The Homily on Love by Despot Stefan

whether in body or in spirit,
but whether mountains, whether rivers
have parted us,
let David say: "Ye mountains of Gilboa,
let there be no rain, neither dew, upon you,
for ye kept not Saul,
nor Jonathan"!
O the guilelessness of David,
hear, O kings, hear!
Dost thou mourn Saul, O thou who wast found?
For I have found, God said,
a man after mine own heart.

Let the winds clash with the rivers,
and dry them up,
as the sea for Moses,
as for Joshua the judge
the Jordan, for the sake of the ark.

That we might be joined together again,
and see each other again,
and by love be united again
in Christ our God Himself,
to Whom be glory with the Father
and with the Holy Spirit