Excerpt from "Romance On The Gospel" by John of the Cross
Out of the vast love
born of them both,
the Father spoke to the Son
with words of celebration,
with words of such full delight
that none can know;
only the Son, only he took joy,
since they were breathed in his ear alone.
But here is what
can be understood:
-- "Nothing, my Son, pleases me,
but your company.
"If something is sweet,
through you alone do I taste it.
The more of you I see in its reflection,
the wider my smile;
"What is unlike you,
has nothing of me.
In you alone is my delight,
life of my life!
"You are the fire of my fire,
my knowing;
the form of my substance,
in you am I well pleased.
"Whoever gives his love to you, my Son,
to him I give myself,
and him I fill
with the love I feel for you
just for making you beloved,
my Beloved."
Out of the vast love
born of them both,
the Father spoke to the Son
with words of celebration,
with words of such full delight
that none can know;
only the Son, only he took joy,
since they were breathed in his ear alone.
But here is what
can be understood:
-- "Nothing, my Son, pleases me,
but your company.
"If something is sweet,
through you alone do I taste it.
The more of you I see in its reflection,
the wider my smile;
"What is unlike you,
has nothing of me.
In you alone is my delight,
life of my life!
"You are the fire of my fire,
my knowing;
the form of my substance,
in you am I well pleased.
"Whoever gives his love to you, my Son,
to him I give myself,
and him I fill
with the love I feel for you
just for making you beloved,
my Beloved."
