In a Tree House
Light
will someday split you open
even if your life is now a cage,
For a divine seed, the crown of destiny,
is hidden and sown on an ancient, fertile plain
that you hold the title to.
Love will surely bust you wide open
into an unfettered, blooming new galaxy
A life-giving radiance will come,
O look again within yourself,
For I know you were once the elegant host
To all the marvels in creation.
From a sacred crevice in your body,
a bow rises each night
and shoots your soul into God.
Behold the Beautiful One
from the vantage point of Love.
He is conducting the affairs
of the whole universe
in a tree house – on a limb
in your heart.
This makes
my heart swoon for God and for the enormity of His Love. Hafiz was such a
brilliant poet and possibly an even greater interpreter of spirituality. A
perfect man/woman would be a manifestation of Love. A few “Realized Souls” have
achieved such a near perfect union on Earth, Hafiz being one of them. Daniel
Ladinsky, the most well-known English translator of Hafiz said: “Language when
it mingles with spirit does a tremendous service to the world: it empowers and changes lives; it awakens love, valor, and wonder. The words of a poet-saint are
unique, they become cherished friends to the heart – for they constantly
comfort and free.”
I consider
Sting’s song Fields of Gold both comforting and freeing. Take a listen.
Here is another beautiful poem by Hafiz
ReplyDeleteI sometimes forget that
I was created for joy
My mind is too busy
My heart is too heavy
Heavy for me to remember
that I have been
called to dance
the sacred dance for life
I was created to smile
to love
to be lifted up
and lift others up
O sacred one
Untangle my feet
from all that ensnares
Free my soul
That we might
Dance
and that our dancing
might be contagious.
Hafiz