He blesses every love which weeps and grieves
And now he blesses hers who stood and wept
And would not be consoled, or leave her love’s
Last touching place, but watched as low light crept
Up from the east. A sound behind her stirs
A scatter of bright birdsong through the air.
She turns, but cannot focus through her tears,
Or recognise the Gardener standing there.
She hardly hears his gentle question ‘Why,
Why are you weeping?’, or sees the play of light
That brightens as she chokes out her reply
‘They took my love away, my day is night’
And then she hears her name, she hears Love say
A very blessed Easter to you all
Sonnet from: Sounding the Seasons
Music: Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Marienlieder - Opus. 22 (1859) - VI. Magdalena
Image: Master Henri, Noli Me Tangere from Livre d'Images de Madame Marie Belgian (Hainault),
1285-1290. Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France
Some twelve hours to dawn here...thank you for the moving words and music.
ReplyDeleteTomorrow is polling day in the Presidential elections too so all the traditional processions have been banned so as not to hamper access to the polling stations. This is a vital election for the country...on a mundane level, we hope for light to triumph.
I'm glad you liked it, Helen. I do hope the election passes off peacefully and fairly and the result is what you hope for. I've just done a bit of reading about the contest and can see how much hangs in the balance.
DeleteThank you for your interest...the election process is strictly controlled, but I await the result with trepidation
DeleteVery glad to see that the moderate candidate won and by such a wide margin. You will be relieved.
DeleteHari OM
ReplyDeleteOh my, a poem I have not read before; a heart-melter! Joy to you this day, dear lady! YAM xx
And to you, Yam. Malcolm Guite is a favourite of mine and I have his book of sonnets (Sounding the seasons) from which this comes. I think you would love it.
DeleteThis is so beautiful and touching.. Happy Easter to you and your family.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Krishna. I'm glad it spoke to you.
DeleteBeautiful Perpetua. Easter Blessings to you and your family from Australia.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Patricia. I always enjoy choosing the material for these posts.
Deleteand a Happy Easter to you Perpetua. Yes, beautiful.
ReplyDeleteYour Easter will be over now, Susan. I hope it was a happy one.
DeleteBeautiful. Have blessed Easter.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Sally. The same to you and Jim.
DeleteLove the poem!
ReplyDeleteI thought you would. I'm a great fan of Malcolm Guite and his collection of sonnets Sounding the Seasons is worth getting hold of. Just click the link in the footnotes for details.
DeleteHappy Easter to you and your family!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jennifer. I hope your Easter was wonderful.
DeleteDear Kathy, thank you for sharing the poem and the music--both brought home to me the gift that is Easter. Peace.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you enjoyed them, Dee, and I hope you had a wonderful Easter birthday.
DeleteDear Kathy, I did! Now if only the weather would spring into spring into of catapulting us back into winter! Peace.
DeleteSo very lovely and touched my heart this morning. Blessings to you and your family.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad, Penny. It's a wonderful poem and I loved the hitherto (to me) unknown Brahms song about Mary of Magdala.
DeleteBelated Easter greeting P.
ReplyDeleteThanks. I hope you had a lovely Easter too.
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