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Writer's pictureTimothy S. Colman

Hafiz translated by Robert Bly and Daniel Ladinsky




What we speak


 becomes the house


 we live in.


 Who will want


 to sleep in your bed


 if the roof leaks


 right above it?



 Fear is the


 cheapest room


 in the house,


 I would like


 to see you living


 in better conditions.



 There is only one reason


 we have followed God


 into this world:


 to encourage laughter,


 freedom,


 dance and love ....



 God and I are rushing


 from every corner of


 existence,


 needing to say


 we are yours.



 The sun never says


 to the earth,


 even after all this time


 “you owe me”.



 I once asked a bird


 how is it that you


 fly in this gravity


 of darkness?


 she responded,


 love lifts me.



 I should not make


 any promises right now


 but I know if you pray


 somewhere in this world


 something good


 will happen.





 ~ Hafiz


 Daniel Ladinsky and


 Robert Bly versions

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