Take, Eat

            Take, eat; this is my body. 

Like a deer he came to me, 
Parting the ferns, 
Like a deer with bright antlers. 
I chased him across meadows, 
Beside streams I pursued him, 
And he did not weary. 
But in the thicket he surprised me; 
He let my arrow pierce him. 
He gave me of his flesh at evening, 
And in the bright morning 
Like a deer he came to me.