[Hafiz] OUT OF GOD'S HAT

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This one is dedicated to Julie!!!

You go, girl!!

Love,

Glo

 

- Joseph Riley

 

 

 

OUT OF GOD'S HAT

 

The stars poured into the skyOut of a Magician's hat last night,And

all of them have fallen into my hair.Some have even tangled my

eyelashesInto luminous, playful knots.Wayfarer,You are welcome to cut

a radiant tressThat lays upon my shoulders.Wrap it around your

trembling heart and bodyThat craves divine comfort and warmth.I am

like a pitcher of milkIn the hands of a mother who loves you.All of

my contents nowHave been churned into dancing suns and moons.Lean

your sweet neck and mouthOut of that dark nest where you hide,I will

pour effulgence into your mind.Come springYou can find me rolling in

the fieldsThey are exploding inHoly battlesOf scents, of sounds -

everything isA brilliant colored nova on a stem.Forest animals hear

me laughingAnd surrender their deepest instincts and fears,They come

charging into meadowsTo lick my hands and face,This makes me so

happy,I become so happyThat my rising wink turns into a magic

baton.When my soft-eyed creatures see that wonderful signalWe all

burst into singingAnd make strange and primal beautiful sounds!My

only regret in this world then becomes:That your shyness keeps you

from placingYour starving body against GodAnd seeing the Beloved

become so pleasedWith your courageThat his belly begins to rock and

rock,Then more planets get to leapOnto the welcome mat of

existenceAll becauseOf your previous love.The friend has turned my

verse into sacred pollen.When a breeze comes byFalcons and

butterfliesAnd playful gangs of young angelsMounted on emerald

spearsTake flight from me like a great sandstormThat can blind you to

all but the Truth!Dear oneEven if you have no net to catch VenusMy

music will circle this earth for hundreds of yearsAnd fall like

resplendent debris,Holy seed, onto a fertile woman.For HafizWants to

help you laugh at your everyDesire.HafizWants you to knowYour life

within God's arms,Your dance within God'sArmsIs alreadyPerfect!

 

("The Gift" -- versions of Hafiz by Daniel Ladinsky)

 

 

 

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