Omar Khayyam (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.

from Juan

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