Friday, March 23, 2018

Hafiz - Old sweet beggar



This
Path to God
Made me such an old sweet beggar.
I was starving until one night
My love tricked God Himself
To fall into my bowl.
Now Hafiz is infinitely rich,
But all I ever want to do
Is keep emptying out
My emerald-filled
Pockets
Upon
This tear-stained
World.

~Hafiz, The Subject Tonight is Love: 60 Wild and Sweet Poems of Hafiz




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