The One

By Zvi Yair

In my youth
My eyes beheld
Realities to the millions --
As my wisdom ripened
I saw them as three:
You, the world, and me

Still contemplating
I perceived
The world
From your radiance is but a ray
Leaving but two:
I, and You

I searched
The depths of my heart
And found my life
But a glitter of your light
And behold:
You are one alone

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Zvi Yair is the pen-name of the Hebrew poet and Chassidic scholar, Rabbi Zvi Meir Steinmetz (1915-2005). For more on Zvi Yair see www.zviyair.com
From the Hebrew by Yanki Tauber

Illustration: Detail from a painting by Chassidic artist Zalman Kleinman

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