Angelus Silesius the Mystical Angel
Angelus Silesius Translations
The rose merely blossoms
and never asks why:
heedless of her beauty,
careless of every eye.
-Angelus Silesius, loose translation by Michael R. Burch
The rose lack reasons
and merely sways with the seasons;
she has no ego
but whoever put on such a show?
-Angelus Silesius, loose translation by Michael R. Burch
There is more to being rich
than merely having;
the wealthiest man can lose
everything not worth saving.
-Angelus Silesius, loose translation by Michael R. Burch
Eternity is time,
time eternity,
except when we
are determined to "see."
-Angelus Silesius, loose translation by Michael R. Burch
Our souls possess two eyes:
one examines time,
the other visions
eternal and sublime.
-Angelus Silesius, loose translation by Michael R. Burch
God is absolute Nothingness
beyond our sense of time and place;
the more we try to grasp Him,
The more He avoids our embrace.
-Angelus Silesius, loose translation by Michael R. Burch
Water is pure and clean
when taken at the well-head:
but drink too far from the Source
and you may well end up dead.
-Angelus Silesius, loose translation by Michael R. Burch
Unceasingly you seek
life's ceaseless wavelike motion;
I seek perpetual peace, all storms calmed.
Whose is the wiser notion?
-Angelus Silesius, loose translation by Michael R. Burch
Man has three enemies:
himself, the world, and the devil.
Of these the first is, by far,
the most irresistible evil.
-Angelus Silesius, loose translation by Michael R. Burch
Friend, cease!
Abandon all pretense!
You must yourself become
the Writing and the Sense.
-Angelus Silesius, loose translation by Michael R. Burch
No worm is buried
so deep within the soil
that God denies it food
as reward for its toil.
-Angelus Silesius, loose translation by Michael R. Burch
New love, like a sparkling wine, soon fizzes.
Mature love, calm and serene, abides.
-Angelus Silesius, loose translation by Michael R. Burch
God cannot condemn those with whom he would dwell
or He would have to join them in hell!
-Angelus Silesius, loose translation by Michael R. Burch
A ruby
is no more magnificent
than a dirt clod,
nor an angel
more glorious
than a frog.
-Angelus Silesius, loose translation by Michael R. Burch
Angelus Silesius (1624-1677) was a German Catholic priest, mystic and poet. Keywords: Angelus Silesius, German, Translation, Epigram, Epigrams, Hymn, Hymns, Couplet, Couplets, Alexandrine, Mystic, Mysticism, Quietism, Pantheism, Priest, Angel, Jesuit, Franciscan, Monk
Copyright © Michael Burch | Year Posted 2020
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