Death is a favor to us,
But our scales have lost their balance.
The impermanence of the body
Should give us great clarity,
Deepening the wonder in our senses and eyes
Of this mysterious existence we share
And are surely just traveling through.
If I were in the Tavern tonight,
Hafiz would call for drinks
And as the Master poured, I would be reminded
That all I know of life and myself is that
We are just a mid-air flight of golden wine
Between His Pitcher and His Cup.
If I were in the Tavern tonight,
I would buy freely for everyone in this world
Because our marriage with the Cruel Beauty
Of time and space cannot endure very long.
Death is a favor to us,
But our minds have lost their balance.
The miraculous existence and impermanence of
Form
Always makes the illumined ones
Laugh and sing.
The subject tonight is Love – 60 wild and sweet poems of Hafiz
Versions by Daniel Ladinsky
How very sweet this is... "we are just a mid-air flight of golden wine/Between His Pitcher and His Cup..." I shall get this book!
ReplyDeleteSeeing this for the first time today. Thanks for sharing my work.
ReplyDeleteDaniel Ladinsky
international bestselling Penguin Random House author & poet
Thanks to you for bringing Hafiz to us.....
DeleteI read this at my father's funeral.
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