Monday, June 02, 2008

the secrets

A couple of additional translations of quatrain 1411, originally under the best joy.

I can't let you know
all the secrets
I can't open to you
all the doors
there is something inside
that makes me happy
but I can't put my finger
on its source

trans Nader Khalili

The secrets are bursting inside me
but to give them away and
expose them to mockery, I cannot.
Something inside me is bursting with joy
but to put my finger on it, I cannot.

trans Azima Melita Kolin and Maryam Mafi

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