Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Nada te turbe

Simply beautiful. And so much better in Spanish. But it's no good if you don't understand it...

Nada te turbe,
nada te espante,
todo se pasa;
Dios no se muda.
La paciencia
todo lo alcanza;
Quien a Dios tiene,
nada le falta;
Solo Dios basta.
~Santa Teresa


Translation...
Let nothing disturb you,
nothing surprise you,
all things pass;
God does not change.
Patience
it wins everything;
whoever holds onto God
lacks nothing;
God alone is enough.

1 comment:

Amos said...

Yay Teresa of Avila. Boo Spanish. Romance languages are just Latin gone horribly astray!

Sola lingua bona est lingua mortua.
Pax tecum, carus hereticus meus!