My Eyes So Soft
Do not
Surrender
Your saddness
so quickly.
Rather
Let it move in
and cut more
Deeply.
Let it ferment and season you
As very few human
Or even divine ingredients can.
Something is oh so astray
and missing in my heart tonight
This bearing witness
This seeing
Has made my eyes all so soft,
My lonesome voice all
so
Tender,
My need to feel that sacred touch of Spirit
Washing all over me all
so
Absolutely
Clear.
Original by Hafiz,
(Sufi Mystic 1320-1390 A.D.)
translation by Daniel Ladinsky
rewrite by John