Saturday, April 14, 2007

Sohrab Sepehri

The waters Footfall

I am a native of Kashan
Time is not so bad
I earn a bit of bread
I've got an iota of intelligence
And a bit of wit
I've got a mother, better than a leaf
And friends, better than a running stream

And a god in the immediate vicinity:
Amids these gilly flowers;
At the foot of that tall pine tree
Over water's cognition, over plant's law. (Mahsima)

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