Poems by HAFIZ: The Great Sufi Master

Posted: January 2nd, 2011 | Author: Peter | Filed under: God, beauty, emergence, stuff I like, truth, writing | 4 Comments »

My wife got me a book of poetry by Sufi poet Hafiz for Christmas. It’s really wonderful stuff. Hafiz came several hundred years after Rumi, another great Persian Sufi poet.

Thought I’d share some of these poems with you. Hope you’ll enjoy. There are more below, after the jump…

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THE SUN NEVER SAYS

Even

After

All this time

The sun never says to the earth,

“You owe

Me.”

Look

What happens

With a love like that,

It lights the

Whole

Sky.

* * *

I HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH

Have

Learned

So much from God

That I can no longer

Call

Myself

A Christian, a Hindu, a Muslim,

A Buddhist, a Jew.

The Truth has shared so much of Itself

With me

That I can no longer call myself

A man, a woman, an angel,

Or even pure

Soul.

Love has

Befriended Hafiz so completely

It has turned to ash

And freed

Of every concept and image

My mind has ever known.

* * *

I RAIN

I rain

Because your meadows call

For God.

I weave light into words so that

When your mind holds them

Your eyes will relinquish their sadness,

Turn bright, a little brighter, giving to us

The way a candle does

To the dark.

I have wrapped my laughter like a birthday gift

And left it beside your bed.

I have planted the wisdom in my heart

Next to every signpost in the sky.

A wealthy man

Often becomes eccentric,

A divine crazed soul

Is transformed into infinite generosity

Tying gold sacks of gratuity

To the dangling feet of moons, planets, ecstatic

Midair dervishes, and singing birds.

I speak

Because every cell in your body

Is reaching out

For God.

* * *

YOU’RE IT

God

Disguised

As a myriad things and

Playing a game

Of tag

Has kissed you and said,

“You’re it–

I mean, you’re Really IT!”

Now

It does not matter

What you believe or feel

For something wonderful,

Major-league Wonderful

Is someday going

Happen.

* * *

6364 CommentsPoems+by+HAFIZ%3A+The+Great+Sufi+Master2011-01-03+05%3A34%3A00Peter on “Poems by HAFIZ: The Great Sufi Master”

1 mrlood1000 said at 8:09 am on January 3rd, 2011:
Islam is deep, isn't it? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GikqA0ZBpOI
2 Peter J Walker said at 6:02 pm on January 3rd, 2011:
Cool link, thanks!
3 Luke said at 4:52 am on January 5th, 2011:
love Hafiz and love "The Gift." there's two poems in there called that i love, first one is "Why as the Donkey" on 36, and "Lousy at Math" on page 250. hope you enjoy!
4 Peter J Walker said at 5:43 pm on January 5th, 2011:
Nice, thanks Luke!