I won't stay at home

Voice of Silence | Teresa von Avila

"I won't stay home"

(Psalm 132)

I will not stay home,

I will not sleep in bed,

I won't close my eyes,

I will not rest, not for a moment to open my eyes before I have discovered:

a place for Him to dwell,

a place for Him to rest,

He is Allah, the only true one.

I will not stay home,

I will not close my eyes,

I will not rest, not for a moment to open my eyes,

I may die of thirst until I find:

a place where the dead live,

a place where justice is served for all those who have been thrown from the earth.

(Huub Oosterhuis, bers: Hanns Keẞler)

Translated by: RP. Ino, O. Carm

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