[Hafiz] THROW ME ON A SCALE

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- Joseph Riley

Hafiz

THROW ME ON A SCALE

Today love has completely gutted me.I am lying in the market like a Filleted grouper,

Speechless,Every desire and sinew absolutely silentBut I am still so fresh.

Everything is now the same to me.Listen:

The touch of a beautiful womanAs she lifts me near,Drawing my scent

into her body;She thinks about taking me home.

The touch of a wondrous flyDrinking my vital fluidsThrough a strange shaped flute,

The sun laying its radiant gaze against my cheek,Human voices and the

breeze from a passingHorse’s tail,

All send miraculous currents intoMy world.

God’s beauty has split me wide open.Throw Hafiz on a scale,Wrap me in cloth,Bring me home.

Lift a piece of my knowledge to your lipsSo I can melt inside of youAnd sing.

(“The Gift” – versions of Hafiz by Daniel Ladinsky)

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