Everywhere

by Hafiz (Daniel Ladinsky)


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Running
Through the streets
Screaming,

Throwing rocks through windows,
Using my own head to ring
Great bells,

Pulling out my hair,
Tearing off my clothes,

Tying everything I own
To a stick,
And setting it on
Fire.

What else can Hafiz do tonight
To celebrate the madness,
The joy,

Of seeing God
Everywhere!

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

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