All Hail To That Fool In Christ! Poem by Janri Gogeshvili

The malady can be healed by madness…
He plays a fool, but he is a sage.
The time of such wisdom has come,
He preaches the wisdom of age.

The nail is hammered into the wall,
The woman hangs on it flowers –
A bunch of violets of the dale.
Her eyes resemble your eyes…
The violets light up the nail.

Just a wise man can reject wisdom.
He carries out his task, he’s preaching.
All hail to the fool in Christ,
All hail to his blessed thinking!

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Translated from Georgian