A Golden
Compass
Forget every idea of right
and wrong
Any classroom ever taught you
Any classroom ever taught you
Because
An empty heart, a tormented mind,
Unkindness, jealousy and fear
An empty heart, a tormented mind,
Unkindness, jealousy and fear
Are always the
testimony
You have been completely fooled!
You have been completely fooled!
Turn your back on
those
Who would imprison your wondrous spirit
With deceit and lies.
Who would imprison your wondrous spirit
With deceit and lies.
Come, join the honest
company
Of the King's beggars -
Those gamblers, scoundrels and divine clowns
And those astonishing fair courtesans
Who need Divine Love every night.
Of the King's beggars -
Those gamblers, scoundrels and divine clowns
And those astonishing fair courtesans
Who need Divine Love every night.
Come, join the
courageous
Who have no choice
But to bet their entire world
That indeed,
Indeed, God is Real.
Who have no choice
But to bet their entire world
That indeed,
Indeed, God is Real.
I will lead you into the
Circle
Of the Beloved's cunning thieves,
Those playful royal rogues -
The ones you can trust for true guidance -
Who can aid you
In this Blessed Calamity of life.
Of the Beloved's cunning thieves,
Those playful royal rogues -
The ones you can trust for true guidance -
Who can aid you
In this Blessed Calamity of life.
Hafiz,
Look at the Perfect One
At the Circle's Center:
Look at the Perfect One
At the Circle's Center:
He Spins and Whirls like a
Golden Compass,
Beyond all that is Rational,
Beyond all that is Rational,
To show this dear
world
That
Everything,
Everything in Existence
Does point to God.
Everything in Existence
Does point to God.
~ Hafiz ~
(I Heard God Laughing -
Renderings of Hafiz by Daniel Ladinsky)
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