Monday, December 11, 2006

Hafiz


We Should Talk About This Problem
There is a Beautiful Creature
Living in a hole you have dug.

So at night
I set fruit and grains
And little pots of wine and milk
Beside your soft earthen mounds,

And I often sing.

But still, my dear,
You do not come out.

I have fallen in love with Someone
Who hides inside you.

We should talk about this problem---

Otherwise,
I will never leave you alone.

--Hafiz
(Rendering from the book I Heard God Laughing, by Daniel Landinsky.)

1 comment:

  1. Anonymous11:06 PM

    I think Hafiz wrote this for my friend :)

    Thank you for sharing!

    f.c.

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