Who Wrote All the Music -- Hafiz

[Guest guest]

Why is it now

That I come to you like a humble servant

Willing to feed you brilliant words and love

>From my own sacred mouth and hands,

 

Willing to say, "I am sorry,

I am sorry for all your pain"?

 

It is because when God

Fully revealed Himself in me

 

I saw that it was Hafiz

Who wrote all the music you have been playing.

 

I saw it was Hafiz

Who wrote all your notes of sadness,

But also etched and gave you

Every ecstatic wince of joy your face, body,

And heart has ever known.

 

Okay my dear,

You have stumbled enough in the earth's sweet dance,

You have paid all your dues

Many times.

 

Now let's get down to the real reason

Why we sit together and breathe

 

And begin the laughing, the divine laughing,

Like great heroic women

And magnificent

Strong men.

 

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

 

 

LoveAlways,

 

Mazie & b