The Soul — Hildegard of Bingen
Hildegard of Bingen, c. 1170 Albanian version by Eda Zari The Soul The soul is like a wind that passes over herbs, like dew that falls upon the meadows, like rain-laden air that makes things grow. So too should a human being pour out goodwill upon all who c
Hildegard of Bingen, c. 1170 Albanian version by Eda Zari
The Soul
The soul is like a wind that passes over herbs, like dew that falls upon the meadows, like rain-laden air that makes things grow.
So too should a human being pour out goodwill upon all who carry longing within them.
Let that person be a wind that helps the wretched, a dew that comforts the abandoned.
Let them be like rain-bearing air that raises up the weary and fills them with love as one feeds the hungry.
Photo © Eda Zari: Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Old City of Jerusalem.
Hildegard von Bingen was born in 1098 near Bermersheim, Germany, and died on 17 September 1179 in Bingen am Rhein. Venerated in the Roman Catholic Church as a saint and Doctor of the Church, she is remembered as a Benedictine abbess, poet, composer and polymath.
© 2020 Eda Zari. All rights reserved.
CONTINUE READING →
