Hafiz

Silence by Hafez

A day of Silence 

Can be a pilgrimage in itself. 

A day of Silence 

Can help you listen 

To the Soul play 

its marvelous lute and drum.

Is not most talking 

A crazed defense of a crumbling fort? 

I thought we came here 

To surrender in Silence, 

To yield to Light and Happiness, 

To Dance within

In celebration of Love's Victory! 

What Good is a Book of Poems? by Hafez

What good is a book of poems if you are
reading it while riding

in the back of a wagon that is heading toward
the edge of a cliff?

A greater awareness is what our relationship
is supposed to be about.

I was hoping something I might have said by
now could have made you stop, get your bearings,

and start traveling in a direction that will yield
lots of fruit. May be you are? That would be nice.

A Year with Hafiz- Daily Contemplations - Daniel Landinsky