Saturday, June 7, 2014

THANK YOU GOD,
FOR CREATING ME!

Poem for Today - June 7, 2014


BEFORE I WAS BORN

Before I was born your love enveloped me.
You turned nothing into substance, and created me.
Who etched out my frame? Who poured
Me into a vessel and moulded me?
Who breathed a spirit into me? Who opened
The womb of Sheol and extracted me?
Who has guided me from youth-time until now?
Taught me knowledge, and cared wondrously for me?
Truly, I am nothing but clay within your hand.
It is you, not I, who have really fashioned me.
I confess my sin to you, and do not say
That a serpent intrigued, and tempted me.
How can I conceal from you, my faults, since
Before I was born your love enveloped me?

© Solomon Ibn Gabirol

(translated by David Goldstein)

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