In Memory of Daffy the Dog
When a Dog Runs Up (by Hafiz)
"Start seeing everything as God, but keep
it a secret.
Become like the man and woman who are
awestruck and nourished
listening to a golden nightingale sing
in a beautiful foreign language while God,
invisible to most, nests upon its tongue.
Hafiz, who can tell in this world that
when a dog runs up to you wagging its
ecstatic tail, you lean over and whisper in
its ear,
“Beloved, I am so glad you are happy to
see me! Beloved, I am so glad, so very glad
you have come!”
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