WHERE DOLPHINS DANCE
Again, the work starts
As soon as you open your eyes
In the morning.
Hopefully you got
Some good rest last night.
Why go into the city or the fields
Without first kissing
The Friend
Who always stands at your door?
It takes only a second.
Habits are human nature—
Why not create some that will mint Gold?
Your arms are violin bows
Always moving
I have become very conscious upon
Whom we all play.
Thus my eyes have filled with warm
Soft oceans of divine music
Where jewelled dolphins dance
Then leap into this World.
~ Hafiz
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"Where Dolphins Dance" from The Subject Tonight is Love, Daniel Ladinsky, copyright 2003. www.danielladinsky.com. Printed with permission.
Focus on the formless
Hafiz invites us to step back from the mundane—all the things we think are so important—and spend just a moment of each day connecting to our divinity.