Santa Teresa de Jesús
(Santa Teresa de Ávila)
·
Vivo
sin vivir en mí
Y
tan alta vida espero
Que
muero porque no muero.
Vivo
ya fuera de mí,
Después
que muero de amor;
Porque
vivo en el Señor,
Que
me quiso para sí:
Cuando
el corazón le di
Puso
en él este letrero,
Que
muero porque no muero.
Esta
divina prisión,
Del
amor con que yo vivo,
Ha
hecho a Dios mi cautivo,
Y
libre mi corazón;
Y
causa en mí tal pasión
Ver
a Dios mi prisionero,
Que
muero porque no muero.
¡Ay,
qué larga es esta vida!
¡Qué
duros estos destierros!
¡Esta
cárcel, estos hierros
En
que el alma está metida!
Sólo
esperar la salida
Me
causa dolor tan fiero,
Que
muero porque no muero.
¡Ay,
qué vida tan amarga
Do
no se goza el Señor!
Porque
si es dulce el amor,
No
lo es la esperanza larga:
Quíteme
Dios esta carga,
Más
pesada que el acero,
Que
muero porque no muero.
Sólo
con la confianza
Vivo
de que he de morir,
Porque
muriendo el vivir
Me
asegura mi esperanza;
Muerte
do el vivir se alcanza,
No
te tardes, que te espero,
Que
muero porque no muero.
Mira
que el amor es fuerte;
Vida
no me seas molesta,
Mira
que sólo te resta,
Para
ganarte, perderte;
Venga
ya la dulce muerte,
El
morir venga ligero
Que
muero porque no muero.
Aquella
vida de arriba,
Que
es la vida verdadera,
Hasta
que esta vida muera,
No
se goza estando viva:
Muerte,
no me seas esquiva;
Viva
muriendo primero,
Que
muero porque no muero.
Vida,
¿qué puedo yo darte
A
mi Dios, que vive en mi,
Si
no es el perderte a ti,
Para
merecer ganarte?
Quiero
muriendo alcanzarte,
Pues
tanto a mi amado quiero,
Que
muero porque no muero.
·
I
live I'm not living in me
And
high is the life that I'm yearning
That
I die because I don't die.
I
live outside of myself,
After
I'm dying by love;
Because
I live in the Lord,
That
wanted me for himself:
When
I him gave my heart
He
put on it this label,
That
I die because I don't die.
This
prison that is divine,
Of
the love with which I live,
Has
made my God my captive,
And
gave my heart the freedom;
It
causes me such a passion
that
prisoner is my God,
That
I die because I don't die.
Oh,
this life is so long!
This
banishment is too hard!
This
jail with all its iron
In
which the soul is inside!
Only
by waiting the exit
I
feel the ferocious pain,
That
I die because I don't die.
Oh,
this life is so painful,
When
the Lord can't be enjoyed!
Because
if love is so sweet,
It's
not the same the large hope:
Tear
off the sorrow of mine,
God,
it's heavier than iron,
That
I die because I don't die.
With
confidence I'm only living
In
the fact that I'll surely die,
Because
by dying the life
Will
rightly ensure this my hope;
Death,
where life's getting reached,
Don't
come late, that I wait you,
That
I die because I don't die.
Look
how strong is the love;
Life,
don't be that annoying,
Look
that only would rest
In
order to gain you, to lose you;
Come
right now, the sweet death,
Come,
this death, with the lightness,
That
I die because I don't die.
Life that is all above,
Life
that is the true one,
Can't
be enjoyed while I'm living,
Until
life is just dead:
So death, don't be so elussive;
I would live dying firstly,
That
I die because I don't die.
Life,
what would I give you,
My
God that lives all inside me,
If
it's in order to gain you
Just
the merit to lose you?
I
want to reach you by dying,
By
loving my lover so much,
That
I die because I don't die.
Translation:
Alfredo
Salvador C. García
June
16th, 2015
Mexico
City
