A ROOT IN EACH
ACT
AND CREATURE
AND CREATURE
The sun's eyes
are painting fields again.
Its lashes
with expert strokes
Are sweeping across the land.
Are sweeping across the land.
A great
palette of light has embraced
This earth.
This earth.
Hafiz, if just
a little clay and water
Mixed in His bowl
Can yield such exquisite scents, sights,
Music - and whirling forms -
Mixed in His bowl
Can yield such exquisite scents, sights,
Music - and whirling forms -
What
unspeakable wonders must await with
The commencement of unfolding
Of the infinite number of petals
That are the
Soul.
The commencement of unfolding
Of the infinite number of petals
That are the
Soul.
What
excitement will renew your body
When we all begin to see
That His heart resides in
Everything?
When we all begin to see
That His heart resides in
Everything?
God has a root
in each act and creature
That He draws His mysterious
Divine life from.
That He draws His mysterious
Divine life from.
His eyes are
painting fields again.
The Beloved
with His own hands is tending,
Raising like a precious child,
Himself in
You.
Raising like a precious child,
Himself in
You.
~ Hafiz
~
(The Gift --
versions of Hafiz by Daniel Ladinsky)
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