Te quiero

I love you,
as no one loved you,
as no one will ever love you.
I adore you,
as one adores in life,
the woman to be loved.
I love you,
as one loves life
when life is beauty;
as one loves a brother;
as one loves a mother,
with that love without equal,
as one loves life
once, and no more.

Today I love you more than yesterday
but less than tomorrow;
and there is no superhuman force
that can stop my love.
Caresses are very beautiful
if they are born from the heart;
and loves are beautiful
that preserve the illusion.

And if a love provokes it,
it is sublime, even pain,
and sorrows are not sorrows,
when they are sorrows of love.

Today I love you more than yesterday
but less than tomorrow;
my passion is sovereign,
and claims your love.