AWAKE AWHILE

It does not have to be
Forever,
Right now.
One step upon the
Sky's soft skirt
Would be enough.

Hafiz,
Awake awhile.

Just one True moment of Love
Will last for days.

Rest all your elaborate plans and tactics
For Knowing Him,
For they are all just frozen spring buds

Far,
So far from
Summer's
Divine
Gold.

Awake, my dear.
Be kind to your sleeping heart.
Take it out into the vast fields of
Light

And let it breathe.

Say,
"Love,
Give me back my wings.
Lift me,
Lift me nearer."

Say to the sun and moon,
Say to our dear
Friend,

"I will take
You up now,
Beloved,
On that wonderful
Dance
You promised."

('I Heard God Laughing - Renderings of Hafiz' - Daniel Ladinsky)

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