"Roman Triptych: Meditations" is a forty-page poem by Pope John Paul II, composed of three parts: Stream, Meditation on the Book of Genesis, and A Hill in the Moria Land. Originally written in John Paul II's native Polish after a visit to his homeland of Poland, the poem was translated to Italian by Graà ¼yna Miller, and published in 2003 simultaneously in Poland (as ) and the Vatican (as ).
The poem has since been translated into languages including English (by Jerzy Pietrkiewicz), French, Spanish, and German. A Polish audio version was recorded by actor Krzysztof Globisz.
Roman Triptych received praise from philosopher and historian , poet and Nobel laureate Czesà Âaw Mià Âosz, poet , and Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, several of whom were close personal friends of John Paul II. It was especially popular in Poland, selling out 80% of the initial print run of 300,000 copies before the official launch date.