Saturday, June 23, 2018

Of all that God has shown me


Of all that God has shown me
I can speak just the smallest word,
Not more than a honey bee
Takes on his foot
From an overspilling jar.

--Mechtild of Magdeburg (1207-1282) Christian mystic writer and Beguine (translated by Jane Hirshfield)
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