Don’t come to me with the entire truth.
Don’t bring the ocean if I feel thirsty,
nor heaven if I ask for light;
but bring a hint, some dew, a particle,
as birds carry only drops away from water,
and the wind a grain of salt.
translated by Robert Bly
Nice to read a poem from my home 🙂 🙂
There some more of his in my archives if you ever feel like company.
Oh, I’ll head over there when I am free 🙂 🙂 I like to see them translated to English 🙂
so much kinder…
And perhaps more realistic.
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Reblogged this on Teacher as Transformer and commented:
This is a lovely short poem with a wonderful message. Instead of getting all want, sometimes a hint of it is what we need. It creates a sense of wonder and sensation of the whole.
Glad you like this poem. Thanks for reblogging it.
You are welcome.