San UJuan de la Cruz wazalwa ngomhla onje namhlanje ukusuka 1542 en Iifontiveros, idolophu encinci kwiphondo laseCastilla y León. Yifayile ye- elona nani liphezulu leemfihlakalo zesizwe ecaleni kukaSanta Teresa de Jesús, nabo wagcina ubuhlobo obunzulu. Ndihlangula ezinye imibongo eyakho kwinkumbulo yesikhumbuzo sakho.
San UJuan de la Cruz
Xa ndandinayo 17 iminyaka ungene kwifayile ye- AmaJesuits Kwaye, kwiminyaka emine kamva, bathatha imikhwa yocwangco lwe IKarmele. Wamkela igama likaFray Juan de San Matías, kodwa kamva, nini wamiselwa njengombingeleli, yathatha igama layo elichazayo, UJuan de la Cruz.
Ugcine i ubuhlobo obukhulu noTeresa de ilavila kunye naye waseka u indibano yokuqala yamaKarmele, iodolo yeemonki ezinikezelwe kukucamngca kukaThixo nokuziqhelanisa nobungqongqo. Intoni wayefuna ukuhlengahlengisa iziseko zeemonki zeodolo wangcwaliswa, watyholwa uwexukile. Bamgweba Iinyanga ezili-9 entolongweni eToledo Apho ke wazinikela ekubhaleni imibongo.
La eyona nto iphambili Umsebenzi wakhe ngu uvakalelo olukhulu lwenkolo, luzele yintsomi. Kodwa ikwaqulathe ukufundwa phakathi kwemigca okuninzi iimvakalelo kunye iqeqs Ukugqunywa ngasemva kolo bizo olunzulu lwenkolo. Ezi zezinye zezakhe
Iindinyana ezininzi ezimele
Iingoma zomphefumlo
Ubusuku obumnyama
I
Ngobusuku obumnyama
ngentumekelelo kuthando olushushu
Owu wonwabe!
Ndemka ndingakhange ndibone mntu
indlu yam izolile,
mnyama kwaye ikhuselekile
ngenqanaba eliyimfihlo lokuzifihla,
Owu wonwabe!
ebumnyameni nasesibatheni
ukuba yindlu yam ezolile.
Ngobusuku obonwabisayo
emfihlakalweni ukuba akukho mntu undibonileyo
kwaye andijonganga nantoni na
ngaphandle kokunye ukukhanya nesikhokelo
kodwa leyo yayitshisa entliziyweni.
U-Aquesta wayendikhokela
ethembekileyo kunokukhanya kwemini emaqanda
ebendilinde phi
endandimazi kakuhle
kwindawo apho kungabonakali mntu.
Owu ebusuku, ukhokele!
Owu busuku, bumnandi ngaphezu kokusa!
Owu ubusuku obudibeneyo
sithandwa nesithandwa,
othandekayo othandekayo oguqulwe!
Kwisifuba sam seentyatyambo
yintoni yonke ayigcinele yena kuphela
walala apho
ndamnika
nomoya opholileyo wemisedare wawunika umoya.
Umoya wenqaba
xa ndimsasaza iinwele zakhe
ngesandla sakhe serene
kwaye kwakubuhlungu entanyeni yam
nazo zonke izivamvo zam zinqunyanyisiwe.
Hlala undilibale
Ndabuthulula ubuso bam phezu kwentanda;
yaphela yonke into, ndemka
ukushiya inkathalo yam
phakathi kweenyibiba.
II
Oh ilangatye lothando oluphilayo,
indlela owonzakele ngayo
womphefumlo wam kwezona ndawo zinzulu!
Ewe, awusenakuphumelela
gqibezela ngoku ukuba uyafuna;
qhekeza ilaphu lokudibana okumnandi.
Owu ubumnene!
Owu unesiphiwo!
Owu isandla esithambileyo! Owu ukuthamba okuethe-ethe,
ubomi obungunaphakade bunambitha
onke amatyala ahlawulwe!
Ukubulala, ukufa ebomini utshintshile.
O izibane zomlilo
ekukhanyeni kwakhe
emiqolombeni nzulu ngengqiqo
ukuba kwakumnyama kwaye yimfama
ngobuhle obungaqhelekanga
nika ukufudumala nokukhanya kulowo umthandayo!
Ulunge kwaye unothando
uyakhumbula esifubeni sam
Apho uhlala khona ngasese
nakumphefumlo wakho onencasa
ubuqaqawuli obulungileyo nobuzeleyo
kumnandi kanjani ukundenza ndithandane!
Umalusi
Umalusi wohlwaywa kuphela,
ungaluqapheli uyolo nolwaneliseko,
kwaye kumalusi wakhe wabeka ingcinga,
kwaye isifuba sothando sibuhlungu kakhulu.
Akalili kuba amenzakalisile,
ukuze angabi buhlungu ukuzibona ehlupheka ngolu hlobo,
nangona inxeba entliziyweni;
kodwa uyalila ecinga ukuba ulibalekile.
Ngaphandle kokucinga nje ukuba ulibalekile
womalusi wakhe omhle, enosizi olukhulu
uyekele ukuphathwa kakubi kwilizwe lasemzini,
isifuba sothando sibuhlungu kakhulu.
Kwaye umalusi omncinci uthi: Oo, ngelishwa
yalomntu ebengekho kuthando lwam
kwaye akafuni ukonwabela ubukho bam,
kwaye isifuba sothando lwakhe sibuhlungu kakhulu!
Kwaye emva kwexesha elide uvukile
Emthini, wavula iingalo zakhe ezintle,
kwaye unamathele kubo, kwaye ufile
isifuba sothando sibuhlungu kakhulu