When I look into the sun
Its light speaks radiantly to me
of the spirit that full of grace
Through world existence works.
Sun, you bearer of radiance,
The power of your light on matter
Conjures life from out of Earth's
Immeasurably rich depths.
When I feel into my heart,
The spirit speaks its own word
of the human being that it loves
Through time and all eternity
Heart, you bearer of the soul,
The spirit power of your light
Conjures life out of the human being's
Immeasurably deep inwardness.
I can see, looking upward,
To the sun's bright orb,
The mighty world heart.
I can feel, looking inward,
To the heart's warm life:
The ensouled human sun.
Rudolf Steiner
for Henriette Maria Wegman (1851-1935)
on her 73rd birthday
