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Monday, October 24, 2011

Happy Birthday!

Today, I cannot write anything more beautiful, more telling, more revealing, more profound, than this, written by Hafiz, the great Sufi master:


There are so many gifts still unopened from your birthday.
There are so many hand-crafted presents that have been
sent to you by God.

The Beloved doesn't mind repeating,
"Everything I have is yours."

Please forgive Hafiz and the Friend
If we break into a sweet laughter
When your heart complains of being thirsty
When ages ago
Every cell in your soul capsized forever
Into this Infinite golden sea.

Indeed,
A lover's pain is like holding one's breath too long
in the middle of a vital performance.

Indeed,
A Lover's pain is this sleeping, this sleeping,
When God just rolled over and gave you
Such a big good-morning kiss!

There are so many gifts, my dear,  still unopened from your birthday.
There are so many hand-crafted presents that have been
sent to your life by God.

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