Posted in Hafiz, Inspiration, Poetry, Spirituality, tagged Inspire, Love, Poems on May 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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How
Did the rose
Ever open its heart
And give to this world
All its
Beauty?
It felt the encouragement of light
Against its
Being,
Otherwise,
We all remain
Too
Frightened.
~Hafiz~
The Gift: Poems by Hafiz
Translations by Daniel Ladinsky
Posted in Hafiz, Inspiration, Life, Poetry, Spirituality, tagged Poems on May 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Just sit there right now
Don’t do a thing
Just rest.
For your separation from God,
From love,
Is the hardest work
In this
World.
Let me bring you trays of food
And something
That you like to
Drink.
You can use my soft words
As a cushion
For your
Head.
~Hafiz~
The Gift: Poems by Hafiz
Translations by Daniel Ladinsky
Posted in Hafiz, Inspiration, Poetry, Rumi, Spirituality, tagged Poems on April 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
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Come close to me,
I will whisper in your ear
Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes
around in another form.
For there is so much More to this life
Than you now understand
Observe the wonders as they occur around you
Don’t claim them. Feel the artistry
moving through, and be silent
For the Truth has been Divinely Conceived
Deeply within each of [...]
Posted in Hafiz, Inspiration, Life, Poetry, Spirituality, tagged God on March 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have a thousand brilliant lies
For the question:
How are you?
I have a thousand brilliant lies
For the question:
What is God?
If you think that the Truth can be known
From words,
If you think that the Sun and the Ocean
Can pass through that tiny opening
Called the mouth,
O someone should start laughing!
Someone should start wildly Laughing –
Now!
~Hafiz~
I Heard God Laughing: [...]
Posted in Hafiz, Inspiration, Life, Love, Poetry, Spirituality, tagged God, World on February 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have come into this world to see this:
the sword drop from men’s hands even at the height
of their arc of anger
because we have finally realized there is just one flesh to wound
and it is His – the Christ’s, our
Beloved’s.
I have come into this world to see this: all creatures hold hands as
we pass through [...]
Posted in Hafiz, Poetry, Spirituality on December 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
We have not come here to take prisoners,
But to surrender ever more deeply
To freedom and joy.
We have not come into this exquisite world
To hold ourselves hostage from love.
Run my dear,
From anything
That may not strengthen
Your precious budding wings.
Run like hell my dear,
From anyone likely
To put a sharp knife
Into the sacred, tender vision
Of your beautiful heart.
We have [...]
Posted in Hafiz, Love, Mindfulness, Poetry, Spirituality, tagged God on October 3, 2007 | 1 Comment »
There are so many gifts
Still unopened from your birthday,
There are so many hand-crafted presents
That have been sent to you by God.
The Beloved does not mind repeating,
“Everything I have is also yours.”
Please forgive Hafiz and the Friend
If we break into a sweet laughter
When your heart complains of being thirsty
When ages ago
Every cell in your soul
Capsized forever
Into [...]
