Symeon the New Theologian - How is it I can love You
How is it I can love You
by Symeon the New Theologian
English version by Ivan M. Granger
Original Language Greek
How is it I can love You
within me,
yet see You from afar?
How is it I embrace You
within myself,
yet see You spread across the heavens?
You know. You alone.
You, who made this mystery,
You who shine
like the sun in my breast,
You who shine
in my material heart,
immaterially.
-- from The Longing in Between: Sacred Poetry from Around the World (A Poetry Chaikhana Anthology), Edited by Ivan M. Granger
Poetry Chaikhana | Symeon the New Theologian - How is it I can love You
by Symeon the New Theologian
English version by Ivan M. Granger
Original Language Greek
How is it I can love You
within me,
yet see You from afar?
How is it I embrace You
within myself,
yet see You spread across the heavens?
You know. You alone.
You, who made this mystery,
You who shine
like the sun in my breast,
You who shine
in my material heart,
immaterially.
-- from The Longing in Between: Sacred Poetry from Around the World (A Poetry Chaikhana Anthology), Edited by Ivan M. Granger
Poetry Chaikhana | Symeon the New Theologian - How is it I can love You