I Celebrate My Beloved

I celebrate my beloved and that which made her 

The impassioned supercharged tenderness of her heart 

The inexhaustible treasures of warmth and compassion 

The strength that in horror retains beauty and clarity

I celebrate her heart. I celebrate her heart.

I celebrate my beloved and her spiritual masters 

Leonardo Da Vinci, Monet, Michelangelo, Jesus

Her gentle wisdom, heavenly softness and ethereal majesty 

Her mind focused on the exhalted and beautiful

Her unrelenting passion for the eternal

I celebrate her soul. I celebrate her soul. 

I celebrate the sun and the earth, the rain and the trees 

The cold perfect magnificence of the universe 

The enlightened ecosystemic wisdom of nature

The warm luscious gentleness of woman's body 

I celebrate the world. I celebrate the world. 

I celebrate human will and individuality 

The glorious co-creator within the universe 

The seeker of justice and knowledge 

The craftsman and fountainhead of progress 

I celebrate mankind. I celebrate mankind. 

I celebrate my beloved, for she contains all that is beautiful

 And in her nature, God and civilization produce the most glorious consummation known to man 

That reconciles pieces and gives a unified paradise. 

Awaken, my soul, to the majesty of the universe. 

Awaken, my soul, to the greatness of human spirit. 

Awaken, my soul, to the glory of God. 

Awaken, my soul, to the beauty of my beloved.