| Vera Jerusalem
est illa civitas cuius pax iugis est, summa iucunditas ; ubi non praevenit rem desiderium nec desiderio minus est praemium. |
Jerusalem is the city
whose peace never ends, A peace of great joy; A place where desire does not precede reality, and whose rewards are not less than desire. |
Peter Abelard, Poem, First Half of Twelfth Century