Deineadh uisce díom
Binavi Badakhshani
Deineadh uisce díomis chonac mé féin
im mhearú súl
Deineadh aigéan díom
chonac mé féin
im cháithnín cúir
Deonaíodh Meabhraíocht dom
is chonac nach bhfuil san iomlán
ach dearúd
Dhúisíos
is thuigeas go rabhas
faoi shuan
I became water
Binavi Badakhshani
English version by Peter Lamborn Wilson and Nasrollah Pourjavady. Original Language Persian/FarsiI became water
and saw myself
a mirage
became an ocean
saw myself a speck
of foam
gained Awareness
saw that all is but
forgetfulness
woke up
and found myself
asleep.
-- from The Drunken Universe: An Anthology of Persian Sufi Poetry, Translated by Peter Lamborn Wilson / Translated by Nasrollah Pourjavady