STAY CLOSE TO
THOSE SOUNDS
The sun turns a
key in a lock each day
As soon as it crawls out of bed.
As soon as it crawls out of bed.
Light swings
open a door
And the many kinds of love rush out
Onto the infinite green field.
And the many kinds of love rush out
Onto the infinite green field.
Your soul
sometimes plays a note
Against the Sky's ear that excites
The birds and planets.
Against the Sky's ear that excites
The birds and planets.
Stay close to
any sounds
That make you glad you are alive.
That make you glad you are alive.
Everything in
this world is
Helplessly reeling.
Helplessly reeling.
An invisible
wake was created
When God said to His beautiful dead lover,
"Be."
When God said to His beautiful dead lover,
"Be."
Hafiz, who will
understand you
If you do not explain that last line?
Well then,
If you do not explain that last line?
Well then,
I will sing it
this way,
When God said
to illusion,
"Be."
"Be."
("The Gift" -- versions of Hafiz by Daniel Ladinsky)
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