The Gift: Poems by Hafiz, the Great Sufi Master

PrefaceIntroduction: The Life and Work of HafizOne: Startled by GodStartled by GodLet's EatWhen the ViolinLooking for Good FishA Hunting PartyThis Sane IdeaWe Have Not Come to Take PrisonersI Can See AngelsYou're ItI RainTwo: I Have Learned So MuchI Have Learned So MuchGod Just Came NearThe Sun Never SaysThe Seed Cracked OpenWhy Just Ask the DonkeyWho Wrote All the MusicYour Mother and My MotherMismatched NewlywedsYour Seed PouchThat Magnificent StormThree: Removing the Shoe from the TempleRemoving the Shoe from the TempleAgainst My Own HandOut of This MessIf God Invited You to a PartyTo Build a SwingA Crystal RimThis One Is MineCurfewsThe Ear That Was Sold to a FishAn Infant in Your ArmsFour: I Hold the Lion's PawI Hold the Lion's PawIf the Falling of a HoofWhat the HellSomeone Untied Your CamelWhen I Want to Kiss GodFor a Single TearThat Shapes the EyeSo Many GiftsLove Is the Funeral PyreAllah, Allah, AllahFive: Don't Die AgainDon't Die AgainLike a Life-Giving SunThe Great WorkEffacementSome Fill with Each Good RainThe Vintage ManEverywhereLifts beyond ConceptionGod's BucketJust Looking for TroubleSix: The GiftThe GiftLaughing at the Word TwoLife Starts ClappingThe Foundation for GreatnessCourteous to the AntHis Winter CropThe Scent of LightNo ConflictStop Calling Me a Pregnant WomanA Strange FeatherSeven: I Am Really Just a TambourineI Am Really Just a TambourineThe Stairway of ExistenceWhat Do White Birds Say?How Do I Listen?The Earth Braces ItselfThe Difference BetweenThe Angels Know You WellCrooked DealsThe Millstone's TalentsLet Thought Become Your Beautiful LoverEight: Get the Blame StraightGet the Blame StraightRewards for Clear ThinkingPleaseThis Constant YearningThe Sad GameThat Regal CoatStop Being So ReligiousFriends Do Things Like ThisIt Felt LoveLook! I Am a WhaleTwo BearsThe Sky HunterForgive the DreamNine: The Prettiest MuleThe Prettiest MuleTodayWise Men Keep Talking AboutBack into HerselfThe Mule Got Drunk and Lost in HeavenWhy Abstain?The WarriorDividing GodI Saw Two BirdsMuhammad's TwinTen: Tiny GodsTiny GodsThis UnionWhen You Can EndureThis Talking RagWho Will Feed My Cat?Burglars Hear WatchdogsA Still CupThat Lamp That Needs No OilToo WonderfulEleven: Elephant WonderingElephant WonderingAn Old MusicianThe Fish and I Will ChatThe Heart Is RightOut of God's HatThe Clay Bowl's DestinyI Hope You Won't Sue This Old ManFaithful LoverNow Is the TimeTwelve: Counting MolesCounting MolesHafizThe Body a TreeA Great NeedThere Could Be Holy FalloutTrying to Wear PantsThis SkyIt Is UnanimousTwo Puddles ChattingHis Ballet CompanyThirteen: ReverenceReverenceThat Tree We PlantedI Vote for You for GodA One-Story HouseThe Great ReligionsWhat Happens to the GuestI Want Both of UsLike Passionate LipsCucumbers and PrayersFourteen: A Cushion for Your HeadA Cushion for Your HeadThese Beautiful Love GamesThe Bag LadyThe Ambience of LoveTired of Speaking SweetlyA Root in Each Act and CreatureOur Hearts Should Do This MoreTurn Left a Thousand Feet from HereImagination Does Not ExistThrow Me on a ScaleThe Hatcheck GirlDamn ThirstyFifteen: Two Giant Fat PeopleTwo Giant Fat PeopleScratching My BackIf You Don't Stop ThatEleganceA Hole in a FluteUntilWhy Aren't We Screaming Drunks?Dropping KeysAll the Talents of GodThe Great ExpanseI Imagine Now for AgesSixteen: Spiced MannaSpiced MannaA Hard DecreeAnd For No ReasonSometimes I Say to a PoemThe SuburbsShe RespondedWe Might Have to Medicate YouThe Idiot's WarehouseWhen You WakeThis Teaching Business Isn't EasyThe Mountain Got Tired of SittingSeventeen: Where Is the Door to the Tavern?Where Is the Door to the Tavern?Becoming HumanIn Need of the BreathThe Heart's CoronationThe Thousand-Stringed InstrumentThen WinksAnd Then You AreThe Intelligent ManThe Chorus in the EyeFind a Better JobThe Lute Will BegEighteen: When the Sun Conceived a ManWhen the Sun Conceived a ManA MimeThe Quintessence of LonelinessNeeding a MirrorZikrThe Tender MouthGreeting GodReaching Toward the Millet FieldsNineteen: Lousy at MathLousy at MathThe Sun in DragBetween Our PolesStay Close to Those SoundsAn Invisible Pile of WoodIt Has Not Rained LightBerserkNo More LeavingWowWhat Should We Do about That Moon?Twenty: Cupping My Hands Like a Mountain ValleyCupping My Hands Like a Mountain ValleyWhy Not Be PoliteTwenty-one: The God Who Only Knows Four WordsThe God Who Only Knows Four WordsYou Were Brave in That Holy WarBring the Man to MeToo BeautifulMy Eyes So SoftThe Diamond Takes ShapeThat Does PerishChain You to My BodyCovers Her Face with Both HandsDog's LoveTwenty-two: Stay with UsStay with UsI Am Full of Love TonightMany Lives AgoIt Will Stretch Out Its LegSome of the Planets Are HostingWhat Is the Root?The Same SuntanFor Three DaysTwenty-three: A Clever Piece of MuttonA Clever Piece of MuttonWho Can Hear the Buddha Sing?Buttering the SkyHow FascinatingWhere Great Lions Love to PissA Potent LoverAn Astronomical QuestionI Wish I Could Speak Like MusicIn a Circus BoothMaybe Even LucrativeTroubledTwenty-four: The Silk MandalaThe Silk MandalaA Forest HerbYour Camel Is Loaded to SingStealing Back the FluteWhere the Drum Lost Its MindEvery City Is a DulcimerRuinBetween Your Eye and This PagePractice This New BirdcallTwenty-five: I Know I Was the WaterI Know I Was the WaterWith That Moon LanguageWithout Brushing My HairIntegrityThereWhen Space Is Not RationedBirds of PassageAct GreatThe Only MaterialI Got KinOnly One RuleYour Thousand LimbsAnd Love Says