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I celebrate myself, and sing myself,
And what I assume you shall assume,
For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.

Однажды, ты научишься не обращать вниманья
На весь тот бред, что льётся отовсюду.
И постепенно ты достигнешь пониманья,
Что в решете таскать безумно воду.

I
There was a naughty boy, A naughty boy was he,
He would not stop at home, He could not quiet be- He took In his knapsack A book Full of vowels And a shirt With some towels, A slight cap For night cap, A hair brush, Comb ditto, New stoc...

Late, by myself, in the boat of myself,no light and no land anywhere,cloudcover thick
I try to stayjust above the surface, yet I'm already under and living with the
Excerpt from the translation of Rumi by Coleman Barks

Never love with all your heart,
It only ends in aching;
And bit by bit to the smallest
That organ will be breaking

I forced myself to write to you,
I could not stand that burning wish
A caged bird now in your hands
You can just set me free or punish.
But you, descending to my poor state,

What am I
I am Earth the mother,
With all her nebulous memories;
And the young Day, and Night her brother,

"For myself alone,
I would not be        Ambitious in my wish; but, for you,        I would be trebled twenty times myself;        A thousand times more fair,        Ten thousand times more rich
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I have to live with myself and so I want to be fit for myself to know
I want to be able as days go by,always to look myself straight in the eye;
I don't want to stand with the setting sun and hate myself for the things I have done
I...

I taught myself to live simply and wisely,to look at the sky and pray to God,and to wander long before eveningto tire my superfluous worries
When the burdocks rustle in the ravineand the yellow-red rowanberry cluster droopsI compose happy ver...