This morning I'm feeling oddly peaceful. This week has been a gentler roller coaster, full of subtle ups and downs. I've woken up most mornings after semi-sleepless nights feeling angsty with my mind on overload, but even after another rough night of sleep, I woke up this morning feeling mostly empty and peaceful. It seemed like a good morning to fill up the empty vessel that is me with the love and connection that Hāfez offers. He is, as always, a breath of fresh air that sings to my soul. Enjoy.
The Only One
by Hāfez, translated by Daniel Ladinsky
From man’s perspective
In this intricate game of love,
It is so easy to become confused
And think you are the do-er.
But from God’s Infinite Certainty,
He always Knows
That He is the only One
Who should ever be put on trial.
From: I Heard God Laughing: Renderings of Hafiz
In a Handful of God
by Hāfez, translated by Daniel Ladinsky
Poetry reveals that there is no empty space.
When your truth forsakes its shyness,
When your fears surrender to your strengths,
You will begin to experience
That all existence
Is a teeming sea of infinite life.
In a handful of ocean water
You could not count all the finely tuned
Musicians
Who are acting stoned
For very intelligent and sane reasons
And of course are becoming extremely sweet
And wild.
In a handful of the sky and earth,
In a handful of God,
We cannot count
All the ecstatic lovers who are dancing there
Behind the mysterious veil.
True art reveals there is no void
Or darkness.
There is no loneliness to the clear-eyed mystic
In this luminous, brimming
Playful world.
From: The Subject Tonight is Love: 60 Wild and Sweet Poems of Hafiz
My Brilliant Image
by Hāfez, translated by Daniel Ladinsky
One day the sun admitted,
I am just a shadow.
I wish I could show you
The Infinite Incandescence (Tej)
That has cast my brilliant image!
I wish I could show you,
When you are lonely or in darkness,
The astonishing Light
Of your own Being!
From: I Heard God Laughing: Renderings of Hafiz
Photo: "Dancing on a volcano," originally uploaded by Amir Kuckovic
Friday, May 15, 2009
The love of Hāfez
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