Borrowed from sasha_khan
Because he f-locks his journal and I can't just send folks to it, and because it's good.
When you say, "I'm ignorant: teach me,"
such honesty is better than a false reputation.
Learn from your father Adam, O clear-browed man:
he said, "O our Lord" and "We have done wrong."*
He made no excuses, nor did he invent lies,
nor did he lift up the banner of evasion.
-- Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi, Mathnawi IV: 1388-1390
Version by Camille and Kabir Helminski
When you say, "I'm ignorant: teach me,"
such honesty is better than a false reputation.
Learn from your father Adam, O clear-browed man:
he said, "O our Lord" and "We have done wrong."*
He made no excuses, nor did he invent lies,
nor did he lift up the banner of evasion.
-- Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi, Mathnawi IV: 1388-1390
Version by Camille and Kabir Helminski