Hafiz: The Great Work

THE GREAT WORK

Love

Is the great work

Though every heart is first an

Apprentice

That slaves beneath the city of Light.

This wondrous trade,

This magnificent throne your soul

Is destined for-

You should not have to think

Much about it,

Is it not clear

An apprentice needs a teacher

Who himself

Has charmed the universe

To reveal its wonders inside his cup.

Happiness is the great work,

Though every heart must first become

A student

To one

Who really knows

About Love.

~ Hafiz ~

(The Gift -- versions of Hafiz by Daniel Ladinsky)


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