Hafiz, With That Moon Language

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With That Moon Language

Admit something:

Everyone you see, you say to them, "Love me."

Of course you do not do this out loud, otherwise
someone would call the cops.

Still, though, think about this, this great pull in us to connect.

Why not become the one who lives with a
full moon in each eye that is
always saying,

with that sweet moon language,
what every other eye in
this world is
dying to
hear?


~~ Shams-ud-din Muhammad Hafiz (c. 1320-1389)
Translated by Daniel Ladinsky

Comments

[monkeyman.livejournal.com]

gorgeous.

[fallibledragon.livejournal.com]

Yea, that's really nice. Thanks for posting it. I even copy & pasted it to my own journal for memory's sake.

Much as I like it... something tells me the translation doesn't do the original justice :)

[graeviking.livejournal.com]

Wow.