Blessed Are They Who Sow and
Do Not Reap ...
Blessed are they who sow and
do not reap -
they shall wander in extremity.
they shall wander in extremity.
Blessed are the
generous
whose glory in youth has enhanced the extravagant
brightness of days -
who shed their accoutrements at the crossroads.
whose glory in youth has enhanced the extravagant
brightness of days -
who shed their accoutrements at the crossroads.
Blessed are the proud whose
pride overflows
the banks of their souls
to become the modesty of whiteness
in the wake of a rainbow's ascent through a cloud.
the banks of their souls
to become the modesty of whiteness
in the wake of a rainbow's ascent through a cloud.
Blessed are they who
know
their hearts will cry out from the wilderness
and that quiet will blossom from their lips.
their hearts will cry out from the wilderness
and that quiet will blossom from their lips.
Blessed are these
for they will be gathered to the heart of the world,
wrapped in a mantle of oblivion
-- their destiny's offering unuttered to the end.
for they will be gathered to the heart of the world,
wrapped in a mantle of oblivion
-- their destiny's offering unuttered to the end.
~ Avraham Ben Yitzhak
~
(Collected Poems,
translation by Peter Cole)
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