Hymn in Haiku
Teilhard de Chardin's Hymn to matter was the startingpoint for the joint venture 'Hymn in Haiku' by Fons Heijnsbroek and myself. I rewrote the Hymn in haikus, which inspired Fons to paint a series of pictures. I want to express my gratitude to Olga van Trigt for her sensitive translation into English in which she managed to preserve the haiku form.dated 2007 until 2007, comment to the artist (click on an image to enlarge an artwork)
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Haiku 1
2007
clothed in all that is
you are incarnated life
a wrapped up bonus -
Haiku 2
2007
directed yearning
guides wild passionate desires
through eye of being -
Haiku 3
2007
oh soul-blessed matter
thrusting up pitilessly
towards divine truth
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Haiku 4
2007
unlimitedly
magical matter you show
true reality -
Haiku 5
2007
oh veiled existence
in the midst of life you yearn
for recognition -
Haiku 6
2007
it cannot but be
that another life vibrates
through all dead matter
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Haiku 7
2007
facing the body
it is your profound wisdom
for which I give praise -
Haiku 8
2007
without formulas
strangulations of science
I can feel your space -
Haiku 9
2007
transformation source
elected growing power
I salute your works
