Now, a new creature - Jacopone da Todi

Now, a new creature, I in Christ am born,

     The old man stripped away; — I am new-made;

And mounting in me, like the sun at morn,

     Love breaks my heart, even as a broken blade:

Christ, First and Only Fair, from me hath shorn

     My will, my wits, and all that in me stayed,

     I in His arms am laid,

     I cry and call —

     'O Thou my All,

O let me die of Love!'

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Jacopone da Todi [Jacopone Benedetti] (ca. 1230 – 1306) Italy

Translator not stated, butn possibly Robert Ellsberg

Source: Poetry Chaikhana