Although I speak in tongues Of men and angels I'm just sounding brass And tinkling cymbals without love
Love suffers long Love is kind! Enduring all things Love has no evil in mind
If I had the gift of prophecy And all the knowledge And the faith to move the mountains Even if I understood all of the mysteries If I didn't have love I'd be nothing
Love never looks for love Love's not puffed up Or envious Or touchy Because it rejoices in the truth Not in iniquity Love sees like a child sees
As a child I spoke as a child I thought and I understood as a child But when I became a woman I put away childish things And began to see through a glass darkly
Where as a child I saw it face to face Now I only know it in part Fractions in me Of faith and hope and love And of these great three Love's the greatest beauty Love Love Love