[Hafiz] Of Course Things Like That Can Happen

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- Joseph Riley

Hafiz

Tuesday, May 07, 2002 8:24 PM

[Hafiz] Of Course Things Like That Can Happen

 

 

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Of Course Things Like That Can Happen

Once God made love to a great saintWho had a hairy belly.Of course

things like that can happen!And it was a surpriseOnly to the novice

on the pathWhen the saint's stomach began to swellJust like a

woman's.Weeks went by, then months.The saint's cheeksTurned into

beautiful roses.He became like a young brideWho was carrying a holy

child,And his gratitude was speechless.But his eyes shoneLike two

planets making love.The town began to stand outside his houseAt

night,For it had come to the attention of the faithfulThat as the

moon passed by on its round,It would sometimes bend over and kiss the

roof!Of course things like that can happen.Life went onAmidst the

other ten thousand wonders:Whiskers and weeds and trees and charming

babiesKept emerging.People and cattle and bees worked side by

side,All sweetly humming,And, come lunch,All dined on the same

MysteriousDivine manna of nourishing Love -Disguised in a thousand

shapes, colors and forms.Galaxies gave away their ingenious ideasAnd

told us of their private body functions.So man, too,Eats, burps and

excretes more worlds.How is it that invisible thoughts can lift heavy

matterAnd build cities and armies and altars?All contain a Hidden

StrategyTo be transformed againInto Divine Music and Love and

Light!The sun rolls throughThe sky meadows every day,And a billion

cells runTo the top of a leaf to scream and applaudAnd smash things

in their joy.Of course things like that can happen.Rivers stay up all

night and chant;Luminous fish jump out of the waterSpitting emeralds

at all talk of HeavenBeing anywhere else but -- Right Here!Clouds

pull each other's pants downAnd point and laugh.O my dear,Of course

things like that can happen.For all is written within the MindTo help

and instruct the dervishIn dance and romance and prayer.The stars get

clearly drunkAnd crazy at nightAnd throw themselvesAcross the

sky.Only an insane being or compoundIs not going mad with

excitementAt this Wonderful Performance by God!And still,Light

stretches its armsOpen ever moreAnd shouts to you, because you are

His lover,To forget your harsh actions of the pastAnd just

Dance!Look! Angels and flowersAre playing hooky in

graveyards,Laughing and rolling naked on cool stones.Why go to sleep

tonightExhausted from the folly of ignorance,When even the Beloved is

DrunkAnd is doing wonderful, ecstatic somersaultsAnd is giving wild

lessons between the sheetsAnd between His handstandsAll up and down

the Tavern floor and ceiling!Indeed,Indeed, things like that can

happen.A few daysBefore the delivery of God's baby,The saint had to

visit a city close byWhere few knew him.He was walking unnoticed past

a mosque,And the shouts of God's loversHappened to fill the air,

calling,"Allah, Allah! Where are you?Where are You, Beautiful

One?"And the child in the womb of the MasterCould not remain silent

and shouted back,In an astounding voice,"I am Here!I am Here -- dear

world!"The crowd in the mosque became frantic,And they picked up

shoes, clubs and stones.You know what then happened -The story became

grim.But the moon cannot hold a grudge.It still stops by some

nightsAnd leans over this gentle earth, as over a crib,And gives a

full, wet kiss.For the moon knowsThat God is always amorous -He will

never stop making Love,For the Truth has been Divinely

ConceivedDeeply within each of us.O Hafiz,Look at the Splendor of

God's Grace:The Sun has been planted in a thousand furrowsAcross

every soul's brow.Of course, my dear,Everything God and I sayCan

Happen!("I Heard God Laughing -- Renderings of Hafiz" by Daniel

Ladinsky)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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