Del Verbo divino
la Virgen preñada
viene de camino:
¡si le dais posada!
San Juan de la Cruz
Navideña: Del Verbo Divino
The Virgin, weighed
with the Word of God,
comes down the road:
if only you’ll shelter her.
Saint John of the Cross
Christmas Refrain
Pieter Bruegel I (Dutch, 1527/28? – 1569)
Oil on oak panel, 1566
Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
John of the Cross, St. 1991, The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross, Revised Edition, translated from the Spanish by Kavanaugh, K and Rodriguez, O with revisions and introductions by Kavanaugh, K, ICS Publications, Washington DC.
Do I fancy that Our Lady looks like St Elizabeth of The Trinity?
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder!