2014-08-13

Sand Patterns, Thallawbawn, Mayo

Íomhá Ron Rosenstock
Cruthúnas Beo
Agus an ghaois á leanúint acu
chuir na mistéirí síoraí
foirm an daonnaí
ar fáil
mar chruthúnas beo orthu féin.

An fhaid is a bhí an braon
gan teacht as an bhfarraige
níorbh eol 
don aigéan
an niamhracht atá istigh ina lár

His Living Proof
The eternal mysteries,
following wisdom's lead,
brought forth
the human form
as their living proof.

As long as the drop
hadn't emerged from the sea,
the ocean
didn't notice
the depths of its splendour.
By Abdul-Qader Bedil
(1644 - 1721)

English version by David and Sabrineh Fideler