be lost in the call

Lord, said David,

since you do not need us,

why did you create these two worlds?
Reality replied: O prisoner of time,

I was a secret treasure of kindness and generosity,

and I wished this treasure to be known,

so I created a mirror:

its shining face, the heart;

its darkened back, the world;

The back would please you

if you've never seen the face.
Has anyone ever

produced a mirror out of mud and straw?

Yet clean away the mud and straw,

and a mirror might be revealed.
Until the juice ferments

a while in the cask,

it isn't wine.

If you wish your heart to be bright,

you must do a little work.
My King addressed the soul of my flesh:

You return just as you left.

Where are the traces of my gifts?
We know that alchemy

transforms copper into gold.

This Sun doesn't want a crown

or robe from God's grace.

He is a hat to a hundred bald men,

a covering for ten who were naked.
Jesus sat humbly on the back of an ass,

my child!How could a zephyr ride an ass?

Spirit, find your way,

in seeking lowness like a stream.

Reason, tread the path of selflessness into eternity.
Remember God so much

that you are forgotten.

Let the caller and the called disappear;

be lost in the Call