Saint John of the Cross poetry and music of the soul

Poetry and music are expressions of the human being that complement each other. One from the word, the other from sound and silence.

"How well I know the fountain that flows and flows, although it is night. That Eternal fountain is hidden, that I well know where it has its source, although it is night. I don't know its origin because it doesn't have it, but I know that every origin comes from it, even though it is at night"

How gentle and loving
you remember in my bosom,
where secretly you only dwell,
and in your tasty aspiration,
full of good and glory,
how delicately you make me fall in love!


Saint John of the Cross

Reading Saint John of the Cross and the rhythm of his rhymes evoke a soft melody, which together are a song that invites us to an inner journey, where we get to know closely the deep sensitivity of Saint John of the Cross.

In San Juan de la Cruz we see a strong influence of Garcilazo. In his vocabulary and the rhyme of it.

The poems of San Juan de la Cruz are the right union of allegories, rhythm, lexicon and atmosphere. It allows the reader to fall into the author's own mysticism and his inner world.

"In the beginning dwelt
the Word, and lived in God,
in whom your happiness
infinite possessed.
The same Word God was,  
that the beginning was said.
He dwelt in the beginning
and I didn't have a beginning."



Saint John of the Cross

And the shepherd boy says: «Oh, unfortunate
of the one who has been absent from my love
and he doesn't want to enjoy my presence,
the chest for the love of him very hurt of him!



Saint John of the Cross

One might think that the work of a 16th century religious would be limited to classrooms. However, his lyrics are still relevant in today's music, thanks to Rosalía whose single "Although it is at night" is one of the saint's poems. Through music her poetry de ella lives.