¹³Better a boy poor and wise
than a king old and foolish
who doesn’t know how to heed a warning any more,
¹⁴because from the prison house
he left to become king,
even when he was born destitute in his kingdom.

¹⁵I saw all the living
who walk about under the sun
with the boy,
-the second one,
who ‘replaces’ him (the King?).

¹⁶There was no end to all the people,
all those before them
also those after
– they will not rejoice in him.

Because this also is mere breath,
and a chasing of wind.

O Love, O God who created me, in your love recreate me.
O Love, who redeemed me,
fill up in me whatever part of your love
has fallen into neglect within me.
O Love, O God, who first loved me,
grant that with my whole heart,
and with my whole soul,
and with my whole strength,
I may love you.

Gertrude the Great