Though still in bed,
my thoughts go out to you,
my Immortal Beloved,
now and then joyfully,
then sadly,
waiting to learn whether or not fate will hear us



- I can live only wholly with you or not at all
- Yes, I am resolved to wander so long away from you, 
until I can fly to your arms and say that I am really at home with you,
and can send my soul enwrapped in you into the land of spirits
- Yes, unhappily it must be so
- You will be the more contained since you know my fidelity to you.



No one else can ever possess my heart - never - never
- Oh God, why must one be parted from one whom one so loves.
And yet my life in V is now a wretched life
- Your love makes me at once the happiest and the unhappiest of men
- At my age I need a steady, quiet life
- can that be so in our connection?
My angel, I have just been told that the mailcoach goes every day
- therefore I must close at once so that you may receive the letter at once
- Be calm, only by a calm consideration of our existence can we achieve our purpose to live together
- Be calm - love me - today - yesterday - what tearful longings for you - you - you - my life - my all - farewell.
Oh continue to love me - never misjudge the most faithful heart of your beloved.



ever thine
ever mine
ever ours 




                                                                                              - Beethoven, Love Letter no. 3