Poetry Thursday

When I read this poem this morning, I knew it was the one I wanted to share with you today. Reading it reminds me of my Women at Rest & Play Retreat co-facilitator Lisa -- a brave, playful, luminous spirit and friend.

Poetry reveals that there is no empty space.

When your truth forsakes its shyness,
When your fears surrender to your strengths,
You will begin to experience

That all existence
Is a teeming sea of infinite life.

In a handful of ocean water
You could not count all the finely tuned musicians
Who are acting stoned
For very intelligent and sane reasons

And of course are becoming extremely sweet
And wild.

In a handful of the sky and earth,
In a handful of God
We cannot count
All the ecstatic lovers who are dancing there
Behind the mysterious veil.

True art reveals there is no void
Or darkness.

There is no loneliness to the clear-eyed mystic
In this luminous, brimming
Playful world.

~Hafiz

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Comments

[Kelly]

When I was learning Persian, it was my dream one day to read Hafiz in the original. I think this is a dream I will come back to one day. K

[Lisa]

Now you've made me cry. (:

The poem is beautiful and I am touched both by Hafiz' words and your own. Thank you for sharing this sweet gift with me and your readers. Big love, Lisa

[gautami]

Thanks for sharing this. It speaks to me. I must go read Hafiz.

[Crafty Green Poet]

Lovely, thanks for sharing.