Words from Hafiz

 

The Sun Never Says

Even

After

All this time

The sun never says to the earth,

"You owe Me."

Look

What happens

With a love like that,

It lights up the 

Whole 

Sky.

That Shapes the Eye

Children

Can easily open the 

Drawer 

That lets the spirit rise up and wear

Its favorite costume of

Mirth and laughter

When the mind is consumed with 

Remembrance of 

Him

Something divine happens to the 

Heart

That 

Shapes the hand and tongue

And eye into

The word

Love. 

Poems by Hafiz, 

translations by Daniel Ladinsky 

Hafiz is the great Sufi master of the 14th century, born in Persia, a student of Rumi.  One once noted that "the words of Hafiz have won every heart that listens."  I believe he has only one subject, shining through every poem, we are God, God is love, life is a dance.  Hafiz never fails to inspire.