[Of all that God has shown me]

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By Mechtild of Magdeburg

Translated by Jane Hirshfield

Of all that God has shown me

I can speak just the smallest word,

Nor more than a honey bee

Takes on his foot

From an overspilling jar.

Mechtild of Madgeburg, “[Of all that God has shown me]” translated by Jane Hirshfield, from Women in Praise of the Sacred (New York: Harper Collins, 1994).

Source: Women in Praise of the Sacred (HarperCollins Publishers Inc, 1994)