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On Those Words "I am for My Beloved"

Teresa of Avila, Teresa of Avila poetry, Christian, Christian poetry, Catholic poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry,  poetry by Teresa of Avila
(1515 - 1582) Timeline

English version by
Megan Don

Original Language
Spanish

Christian : Catholic
16th Century

Already I gave myself completely,
and have changed in such a way
That my Beloved is for me
and I am for my Beloved.

When the gentle hunter shot me
and left me in all my weakness,
in the arms of love
my soul fell
and being charged with new life
I have changed in such a way
That My Beloved is for me
and I am for my Beloved.

He pierced me with an arrow
laced with the herbs of love
and my soul became one
with her Creator;
I no longer want another love,
since I have given myself to my God,
That My Beloved is for me
and I am for my Beloved.

 

 

 

Themes

  Lover and Beloved
 
 
 
 


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All Saints: Daily Reflections on Saints, Prophets, and Witnesses for Our Time, by Robert Ellsberg
The Autobiography of St. Teresa of Avila Including the Relations: The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus, by Teresa of Avila / Translated by David Lewis
Collected Works of St Teresa, by Teresa of Avila
The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila: Volume Three, Translated by Kieran Kavanaugh, OCD / Translated by Otilio Rodriguez, OCD
The Essential Mystics: Selections from the World's Great Wisdom Traditions, Edited by Andrew Harvey

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