If I Have Not Your Love—
by Azlan Adnan

Dedicated to Juliana Azman
in Sydney, Australia
on November 8, 2003


Though I may speak with the tongue of angels,
And though I may have faith
such that I could move mountains,
If I have not love—
my words would resound with but a tinkle

Love is patient, full of goodness;
Love tolerates all things
Aspires to all things

Love never dies,
While tongues shall be silenced
knowledge shall fade—

I seek faith, knowledge and love—
but the greatest of these…
is love.

For if I have not love…
if I have not your love…
I am nothing.

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