Saturday, August 18, 2007

Hafiz: I Have Come Into The World To See This

I have come into this world to experience this:
men so true to love they would rather
die before speaking
an unkind
word,

men so true their lives are His covenant – the promise of hope.
I have come into this world to see this:
the sword drop from men’s hands
even at the height
of their arc of
rage

because we have finally realized
there is just one flesh
we can wound.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow. I like that.

keith hamilton said...

be careful, this is an Ismamic influence, and he is actually referring to Jesus. Hafiz is an example of the Tawhid school of Islamic philosophy very much in line with mystics of all religious traditions.

Anonymous said...

Why be careful?