God's Heart

We don't know God's heart,
though we see
something that showers down around us
like rain over our hands.

We don't see His eyes,
though we sense
an imperceptible light over everything
as on a summer night.

We don't hear His voice,
though we find
roads everywhere and signs in our hearts,
paths of quiet light.

-- by Rolf Jacobsen, translated from the Norwegian by Robert Hedin