EGRET – return movement

As you fill with wisdom,
and your heart with love,
there ’s no more thirst.

There ’s only an unselfed patience
waiting on the doorsill, a silence
which doesn’t listen to advice
from people passing on the street.

Sanai
Translated by Coleman Barks

 

Road Closed.   I was bewildered when I read the sign posted on a barrier that stretched across a quiet back street.  My confusion was in part because the closure seemed to have appeared without prior notice.  Admittedly, I had been so immersed in the ...

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Published on October 05, 2025 21:10
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