El profeta

Self-knowledge

And a man said, "Speak to us of Self-Knowledge."

And he answered, saying:

Your hearts know in silence the secrets of the days and the nights.
But your ears thirst for the sound of your heart's knowledge.
You would know in words that which you have always know in thought.
You would touch with your fingers the naked body of your dreams.
And it is well you should.
The hidden well-spring of your soul must needs rise and run murmuring to the sea;
And the treasure of your infinite depths would be revealed to your eyes.
But let there be no scales to weigh your unknown treasure;
And seek not the depths of your knowledge with staff or sounding line.
For self is a sea boundless and measureless.
Say not, "I have found the truth," but rather, "I have found a truth."
Say not, "I have found the path of the soul." Say rather, "I have met the soul walking upon my path."
For the soul walks upon all paths.
The soul walks not upon a line, neither does it grow like a reed.
The soul unfolds itself, like a lotus of countless petals.

Este texto es un episodio de "El Profeta" de Yibrán Jalil Yibrán. Un libro que me recomendó una amiga antes de partir de vuelta a su país. Lo acogí como un tremendo regalo, aún desconociendo su contenido, sabiendo quien me lo ofrecía.

Aún con esos precedentes, su lectura me ha maravillado por completo. Aquí os he indicado un breve episodio, pero os recomiendo su lectura completa. Comentar que el texto está en inglés, ya que las traducciones al castellano son muy diversas. Igualmente, en el enlace, el texto sí que está traducido.

Espero que lo disfrutéis, si os aventuráis en su lectura.