San Juan de la Cruz an haifeshi a rana irin ta yau daga 1542 en Fantana, wani karamin gari a cikin lardin Castilla y León. Yana da adadi mafi yawa na sufanci na waƙoƙin ƙasa kusa da Santa Teresa de Jesús, wanda ya kulla abota da shi. Na kubutar da wasu wakoki naku don tunawa da ranar tunawa.
San Juan de la Cruz
Lokacin da na 17 shekaru ya shiga Jesuit kuma, shekaru huɗu daga baya, ya ɗauki halaye na tsari na Karmeliyawa. Ya karɓi sunan Fray Juan de San Matías, amma daga baya, lokacin da Aka naɗa shi firist, ya ɗauki tabbataccen sunansa, Juan de la Cruz.
Ya kiyaye a babban abota tare da Teresa de Ávila kuma da ita ya kafa farko zuriya na Discalced Carmelites, umarni na sufaye waɗanda aka keɓe don zurfafa tunanin Allah da aiwatar da tsauraran matakai. Menene yana so ya sake fasalin ɗimbin ƙa'idodin umarni tsarkake, an zarge shi da mai ridda. Sun yanke masa hukunci Watanni 9 a kurkuku a Toledo kuma a can ya sadaukar da kansa ga rubuta waka.
La babban fasali na aikinsa shine babbar jin addini, cike da sufi. Amma kuma ya ƙunshi karatu tsakanin layuka tare da yawancin hankali da kuma lalata rufe bayan wannan zurfin karatun addini. Waɗannan wasu nasa ne
Yawancin ayoyin wakilci
Wakokin Rai
Dare mai duhu
I
A cikin dare mai duhu
cikin kwazo cikin kauna
Oh farin ciki!
Na tafi ba tare da an lura da ni ba
gidana yana cikin nutsuwa,
duhu da aminci
ta hanyar sikelin sirri a ɓoye,
Oh farin ciki!
a cikin duhu kuma a cikin tarko
kasancewar gidana a sanyaye.
A cikin daren ni'ima
a asirce cewa babu wanda ya gan ni
kuma ban kalli komai ba
ba tare da wani haske da jagora ba
amma wanda ya kone a zuciya.
Aquesta yana jagorantar ni
mafi gaskiya fiye da hasken rana
a ina yake jirana
wanda na sanshi sosai
a wurin da babu wanda ya bayyana.
Oh dare, kun jagoranci!
Oh dare, mafi kyau fiye da alfijir!
Oh dare da kuka sa tare
ƙaunatacce tare da ƙaunatacce,
ƙaunatacce cikin ƙaunataccen canzawa!
A cikin kirji na mai kwalliya
abin da duka ya kiyaye shi kawai
can yayi bacci
kuma na ba shi
Iska kuwa ta itacen al'ul.
Iskar yaƙi
lokacin da na watsa mata gashin kanta
da hannunsa mai annashuwa
kuma a wuyana ya ji rauni
kuma duk hankalina ya tsaya.
Tsaya ka manta
Na karkata fuskata akan masoyi;
komai ya daina, sai na tafi
barin kulawa
A cikin furannin da aka manta da su.
II
Oh harshen wuta na rayuwa mai rai,
yadda tausayinku ya cutar
na raina a cikin zurfin cibiyar!
Da kyau, ba ku da sauran fahimta
gama yanzu idan kanaso;
karya yarn wannan gamuwa mai dadi.
Oh mai hankali cautery!
Oh baiwa mai rauni!
Oh hannu mai taushi! Oh m taɓawa,
wannan rai madawwami yana da ɗanɗano
kuma duk bashin yana biya!
Kisa, mutuwa a rayuwa ka canza.
Oh fitilun wuta
a cikin wayewar sa
zurfin kogon hankali
cewa duhu ne kuma makaho
tare da kyawawan kyawawa
ba dumi da haske ga ƙaunataccenka!
Yaya sassauƙa da soyayya
ka tuna a kirji na
inda kake zama a asirce
kuma a cikin dadin numfashin ku
na alheri kuma cikakke daukaka
yadda dadi kake sanya ni soyayya!
Makiyayin
Ana azabtar da makiyayi kawai,
gafala daga ni'ima da gamsuwa,
kuma a cikin makiyayinta ya sanya tunani,
kuma kirjin kauna yaji ciwo sosai
Ba ya kuka saboda cutarwa,
cewa bai yi nadamar ganin kansa ya tabe ba,
kodayake a cikin zuciya yana da rauni;
amma yana kuka saboda tunanin cewa an manta dashi.
Fiye da kawai tunanin cewa an manta da shi
na kyakkyawar makiyayinta, tare da tsananin baƙin ciki
Ya bar shi a wulakanta shi a baƙuwar ƙasa,
kirjin kauna yaji ciwo sosai
Kuma karamin makiyayin yace: Oh, rashin sa'a
na wanda ya kasance ba ya nan daga ƙaunata
kuma baya son jin daɗin kasancewa na,
kuma kirji don soyayyarsa tayi rauni sosai!
Kuma bayan dogon lokaci ya tashi
a kan bishiya, ya buɗe kyawawan hannayensa,
kuma ya mutu yana ta manne musu,
kirjin kauna yaji ciwo sosai