Thursday, August 30, 2007

To reach satisfaction in all
desire satisfaction in nothing.
To come to possess all
desire the possession of nothing.
To arrive at being all
desire to be nothing.
To come to the knowledge of all
desire the knowledge of nothing.
To come to enjoy what you have not
you must go by a way in which you enjoy not.
To come to the knowledge you have not
you must go by a way in which you know not.
To come to the possession you have not
you must go by a way in which you possess not.
To come to be what you are not
you must go by a way in which you are not.



-- fr. The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross, rev. ed. Kieran Kavanaugh and Otilio Rodriguez (trans.), (Washington: ICS, 1991), p. 42

Run through freetranslation.com a few times:

Around the
satisfaction
in every satisfaction
of the wish
in nothing
to reach.
To come in order to possess every wish the possession,
that you are welcome.
To arrive in, every wish is,
to not to be swum for.
To come all knowledge of every wish
the knowledge, that are you welcome.
To come, to enjoy, should not go what you have you,
for an entrance, that you do not enjoy.
In order to come all knowledge, that you have you,
should not go for an entrance, that you do not know.
In order to come to the possession, that you have you,
should not go for an entrance, that you do not possess.
To come, to be, should go what you are not you,
for an entrance, that are not you.
Dear Personnel:

About our photograph. I think we need to redo it. One, the whole front row is basically all guys. That's not cool, I think. All guys up front and the women in back: not good.

Second, our pal Mylka is not with us! We HAVE TO REDO IT. We'll redo it next week. For now, this one's okay. But barely just okay.

Gabriel