It Felt Love

It Felt Love

by HafizPersian lyric poet & mystic (1320 to 1389)

 

How

Did the rose

Ever open its heart

And give to this world

All its

Beauty?

It felt the encouragement of light

Against its

Being,

Otherwise,

We all remain

Too

Frightened

 

from The Gift
translated by Daniel Ladinsky

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