G. Plisetsky

G. PLISETSKY: "Just in Rags of a Dervish..."

"Just in Rags of a Dervish..."

(From Omar Khayyam)

Just in rags of a dervish – you’ll ascend the blue heights,
You’ll ascend the heights only if you’ve broken your heart,
Throw away empty thoughts of your greatest fulfillments:
You’ll ascend the heights only if you’ve won in self-fight!


Translated by Yevgeny Bonver, February, 2003

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