Guest guest Posted October 1, 2001 Report Share Posted October 1, 2001 - Joseph Riley DIVIDING GOD The moon starts singingWhen everyone is asleepAnd the planets throw a bright robeAround their shoulders and whirl upClose to her side. Once I asked the moon,“Why do you and your sweet friendsNot perform so romantically like thatTo a larger crowd?” And the whole sky chorus resounded, “The admission price to hearThe lofty minstrelsSpeak of love Is affordable only to thoseWho have not exhausted themselvesDividing God all dayAnd thus need rest. The thrilled Tavern fiddlersWho are perched on the roof Do not want their notes to intrudeUpon the earsWhere an accountant livesWith a sharp pencilKeeping score of wordsAnotherIn their great sorrow or sad angerMay have once saidTo you.” Hafiz knows:The sun will stand as your best manAnd whistle When you have found the courageTo marry forgiveness, When you have found the courageTo marryLove. (“The Gift” – versions of Hafiz by Daniel Ladinsky) Addresses:To Post a Hafiz poem: Hafiz To Subscribe: Hafiz- To Un: HafizArchive: Hafiz Your use of is Attachment: (image/jpeg) Dividing_God.jpg [not stored] Attachment: (audio/mid) gentle.mid [not stored] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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