Hafiz (Daniel Ladinsky): A Crystal Rim

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A Crystal Rim

by Hafiz (Daniel Ladinsky)
(1945? - ) Timeline

Original Language
English

Muslim / Sufi

Contemporary

The
Earth
Lifts its glass to the sun
And light -- light
Is poured.

A bird
Comes and sits on a crystal rim
And from my forest cave I
Hear singing.

So I run to the edge of existence
And join my soul in love.

I lift my heart to God
And grace is poured.

An emerald bird rises from inside me
And now sits
Upon the Beloved's
Glass.

I have left that dark cave forever.
My body has blended with His.

I lay my wing
As a bridge to you

So that you can join us
Singing.

-- from The Gift: Poems by Hafiz the Great Sufi Master, by Daniel Ladinsky

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Themes

Birds

Heart

Light

Lover and Beloved

Sound

Recommended Books

	The Gift: Poems by Hafiz the Great Sufi Master, by Daniel Ladinsky
	I Heard God Laughing: Renderings of Hafiz, by Daniel Ladinsky
	Love Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and West, Translated by Daniel Ladinsky
	The Subject Tonight Is Love: 60 Wild and Sweet Poems of Hafiz, by Daniel Ladinsky

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