Don't Come To Me With the Entire Truth by Olav H. Hauge

Don't come to me with the entire truth.
Don't bring me the ocean if I feel thirsty,
nor heaven if I ask for light;
but bring a hint, some dew, a particle,
as birds carry only drops away from water,
and the wind a grain of salt.

~ from The Winged Energy of Delight, Selected Translations 
by Robert Bly (Perennial, 2004)