the lilies of the field and the birds of the air

This beautiful prayer was the usual opening of our Levinas class last semester under Dr. Leovino Garcia.
Credits to Jonathan. =)

FROM THE LILIES AND THE BIRDS LET US LEARN

Father in Heaven, when the spring is come,

everything in nature returns in new freshness and beauty,

the lilies and the birds have lost nothing of their charm--oh,

that we also might return to the instruction of these teachers!

Ah, but if in the time that has elapsed we have lost our health,

would we might regain it by learning again

from the lilies of the field and the birds of the air!