2015-12-05

Friend, this is the only way

Friend, this is the only way

Sachal Sarmast (1739 - 1829)
Leagan Béarla: Ivan M. Granger


Friend, this is the only way
to learn the secret way:

          Ignore the paths of others,
          even the saints' steep trails.

                    Don't follow.
                    Don't journey at all.

Rip the veil from your face.

 -- from The Longing in Between: Sacred Poetry from Around the World (A Poetry Chaikhana Anthology), Edited by Ivan M. Granger



A Chara


A chara, níl ach slí amháin
chun an chonair rúnda a aimsiú:

               Ná bac le conair éinne eile,
                cosán géar na naomh fiú.

                           Ná lean éinne.
                           Ar aistear ná téigh.

Stróic an chaille de d’aghaidh.