Tuesday, February 15, 2005

"it felt love"

THE ROSE

How
Did the rose
Ever open it's heart

And give to this world
All it's
Beauty?

It felt the encouragement of light
Against it's
Being

Otherwise,
We all remain

Too

Frightened

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


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