Tuesday, April 28, 2020
A Root in Each Act and Creature––Hafiz
A ROOT IN EACH ACT
AND CREATURE
The sun's eyes are painting fields again.
>A ROOT IN EACH ACT
>AND CREATURE
>
>The sun's eyes are painting fields again.
>
>Its lashes with expert strokes
>Are sweeping across the land.
>
>A great palette of light has embraced
>This earth.
>
>Hafiz, if just a little clay and water
>Mixed in His bowl
>Can yield such exquisite scents, sights,
>Music - and whirling forms -
>
>What unspeakable wonders must await with
>The commencement of unfolding
>Of the infinite number of petals
>That are the
>Soul.
>
>What excitement will renew your body
>When we all begin to see
>That His heart resides in
>Everything?
>
>God has a root in each act and creature
>That He draws His mysterious
>Divine life from.
>
>His eyes are painting fields again.
>
>The Beloved with His own hands is tending,
>Raising like a precious child,
>Himself in
>You.
>
>~ Hafiz ~
>
>(*The Gift* -- versions of Hafiz by Daniel Ladinsky)
>
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>
>Its lashes with expert strokes
>Are sweeping across the land.
>
>A great palette of light has embraced
>This earth.
>
>Hafiz, if just a little clay and water
>Mixed in His bowl
>Can yield such exquisite scents, sights,
>Music - and whirling forms -
>
>What unspeakable wonders must await with
>The commencement of unfolding
>Of the infinite number of petals
>That are the
>Soul.
>
>What excitement will renew your body
>When we all begin to see
>That His heart resides in
>Everything?
>
>God has a root in each act and creature
>That He draws His mysterious
>Divine life from.
>
>His eyes are painting fields again.
>
>The Beloved with His own hands is tending,
>Raising like a precious child,
>Himself in
>You.
>
>~ Hafiz ~
>
>(*The Gift* -- versions of Hafiz by Daniel Ladinsky)
(Don't know where the unwanted signs came from. Hope you can get the effect of this lovely poem despite these distractions. "The Beloved ...is tending Himself in You." Say the poem aloud to get the full intent of the poem.
