Teresa of Ávila
Poems
Written work
Poems
Poesías
Occasional poetry and poetry of divine love in traditional metres (villancicos, glosas, coplas), made to be sung: 'I live without living in myself', 'Sighs of exile', 'I am yours, for you I was born', 'Let nothing disturb you'. Without John of the Cross's formal ambition, it has the grace of popular Castilian lyric and a memorability that has turned some lines into universal mottoes.
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Authorship note
Some thirty poems of certain or very probable attribution, composed for feasts, professions and recreations in her convents; many survive in the nuns' copies. The short poem 'Let nothing disturb you' was found in her breviary.
Editions and translations
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English
Teresa of Ávila
Poetry (en Collected Works, vol. 3)
The Conscious LibraryPoetry (en Collected Works, vol. 3)
ICS Publications, 1985
Translation: Kieran Kavanaugh y Otilio Rodríguez
ISBN 9780935216769
Español
Teresa of Ávila
Poesía y pensamiento
The Conscious LibraryPoesía y pensamiento
Alianza Editorial, 2015
ISBN 9788420697512
Other works by Teresa of Ávila
- The Book of Her Life · 1565
- The Way of Perfection · 1566
- The Interior Castle (The Mansions) · 1577
- The Book of the Foundations · 1582
- Spiritual Testimonies (Accounts of Conscience) · 1581
- Meditations on the Song of Songs · 1567
- Soliloquies (Exclamations of the Soul to God) · 1569
- Constitutions · 1567
- On Making the Visitation · 1576
- Letters · 1582
- A Satirical Critique · 1577
- Maxims (Counsels) · 1580
- Complete Works (collected editions) · 1588
- Response to a Spiritual Challenge · 1573
- Ordinances for a Confraternity · 1571
- Seven Meditations on the Lord's Prayer · 1630
Sources
- Teresa de Jesús. Obras completas. Transcripción, introducciones y notas de Efrén de la Madre de Dios y Otger Steggink. Madrid: Biblioteca de Autores Cristianos, 1962 (ediciones posteriores revisadas).
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