Golpea mi corazón, Dios trinitario,
No sólo llames, soples, brilles, sanes;
Derríbame para ascender y erguirme.
Rompe, pega, quema y hazme hombre nuevo.
Yo, como una ciudad rendida a otro,
Lucho por admitirte mas oh, en vano;
Podría defenderme la razón,
Pero está presa y es débil o falsa.
Tanto yo te amo y quiero que me amen,
Pero estoy prometido a tu enemigo;
Divórciame, desata o rompe el nudo,
Llévame a ti, enciérrame, que yo,
Si no me hechizas nunca seré libre,
Y nunca casto, si tú no me fuerzas.
Batter my
heart, three-person'd God, for you
As yet but
knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend;
That I may
rise and stand, o'erthrow me, and bend
Your force
to break, blow, burn, and make me new.
I, like an
usurp'd town to another due,
Labor to
admit you, but oh, to no end;
Reason,
your viceroy in me, me should defend,
But is
captiv'd, and proves weak or untrue.
Yet dearly
I love you, and would be lov'd fain,
But am
betroth'd unto your enemy;
Divorce me,
untie or break that knot again,
Take me to
you, imprison me, for I,
Except you
enthrall me, never shall be free,
Nor ever
chaste, except you ravish me.