What never existed
by Najmoddin KobraEnglish version by Peter Lamborn Wilson and Nasrollah Pourjavady
Original Language Persian/Farsi
What never existed
leaves nothing in the hand
but wind
while "reality"
offers nothing but imperfection
and failure;
that being the case
we can only dream
of what never was
and as for what "really is,"
remember:
it doesn't exist.
-- from The Drunken Universe: An Anthology of Persian Sufi Poetry, Translated by Peter Lamborn Wilson / Translated by Nasrollah Pourjavady |
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