I can’t reveal the mystery
to either saint or sinner;
I can’t state at length
what I’ve said curtly;
I achieve an altered state
that I can’t explain;
I have a secret
that I cannot share.
Translated by Juan Cole
from Whinfield 36.
I can’t reveal the mystery
to either saint or sinner;
I can’t state at length
what I’ve said curtly;
I achieve an altered state
that I can’t explain;
I have a secret
that I cannot share.
Translated by Juan Cole
from Whinfield 36.
Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page
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