Hafiz: And a Big Herd of Sweet Goats

I used to walk in a beautiful garden

Singing,

But the garden fell in love with  my

Voice,

And fell in love with my toes too,

Then concluded it would be smart

To just follow me home

And never move!

The same thing happened with the sun

Then Saturn and a dozen other

Vacationing, inebriated

Planets --

And a whole nearby mountain range

With their trees and streams and fish still tied

Onto their backs --

And a big herd of sweet, lively goats.

My dear, what Hafiz is really trying to say is:

If ever you get

Lonely,

Come visit this Wild house --

My Celestial Verse --

Where all of us will always

So happily live.

- Hafiz, from The Subject Tonight Is Love:

60 Wild and Sweet Poems of Hafiz