Don’t go outside your house to see flowers.
My friend, don’t bother with that excursion.
Inside your body there are flowers.
One flower has a thousand petals.
That will do for a place to sit.
Sitting there you will have a glimpse of beauty
inside the body and out of it,
before gardens and after gardens.
translated by Robert Bly
lovely!
Glad you liked it.
Wonderful.
It is beautiful.
Thanks for the dose of Robert Bly.
You’re welcome. I have a special fondness for his translations ever since I found those wonderful translations of Lorca & Jimenez.