OUT OF GOD'S
HAT
The stars poured into the sky
Out of a Magician's hat last night,
And all of them have fallen into my hair.
Some have even tangled my eyelashes
Into luminous, playful knots.
Wayfarer,
You are welcome to cut a radiant tress
That lays upon my shoulders.
Wrap it around your trembling heart and body
That craves divine comfort and warmth.
I am like a pitcher of milk
In the hands of a mother who loves you.
You are welcome to cut a radiant tress
That lays upon my shoulders.
Wrap it around your trembling heart and body
That craves divine comfort and warmth.
I am like a pitcher of milk
In the hands of a mother who loves you.
All of my contents now
Have been churned into dancing suns and moons.
Have been churned into dancing suns and moons.
Lean your sweet neck and
mouth
Out of that dark nest where you hide,
I will pour effulgence into your mind.
Out of that dark nest where you hide,
I will pour effulgence into your mind.
Come spring
You can find me rolling in the fields
They are exploding in
Holy battles
You can find me rolling in the fields
They are exploding in
Holy battles
Of scents, of sounds - everything
is
A brilliant colored nova on a stem.
A brilliant colored nova on a stem.
Forest animals hear me
laughing
And surrender their deepest instincts and fears,
And surrender their deepest instincts and fears,
They come charging into
meadows
To lick my hands and face,
To lick my hands and face,
This makes me so happy,
I become so happy
I become so happy
That my rising wink turns into a
magic baton.
When my soft-eyed creatures see that wonderful signal
We all burst into singing
When my soft-eyed creatures see that wonderful signal
We all burst into singing
And make strange and primal
beautiful sounds!
My only regret in this world then
becomes:
That your shyness keeps you from
placing
Your starving body against God
Your starving body against God
And seeing the Beloved become so
pleased
With your courage
With your courage
That his belly begins to rock and
rock,
Then more planets get to leap
Onto the welcome mat of existence
All because
Of your previous love.
Then more planets get to leap
Onto the welcome mat of existence
All because
Of your previous love.
The friend has turned my verse into
sacred pollen.
When a breeze comes by
When a breeze comes by
Falcons and butterflies
And playful gangs of young angels
Mounted on emerald spears
And playful gangs of young angels
Mounted on emerald spears
Take flight from me like a great
sandstorm
That can blind you to all but the Truth!
That can blind you to all but the Truth!
Dear one
Even if you have no net to catch Venus
My music will circle this earth for hundreds of years
And fall like resplendent debris,
Holy seed, onto a fertile woman.
Even if you have no net to catch Venus
My music will circle this earth for hundreds of years
And fall like resplendent debris,
Holy seed, onto a fertile woman.
For Hafiz
Wants to help you laugh at your every
Desire.
Wants to help you laugh at your every
Desire.
Hafiz
Wants you to know
Wants you to know
Your life within God's
arms,
Your dance within God's
Arms
Your dance within God's
Arms
Is already
Perfect!
~ Hafiz ~
(The Gift -- versions of Hafiz by Daniel
Ladinsky)
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