God Pours Light, Hafiz

GOD POURS LIGHT

 

God

pours light

into every cup,

quenching darkness.

 

The proudly pious

stuff their cups with parchment

and critique the taste of ink

 

while God pours light

 

and the trees lift their limbs

without worry of redemption,

every blossom a chalice.

 

Hafiz, seduce those withered souls

with words that wet their parched lips

 

as light

pours like rain

into every empty cup

set adrift on the Infinite Ocean.

 

~ Hafiz ~

 

(Interpretive version of Ghazal 11 by Jose Orez)