El Verbo Aquí: “And the Word Was With God”; “And the Word Was God”; “The Same Was In the Beginning with God”
We continue with our translations of Luis Cruz-Villalobos’ poetic exposition of John 1:1-13 with verses 1b-2.
Enjoy!
AND THE WORD WAS WITH GOD
The being in Himself
Also allowed
For Himself to exist
Being outside of Himself
Contemplating his own essence
As the eternal alter ego
And being with the Other
With whom they were the same
—The Being in Himself—
Smiling and Singing
Dancing a dance
Indeterminate and quantum
A beautiful and eternal dance
AND THE WORD WAS GOD
Transcending
Since the beginning
The laws more basic
Than logic
- For He is and He is not what He is
at the same time
and in the same sense -
For who He is in Himself
As well as being-in-himself
The one who is
Presence
Emmanuel from always
He is the one who put logic into motion
When the first atoms began their dance
He, therefore, is the Lord of logic
The final chair
Certain and irrefutable for all generations
Even if our cadre can’t measure it
Or our compass encircle it
THE SAME WAS IN THE BEGINNING WITH GOD
I was facing the other
I and the alter ego
Looking at each other in love
In ecstasy with the Spirit
Ruach and Pneuma as well eternal
With them raising his banners of joy
Of peace and mercy
The original Spanish text:
Y EL VERBO ERA CON DIOS
El Ser en Sí
También se permitió
a Sí mismo existir
Ser fuera de Sí
Contemplar su propia esencia
Como alter ego eterno
Y al ser con el Otro
con quien eran lo mismo
- el Ser en Sí –
Sonreían y cantaban
Bailaban una danza indeterminada y cuántica
Bella y eterna danza
Y EL VERBO ERA DIOS
Trascendiendo
desde el principio
Las leyes más básicas
de la lógica
- Pues Él es y no es lo que es
al mismo tiempo
y en igual sentido-
Pues al que es-en-sí-mismo
Al que además de ser-en-sí-mismo
Es-el-que-está
Presencia
Emmanuel desde siempre
Aquel es el que la lógica echó a andar
Cuando los primeros átomos comenzaron su baile
Y por tanto es Señor de la lógica
Y su cátedra es la final
La certera e irrefutable por los siglos
Aunque nuestra escuadra no logre medirla
Ni nuestro compás no la circunde
ESTE ERA EN EL PRINCIPIO CON DIOS
Era uno frente al otro
Ego y alter ego
Mirándose de amor
Extasiados junto al Espíritu
Ruaj y Pneuma también eterno
Que con ellos levantaba sus banderas de alegría
De paz y misericordia