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.