In the Nominative—My Sacred Love

In the nominative—my sacred love, In the genitive—we cannot live without love… Though a ball of contradictions tumbles Along life's roads round the clock. In the dative—we owe love For victories, discoveries, and children. In the accusative—her, the first principle, We see. To be possessed by her. In the instrumental—we are guided by love. In the locative—on her rests but a moment on earth, This all-embracing, unconquerable Word, This God, who created the entire Universe. And us. In grammar—strict regularity— There are six cases in our native tongue. In them—tenderness, forgiveness, caution… And vocative—do not abandon us, O Love!