I Cannot Dance 
Larry Nickel

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I

I can

I cannot

I cannot dance

I cannot dance, O Lord

unless You lead me


If You want me to leap with joy

let me see You dance and sing


Alleluia


Docete me, docete me saltare

(teach me to dance)

I cannot dance, O Lord, unless you lead me


If you want me to leap joyfully

let me see You dance and sing, O Lord

Fill me with Your joy


Then I shall leap into Love

and from Love into Knowledge

then from Knowledge into Harvest

Sweetest fruit of the vine


Leap into love

Love into Knowledge

Knowledge into Harvest

Sweetest fruit, beyond all human sensation


There I will stay with You

whirling and twirling


Alleluia - dance for joy!



poet - Mechthild of Magdeburg (13th century)

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