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1 martyasvargīyāṇāṁ bhāṣā bhāṣamāṇō'haṁ yadi prēmahīnō bhavēyaṁ tarhi vādakatālasvarūpō ninādakāribhērīsvarūpaśca bhavāmi|

If I speak with the tongues of humans and of angels, but do not have love, I am a noisy gong, or a clanging cymbal.

2 aparañca yadyaham īśvarīyādēśāḍhyaḥ syāṁ sarvvāṇi guptavākyāni sarvvavidyāñca jānīyāṁ pūrṇaviśvāsaḥ san śailān sthānāntarīkarttuṁ śaknuyāñca kintu yadi prēmahīnō bhavēyaṁ tarhyagaṇanīya ēva bhavāmi|

If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.

3 aparaṁ yadyaham annadānēna sarvvasvaṁ tyajēyaṁ dāhanāya svaśarīraṁ samarpayēyañca kintu yadi prēmahīnō bhavēyaṁ tarhi tatsarvvaṁ madarthaṁ niṣphalaṁ bhavati|

If I dole out all my goods to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body so that I may boast, but do not have love, it profits me nothing.

4 prēma cirasahiṣṇu hitaiṣi ca, prēma nirdvēṣam aśaṭhaṁ nirgarvvañca|

Love is patient and is kind; love does not envy. Love does not brag, is not proud,

5 aparaṁ tat kutsitaṁ nācarati, ātmacēṣṭāṁ na kurutē sahasā na krudhyati parāniṣṭaṁ na cintayati,

does not behave itself inappropriately, does not seek its own way, is not irritable, does not keep a record of wrongs;

6 adharmmē na tuṣyati satya ēva santuṣyati|

does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;

7 tat sarvvaṁ titikṣatē sarvvatra viśvasiti sarvvatra bhadraṁ pratīkṣatē sarvvaṁ sahatē ca|

bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

8 prēmnō lōpaḥ kadāpi na bhaviṣyati, īśvarīyādēśakathanaṁ lōpsyatē parabhāṣābhāṣaṇaṁ nivarttiṣyatē jñānamapi lōpaṁ yāsyati|

Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will be done away with. Where there are tongues, they will cease. Where there is knowledge, it will be done away with.

9 yatō'smākaṁ jñānaṁ khaṇḍamātram īśvarīyādēśakathanamapi khaṇḍamātraṁ|

For we know in part, and we prophesy in part;

10 kintvasmāsu siddhatāṁ gatēṣu tāni khaṇḍamātrāṇi lōpaṁ yāsyantē|

but when that which is complete has come, that which is partial will be done away with.

11 bālyakālē'haṁ bāla ivābhāṣē bāla ivācintayañca kintu yauvanē jātē tatsarvvaṁ bālyācaraṇaṁ parityaktavān|

When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I felt as a child, I thought as a child. Now that I have become an adult, I have put away childish things.

12 idānīm abhramadhyēnāspaṣṭaṁ darśanam asmābhi rlabhyatē kintu tadā sākṣāt darśanaṁ lapsyatē| adhunā mama jñānam alpiṣṭhaṁ kintu tadāhaṁ yathāvagamyastathaivāvagatō bhaviṣyāmi|

For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, even as I was also fully known.

13 idānīṁ pratyayaḥ pratyāśā prēma ca trīṇyētāni tiṣṭhanti tēṣāṁ madhyē ca prēma śrēṣṭhaṁ|

But now faith, hope, and love remain—these three. The greatest of these is love.