Module 3 : Celtic Traditions
Kenneth White is a Scottish poet who is seen as a modern Celtic prophet. While born in extreme poverty in Scotland, he spent much of his life in France, yet his work was highly inspired by the Celtic tradition. This poem was translated.
Read his words published in: The Bird Path: Collected Longer Poems. These words have been translated.
"the loveliness is everywhere
even
in the ugliest
and most hostile environment
the loveliness is everywhere
at the turning of a corner
in the eyes
and on the lips
of a stranger
in the emptiest areas
where is no place for hope
and only death
invites the heart
the loveliness is there
it emerges
incomprehensible
inexplicable
it rises in its own reality
and what we must learn is
how to receive it
into ours.