Showing posts with label pride. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pride. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

The Test


Those who learned to be truly human
found everything in being humble

while those who looked proudly from above
were pushed down the stairs.

A heart that must always feel superior
will one day lose its way.

What should be within leaks out...

A Poem by Yunus Emre (1240-1321)
The Drop that became the Sea, translated by Helminski and Algan (1989)


Wednesday, November 14, 2012

The Rose



So with the heart, and with all proud things. In the end nothing remains but a handful of petals of what was once a proud flower …

John Cournos