Calendar of the Soul

  Can I expand my soul
  That it unites itself
  With cosmic Word received as seed?
  I sense that I must find the strength
  To fashion worthily my soul
  As fitting raiment for the spirit.

  Kann ich die Seele weiten,
  Dass sie sich selbst verbindet
  Empfangnem Welten-Keimesworte?
  Ich ahne, dass ich Kraft muss finden,
  Die Seele würdig zu gestalten,
  Zum Geistes-Kleide sich zu bilden.

  Can I so stretch my soul,
  now that it has conceived,
  so that it be all one,
  one with the Word of Worlds,
  one with the germ received?
  A hint comes: you must find the strength
  to fashion a soul fit
  to be the outward garment of the Spirit.