The Poems of St John of the Cross

Posted on 21 September 2018 by Juan de la Cruz

San Juan de la Cruz, the great sixteenth century Spanish mystic, is regarded by many as Spain s finest poet Passionate, ecstatic, and spiritual, his poems are a blend of exquisite lyricism and profound mystical thought In The Poems of St John of the Cross John Frederick Nims presents his superlative translation of the complete poems, re creating the religious fervor of St John s art.This dual language edition makes available the original Spanish from the Codex of Sanl con de Barrameda with facing English translations The work concludes with two essays a critique of the poetry and a short piece on the Spanish text that appears alongside the translation as well as brief notes on the individual poems. Best Download [ The Poems of St John of the Cross ] Author [ Juan de la Cruz ] – kino-fada.fr Any heart ardent with prayer will find an illumined and faithful companion in San Juan de La Cruz Saint John of the Cross , justifiably honored within his tradition with the appellation Spiritual Doctor Many poets who write in Spanish consider San Juan to be first among poets in that tongue.In San Juan s verse, divinity is often known simply as el amado, the beloved, the only balm able to cure the soul s gaping wound of separation from divinity In his writing, San Juan finds himself in the pr Any heart ardent with prayer will find an illumined and faithful companion in San Juan de La Cruz Saint John of the Cross , justifiably honored within his tradition with the appellation Spiritual Doctor Many poets who write in Spanish consider San Juan to be first among poets in that tongue.In San Juan s verse, divinity is often known simply as el amado, the beloved, the only balm able to cure the soul s ga...What a terrible translation, mangling phrases and even creating them from whole cloth just to fit the translator s rhyme and rhythm schemes The exception being those poems that borrow liberally from the biblical passages You can always tell when you ve reached...COPLAS DE EL MISMO, HECHAS SOBRE UN STASIS DE HARTA CONTEMPLACI NEntr me donde no supe y qued me no sabiendo, toda sciencia trascendiendo.1Yo no supe d nde entraba porque cuando all me vi sin saver d nde me estaba grandes cosas entend no dir lo que sent que me qued no sabiendo, toda sciencia trascendiendo.2De paz y de piedad era la sciencia perfecta, en profunda soledad entendida v a recta, era cosa tan secreta que me qued balbuciendo, toda sciencia trascendiendo.3Estava tan embebido tan COPLA...Nims translation mangles and domesticates John of the Cross as badly as the Church that dismembered his body after his death, sending an arm to Seville and a leg to Salamanca as sweet relics for the faithful.The wild Spanish originals are amazing and well worth tackling in 16th century Spanish These are not typically pious poems, if you re afraid to dive into religious poetry John s lyrics are inspired both by personal visionary experience as well as by late medieval love poetry and old Heb Nims translation mangles and domesticates John of the Cross as badly as the Church th...This is a ridiculous translation I picked up this book wanting to read the poems, and darn, they re beautiful so far as I understood them, in their 16th century Spanish and all Amazing Five stars to St John, maybe even six 1 star to Nims, the translations by others are better The English version veers way far off of what is in the Spanish text I gave up reading it very quickly, and became especially annoyed when the English text obviously skipped a reference to the Catholic mass, comple This is a ridiculous translation I picked up this book wanting to read the poems, and darn, they re beautiful so far as I understood them, in their 16th century Spanish and all Amazing Five stars to St John, maybe even six 1 star to Nims, the translations by others are better The English version veers way far off of what is in the Spanish text I gave up reading it very quickly, and became especially annoyed when the English text obviously ski...La muy breve producci n po tica de San Juan de la Cruz ha despertado la admiraci n de poetas de los siglos venideros por ser capaz de transmitir la m stica bajo una poes a aparentemente pagana, una caracter stica puramente renacentista.Mientras se habla de la soledad, encuentro y uni n de los amantes y de la agon a y plenitud que conllevan esos estados en medio de paisajes naturales ideales como reflejo divino, el poeta est en realidad dibujando una alegor a que se debe leer a dos voces , pe La muy breve producci n po tica de San Juan de la Cruz ha despertado la admiraci n de poetas de los siglos venideros por ser capaz de transmitir la m stica bajo una poes a aparentemente pagana, una caracter stica puramente renacentista.Mientras se habla de la soledad, encuentro y uni n de los amantes y de la agon a y plenitud q...This is an excellent collection If you pick it up, make sure you read the intro about St John s life and background it is really helpful in understanding some of the mystic imagery Several of the poems were quite stunning and spiritually nourishing, but several others felt that they may have lost something in the translation the originals are in Spanish But the collection ended on a high note with 9 Ballads that cover the mystery of the Trinity, Creation, and finally the Incarnation The This is an excellent collection If you pick it up, make sure you read the intro about St John s life and background it is really helpfu...Readers are likely to find the poems speak to the desire for connection with God or God as one might think of Him, for non believers in a way that is accessible and, mostly, artful Even if the reader is not Catholic, the verses communicate that one s most significant actions are those in search of and union with the Beloved Lord The verses, however, are not didactic We are looking, most often, at what seems deeply personal and universal at the same time A stirring read.Complete review at M Readers are likely to find the poems speak to the desire for connection ...San Juan de la Cruz Saint John of the Cross A person with an incredible destiny, a canonized saint and the patron of poets Too many mysteries are floating around his name, too many legends, but only o...I borrowed this book from the library, but will have to purchase it I want to be able to re read theses verses over and over I would like to compare translation though I liked reading the Spanish on the left and English on the right, but sometimes in...

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