Hafiz is my love

Another evening dancing 5 rhythms with Sangeet, facing my envy, longing, vengeance and so on, ... trying to find some compassion for myself. Somewhere in the second part of the evening I remembered Hafiz (c.1320 to 1389) the mystic, Sufi poet from Persia, and found a new vein of love for myself. I share a couple of his poems here .... but please search him out.

The Great Secret

God was full of Wine last night,
So full of wine

That He let a great secret slip.
He said:

There is no man on earth
Who needs a pardon from Me -

For there is really no such thing,
No such thing
As Sin!

That Beloved has gone completely Wild-He has poured Himself into me!

I am Blissful and Drunk and Overflowing.

Dear world,
Draw life from my Sweet Body,

Dear wayfaring souls,
Come drink your fill of liquid rubies,
For God has made my heart
An Eternal Fountain!

Find A Better Job

Now
That
All your worry
Has proved such an
Unlucrative
Business,
Why
Not
Find a better
Job.

I just love the compassion and humour of Hafiz.