Circles 4 (from Life of the Future World)

& the secret

ITS MEASURE IS RIGHT & LEFT
MEASURE OF ITS RIGHT ITS LEFT
MEASURE OF ITS LEFT ITS RIGHT
IT HAS NO IMAGE SKIES
IMAGE OF ITS RIGHT LEFT
IMAGE OF ITS LEFT RIGHT
& ITS BIRTHPLACE BEING FROM NON-BEING
FATHERING FROM NOTHING NAMES

MY NAME IS OTHER THAN
WHAT HAS NO IMAGE
MY IMAGE IS OTHER THAN
WHAT HAS NO NAME
& I HAVE NO NAME OTHER THAN IMAGE
& I HAVE NO IMAGE OTHER THAN NAME
EN-EY-EM-EE WRITTEN OUT FULLY
MY NAME AN IMAGINING FOR MY TRUTH

By Rabbi Abraham Abulafia
(1240 - ?)

English version by Jerome Rothenberg and Harris Lenowitz

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