GOD POURS
LIGHT
God
pours light
into every cup,
quenching darkness.
pours light
into every cup,
quenching darkness.
The proudly
pious
stuff their cups with parchment
and critique the taste of ink
stuff their cups with parchment
and critique the taste of ink
while God pours
light
and the trees lift
their limbs
without worry of redemption,
every blossom a chalice.
without worry of redemption,
every blossom a chalice.
Hafiz, seduce those
withered souls
with words that wet their parched lips
with words that wet their parched lips
as light
pours like rain
into every empty cup
set adrift on the Infinite Ocean.
pours like rain
into every empty cup
set adrift on the Infinite Ocean.
~ Hafiz
~
(Interpretive version of Ghazal 11
by Jose Orez)
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