Hafiz
It
Is all
Just a love contest
And I never
Lose.
Now you have another good reason
To spend more time
With
Me.
~ Hafiz
Just a Love Contest
By All Means
“Every Movement”
I rarely let the word “No” escape
From my mouth
Because it is so plain to my soul
That God has shouted, “Yes! Yes! Yes!”
To every luminous movement in Existence.
I Heard God Laughing, Poems of Hope and Joy, renderings of Hafiz by Daniel Ladinsky
Tripping Over Joy
What is the difference
Between your experience of Existence
And that of a saint?
The saint knows
That the spiritual path
Is a sublime chess game with God
And that the Beloved
Has just made such a Fantastic Move
That the saint is now continually
Tripping over Joy
And bursting out in Laughter
And saying, “I Surrender!”
Whereas, my dear,
I am afraid you still think
You have a thousand serious moves.
~ renderings of Hafiz by Daniel Ladinsky
“I Heard God Laughing, Poems of Hope and Joy”
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