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19 Jun 2009 09:10 am
Poem For Friday
I
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, and angel
Or even pure
Soul.
Love has
Befriended Hafiz so completely
It has turned to ash
And freed
Me
Of every concept and image
My mind has ever known.
- Hafiz, the great Sufi poet from Shiraz (1315 - 1390), translated by Daniel Lazinsky. Painting by Mahmud Farshchian.
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