“Escuchar me hace encontrar la existencia de la verdad más allá del velo” . Abu Sulaiman al-Davani

(Una epifanía para los oídos sensibles)

The Dark Night Of The Soul

Upon a darkened night
the flame of love was burning in my breast
And by a lantern bright
I fled my house while all in quiet rest.

Shrouded by the night
and by the secret star I quickly fled
The veil concealed my eyes
while all within lay quiet as the dead.

Chorus:
Oh night thou was my guide
oh night more loving than the rising sun
Oh night that joined the lover to the beloved one
transforming each of them into the other.

Upon that misty night
in secrecy, beyond such mortal sight
Without a guide or light
than that which burned so deeply in my heart
That fire t’was led me on
and shone more bright than of the midday sun
To where he waited still
it was a place where no one else could come.

(Chorus)

Within my pounding heart
which kept itself entirely for him
He fell into his sleep
beneath the cedars all my love I gave
From o’er the fortress walls
the wind would brush his hair against his brow
And with its smoothest hand
caressed my every sense it would allow.

(Chorus)

I lost myself to him
and laid my face upon my lovers breast
And care and grief grew dim
as in the mornings mist became the light
There they dimmed amongst the lilies fair
There they dimmed amongst the lilies fair
There they dimmed amongst the lilies fair.
Loreena McKennitt

SÓLO TÚ

SÓLO TÚ

Porque nuestros proyectos se desmoronan y fracasan
y el éxito no nos llena como ansiamos.
Porque el amor más grande deja huecos de soledad,
porque nuestras miradas no rompen barreras,
porque queriendo amar nos herimos,
porque chocamos continuamente con nuestra fragilidad,
porque nuestras utopías son de cartón
y nuestros sueños se evaporan al despertar.
Porque nuestra salud descubre mentiras de omnipotencia
y la muerte es una pregunta que no sabemos responder.
Porque el dolor es un amargo compañero
y la tristeza una sombra en la oscuridad.
Porque esta sed no encuentra fuente
y nos engañamos con tragos de sal.
Al fin, en la raíz, en lo hondo, sólo quedas Tú.
Sólo tu Sueño me deja abrir los ojos,
sólo tu Mirada acaricia mi ser,
sólo tu Amor me deja sereno,
sólo en Ti mi debilidad descansa
y sólo ante Ti la muerte se rinde.
Sólo Tú, mi roca y mi descanso

                                                                                            Javi Montes, sj