tag:gaia.com,2008,:Gaia http://groups.gaia.com/joy/discussions/feeds/thread/444726 en-us 1 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:33:00 GMT Gaia: JOY SOULutions: Enjoy, Share & Inspire - JOY of The Week/Month - enRapture. Hafiz # Your Fantasy tag:gaia.com,2009:Gaia-444726 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:33:00 GMT http://groups.gaia.com/joy/conversations/view/444726 <p> <a href="http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmJsaW5nY2hlZXNlLmNvbS8=" target="_blank"></a><br /><br />&nbsp;<br />The SecretI need a drink, wine maiden, that cup with grape stain lined,<br />for love that once seemed pleasing has burdened down my mind.<br /><br />Ah smell how West Wind wafts her musk through the tavern door;<br />now feel our pumping hearts beat fast, watch our fears unwind.<br /><br />Why do we who visit love think we&#39;d stay forever?<br />We know the yearn to wander will always lovers find.<br /><br />So we asked the Elder: What law makes love bring pain?<br />Sobriety, he laughed, you&#39;ll feel better when you&#39;re wined.<br /><br />Your plight cannot be aided by that dull fear to risk<br />the toss and turn of love&#39;s dark storm upon the ocean blind.<br /><br />See clear in all these gathered friends who still hold you dear<br />love&#39;s secret is that you must love without desires that bind.<br /><br />Hafez, enjoy the one you love, drink deep and embrace;<br />seek not with her to please your world, just give love and be kind.<br /><br /><br /><strong>From: &#39;The Spiritual Wisdom of Hafez&#39;<br />Haleh Pourafzal and Roger Montgomery</strong><br /> </p>