The sheikh looks on (Photo: Emily O'Dell)
Every week, my Iranian friends and I team up to translate poetic verses by Rumi from the original Persian. Inevitably, we get into spirited debates about the double and deeper meanings of words. Here’s a glimpse of what we worked on this week:
Drunken, I asked my master:
Enlighten me about to be or not to be.
He answered me, and said: GO!
If you relieve the suffering of the people,
you’ll be free.
