Showing posts with label Hadewijch of Antwerp. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hadewijch of Antwerp. Show all posts

Friday, March 1, 2024

you who want knowledge

 





You who want
knowledge,
seek the Oneness
within

There you
will find
the clear mirror
already waiting





~ Hadewijch
English version by Jane Hirshfield
with thanks to Poetry Chaikhana



Sunday, October 29, 2017

The madness of love







The madness of love 
Is a blessed fate;
And if we understood this
We would seek no other:
It brings into unity to
What was divided,
And this is the truth:
Bitterness it makes sweet,
It makes the stranger a neighbor,
And what was lowly it raises on high.

  

~ Hadewijch of Antwerp
photo by Ansel Adams
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