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I am full of love tonight
Come look into my eyes, and let’s go off
Sailing, my dear, on a long ocean ride.
This world will not touch you,
I will keep you snug upon my seat.
Let’s plot
To make the moon jealous
With a radiance leaping from your cheek.
I will be full of love tonight,
Come look into these ancient eyes!
And let’s go off sailing, my dear,
With our spirits intertwined.
Your body is just an old sandbar
In a speeding hourglass of time.
Love will turn the mouth of sorrow
Right side up.
Let your heart commence its destined
Laughing chime!
Hafiz will be brimful of love tonight,
Why ever be shy?
Come look into the playful eyes of my verse,
They are eternally branded,
Branded with
The Sun!
Taken from The Gift: Poems by Hafiz
Translations by Daniel Ladinsky
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Happy Valentine’s Day, Miruh! I hope Love surrounds you fully today!
Hello Marion,
Thank you, may the love enkindled on Love’s Day cradle you in tenderness and warmth!
Dear Sister,
How beautiful…. The words of Hafez, the dazzling picture….. And your spirit which shared them both, in the spirit of grace…
Branded with the sun… Ah yes…
I was watching an amazing documentary in the wee hours of last night about planets in other parts of the universe… other suns…
They said that instead of planets orbiting a sun(or a star), they now believe the star and the planet orbit each other…exert forces upon one another… and actually orbit a point somewhere in between the two…where their centre of mass resides….
It made me think of concepts of God and humanity… Of duality and Unity…
We are all orbiting love . And love in its way…orbits us…
And yet at the same time the two are one….
Branded with the sun…
Filled with sunlight…
Much love, M
Miruh, love unfolds in so many different packages. Each human being is encouraged to expand a sense of love and to share pure joy. Thank you for sharing this timeless insight.
Dear Miruh,
What a beautiful poem and picture. Thank you for this gift of word and art. I hope your day is filled with joy and love!
Blessings, Linda
Hello Maithri,
The image is so surreal, the artist named it, Dancing With Life, which is what comes to mind in your description of the stars and planets orbiting each other. You said it so well,” …concepts of God and humanity…”
Life is a dance with the sacred and the mundane where the two are intertwined.
Thanks for sharing that bit of information, it is synchronistic with the theme of this post. We are all listening in on the great Mind…LOL
Let your heart commence its destined
Laughing chime!
Hello Liara,
Yes, now is a good time to ” expand a sense of love and to share pure joy.”
These timeless words from Hafiz speak to us of what is true and real.
May you make the moon jealous with a radiance leaping from your cheek!
Hello Linda,
Yes I think the image paints the feeling of the poem so well. There is a feeling of playfulness and freedom in both; a reality more real than what we know.
I am glad you like them.
May your life be eternally branded, branded with the sun!
Beautiful! I am embraced the light of love.
Hi Miruh,
I too am full of love and Hafiz. This spectacular selection is an exhilarating ride through my heart and Soul.
“Let’s plot
To make the moon jealous
With a radiance leaping from your cheek.
I will be full of love tonight,
Come look into these ancient eyes!”
Love this.
Thanks for sharing.
May you continue to fill love’s pages with light my friend.
Hello Mark,
Hafiz takes us on a sailing trip through love and light in a beautiful surrender.
May your life be brimful of love!
Hello Alexys,
Hafiz invites us to dance the lights fantastic. O Lover of God, let the music begin. I agree, what an exhilarating ride!
May you dance among the stars and may your radiance outshine the moon!
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