Hafiz!!!!

What a day. I missed school & my job because my truck is down, maybe for a few days. Hopefully up by Thursday so I can go to school & my job. I can at least do my homework from home including this blog.

I’ve written about songs lately and I’m making a conscious effort not to this time. I think I will talk about a favorite poet of mine. Hafez or Hafiz are just two ways I’ve seen it spelled.

Hāfez (1325/26–1389/90) was a Persian lyric poet. His collected works (Divan) are to be found in the homes of most Iranians, who learn his poems by heart and use them as proverbs and sayings to this day. I love his poems. All are positive and full of love. His way with language is so unlike anything I hear or read now. Here are some.

COURTEOUS TO THE ANT
God
Blooms
From the shoulder
of the
Elephant
Who becomes
Courteous
To
The
Ant.

"I am a hole in a flute that the Christ's breaths move through
Listen to this music."

Your soul and my soul
Once sat together in the Beloved's womb
Playing footsie
Your heart and my heart are very old friends.

IF GOD INVITED YOU TO A PARTY

If God
Invited you to a party
And said,

"Everyone
In the ballroom tonight
Will be my special
Guest."

How would you then treat them
When you
arrived?

Indeed, indeed!

And Hafiz knows
There is no one is this world

Who
Is not upon
His Jeweled Dance
Floor.



Two Giant Fat People

God
And I have become
Like two giant fat people
Living in a
Tiny boat.
We
Keep
Bumping into each other and
Laughing.

Thats the stuff!