“Where is an intimate
friend
who’ll hear the secret
from me straight out–
of what human beings
have been
from the moment they began?
They
are
born
of toil
and molded
from
the clay of sorrow.
They wander the world for a time,
then
set
off.”
― Edward Fitzgerald's The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
friend
who’ll hear the secret
from me straight out–
of what human beings
have been
from the moment they began?
They
are
born
of toil
and molded
from
the clay of sorrow.
They wander the world for a time,
then
set
off.”
― Edward Fitzgerald's The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
“ولأنى ككل الأطفال !
أشعر أنني أريد أن أقول لك فقط:
“أحبك” ومن ثمّ أبكي،
أبكي لأنها لا تعبر عن الكثير،
ولأنها تختصر الكثير،
ولأن الأطفال حينما يعجزون عن التعبير يبكون
ويرددون كلمة واحدة غير مفهومة ومبهمة.”
―
أشعر أنني أريد أن أقول لك فقط:
“أحبك” ومن ثمّ أبكي،
أبكي لأنها لا تعبر عن الكثير،
ولأنها تختصر الكثير،
ولأن الأطفال حينما يعجزون عن التعبير يبكون
ويرددون كلمة واحدة غير مفهومة ومبهمة.”
―
“When you are so full of sorrow
that you can't walk, can't cry anymore,
think about the green foliage that sparkles after
the rain. When the daylight exhausts you, when
you hope a final night will cover the world,
think about the awakening of a young child.”
― The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
that you can't walk, can't cry anymore,
think about the green foliage that sparkles after
the rain. When the daylight exhausts you, when
you hope a final night will cover the world,
think about the awakening of a young child.”
― The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
“Ah! How we all love to be deluded! We have a secret dread of being thought ignorant. And we end by being ignorant after all, only we have done it in a long and roundabout way.”
― The Hungry Stones and Other Stories
― The Hungry Stones and Other Stories
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