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 this infinite golden sea...
There are so many gifts, my dear,
still unopened from your birthday.
O, there are so many hand-crafted presents
that have been sent to your life
from God.
Hafiz
from, The Gift (Page 67)
Translations by Daniel Ladinsky
Published by Penguin Books Ltd.
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Award Winning Watercolor Artist Andy Mathis who donated this Painting to
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1 comment:
Simply exquisite. A couplet from Hafiz, but in a different mood:
Not all the sum of earthly happiness
Is worth the bowed head of a moment's pain,
And if I sell for wine any dervish dress,
Worth more than what I sell is what I gain!
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