San Juan de la Cruz, the great sixteenth-century Spanish mystic, is regarded by many as Spain\'s finest poet.
The work concludes with two essays-a critique of the poetry and a short piece on the Spanish text that appears alongside the translation-as well as brief notes on the individual poems..
This dual-language edition makes available the original Spanish from the Codex of Sanl con de Barrameda with facing English translations.
John\'s art.
John of the Cross John Frederick Nims presents his superlative translation of the complete poems, re-creating the religious fervor of St.
In The Poems of St.
Passionate, ecstatic, and spiritual, his Poems are a blend of exquisite lyricism and profound mystical thought.
San Juan de la Cruz, the great sixteenth-century Spanish mystic, is regarded by many as Spain\'s finest poet