It Cuts the Plow Reins What does Purity do? It cuts the plow reins. It frees you from working and dining In the mud. It frees you from living behind A Big ox That is always breaking wind. What can Purity do, my dear? It can lift your heart On a rising, bucking Sun That makes the soul hunger To […]
Don’t surrender your loneliness so quickly. Let it cut more deep. Let it ferment and season you as few human or even divine ingredients can. Something missing in my heart tonight has made my eyes so soft, my voice so tender, my need of God absolutely clear. Hafez (1315 – 1390)
Even after all this time, the Sun never says to the Earth, “You owe me.” Look what happens with a love like that. It lights the sky. Hafez (1315 – 1390)
I am a hole in a flute that the Christ’s Breath moves through. Listen to this music. Hafez (1315 – 1390)
This place where you are right now God circled on a map for you. Wherever your eyes and arms and heart can move against the earth and the sky, the Beloved has bowed there. Our Beloved has bowed there knowing you were coming. Hafez (1315 – 1390)
