, 1954 

 
Le poids du monde est amour. Sous le fardeau de la solitude, sous le 
fardeau du mécontentement  

     le poids, le poids que nous portons est amour.  

Qui peut nier ? Dans les rêves il touche le corps, dans des 
constructions de pensée un miracle, dans l'imagination suffrit le 
martyre jusqu'à ce que né dans l'humain -- regards hors du coeur 
brûlant avec la pureté -- pour le fardeau de la vie est 
amour,  

mais nous portons le poids d'un air fatigué, et ainsi devons se 
reposer dans les bras de l'amour enfin, devons se reposer dans les 
bras de l'amour.  

Aucun repos sans amour, aucun sommeil sans rêves de l'amour -- être 
fou ou froid hanté avec des anges ou des machines, le souhait final 
est amour 
-- ne peut pas être amer, ne peut pas nier, ne peut pas retenir si 
nié:  

le poids est trop lourd  

     -- doit donner pour aucun retour pendant que la pensée est donnée 
dans la solitude dans toute l'excellence de son excès.  

Les corps chauds brillent ensemble dans l'obscurité, les mouvements 
de main au centre de la chair, la peau tremble dans le bonheur et 
l'âme vient joyeux à l'oeil --  

oui, oui, est ce ce que j'ai voulu, j'a toujours voulu, j'a toujours 
voulu, retourner au corps où je suis né.  

                         San Jose, 1954 

 
Das Gewicht der Welt ist Liebe. Unter der Belastung der 
Einsamkeit, unter der Belastung von Unzufriedenheit  

     das Gewicht, das Gewicht, das wir tragen, ist Liebe.  

Wer kann verweigern? In den Träumen berührt es den Körper, im 
Gedanke Konstruieren ein Wunder, in der Phantasie leidet, bis geboren 
im Menschen -- Blicke aus dem Herzen heraus, das mit Reinheit brennt 
-- für die Belastung des Lebens, ist Liebe,  

aber wir tragen das Gewicht träge und also müssen in den Armen der 
Liebe schließlich stillstehen, müssen in den Armen der Liebe 
stillstehen.  

Kein Rest ohne Liebe, kein Schlaf ohne Träume der Liebe -- wütend 
sein, oder kaltes besessen ge$$$WESEN mit Engeln oder Maschinen, der 
abschließende Wunsch ist Liebe 
-- kann nicht bitter sein, kann nicht verweigern, kann nicht 
zurückhalten, wenn Sie verweigert werden:  

das Gewicht ist zu schwer  

     -- muß für keine Rückkehr geben, während Gedanke in der 
Einsamkeit in der ganzer hervorragenden Leistung seines 
Überflußes gegeben wird.  

Die warmen Körper glänzen zusammen in der Schwärzung, die 
Handbewegungen zur Mitte des Fleisches, trembles die Haut im Glück 
und die Seele kommt froh zum Auge --  

ja ja ist das was ich wünschte, ich wünschte immer, ich wollte 
immer, zum Körper zurückgehen, in dem ich geboren war.  

                         San Jose, 1954 

 
O peso do mundo é amor. Sob o burden do solitude, sob o burden do 
descontentamento  

     o peso, o peso que nós carregamos é amor.  

Quem pode negar? Nos sonhos toca no corpo, em construções do 
pensamento um miracle, na imaginação anguishes até que nascido no 
ser humano -- olhares fora do coração que se queima com purity -- 
para o burden da vida é amor,  

mas nós carregamos o peso cansadamente, e assim que devemos descansar 
nos braços do amor no último, devemos descansar nos braços do amor.  

Nenhum descanso sem amor, nenhum sono sem sonhos do amor -- ser louco 
ou frio obsessed com angels ou máquinas, o desejo final é amor 
-- não pode ser amargo, não pode negar, não pode reter se negado:  

o peso é demasiado pesado  

     -- deve dar para nenhum retorno enquanto o pensamento é dado no 
solitude em todo o excellence de seu excesso.  

Os corpos mornos brilham junto na escuridão, os movimentos da mão ao 
centro da carne, a pele treme na felicidade e a alma vem alegre ao 
olho --  

sim, sim, aquele é o que eu quis, mim quis sempre, mim quis sempre, 
retornar ao corpo onde eu fui carregado.  

                         San Jose, 1954 

 
El peso del mundo es amor. Bajo carga de la soledad, bajo carga del 
descontento  

     el peso, el peso que llevamos es amor.  

¿Quién puede negar? En sueños toca el cuerpo, en construcciones del 
pensamiento un milagro, en angustias de la imaginación hasta que es 
nato en el ser humano -- miradas fuera del corazón que se quema con 
pureza -- para la carga de la vida es amor,  

pero llevamos el peso con fatiga, y así que debemos reclinarse en los 
brazos del amor en el último, debemos reclinarse en los brazos del 
amor.  

Ningún resto sin amor, ningún sueño sin sueños del amor -- ser 
enojado o desapasible obsesionado con ángeles o máquinas, el deseo 
final es amor 
-- no puede ser amargo, no puede negar, no puede retener si está 
negado:  

el peso es demasiado pesado  

     -- debe dar para ninguna vuelta mientras que el pensamiento se da en 
soledad en toda la excelencia de su exceso.  

Los cuerpos calientes brillan juntos en la oscuridad, los movimientos 
de la mano al centro de la carne, la piel tiembla en felicidad y el 
alma viene alegre al ojo --  

sí, sí, el es lo que deseé, yo deseó siempre, yo deseó siempre, 
volver al cuerpo donde nací.  

                         San Jose, 1954 

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