Sunday, January 13, 2013

Dropping Keys

The small person
Builds cages for everyone
She
Sees.

Instead, the sage,
Who needs to duck her head,
When the moon is low,
Can be found dropping keys, all night long
For the beautiful,
Rowdy,
Prisoners.

By Hafiz, a 14th Century Sufi Poet from Persia

2 comments:

Unknown said...

This is a beautiful poem! Love the work of persian poets!
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Unknown said...

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