I Am So Glad
Start seeing everything as God,
But keep it a secret.
Become like a man who is awestruck
And Nourished
Listening to a Golden Nightingale sing in a beautiful foreign language
While God invisibly nests
Upon its tongue.
Hafiz,
Who can you tell in this world that when a dog runs up to you
Wagging its ecstatic tail,
You lean down and whisper in its ear,
"Beloved,
I am so glad YOU are happy to see me.
Beloved,
I am so glad,
So very glad You have come."
~Hafiz by Ladinsky
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