Question and Answer

Hear! Hear! It is I! You who said there must be light, and there was. You who said there must be the word, and there was. O Almighty, O Maker, O creator of the body’s beauty, O my creator! Tell me, why did you make the darkness of night? Blood comes instead of tears from my eyes my feet have worn out on the black earth my eyes are dim. I weep blood instead of tears. Tell me, why did you make the darkness of night, O maker of all being? A voice: The certain answer to your question "Why is the night dark?" is only this: the night is not dark at all...