Beloved!

WHEN A DOG RUNS UP

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!"

~ Hafiz

(Daniel Ladinsky translation)

Thanks to Tricia for introducing us to this one on Sunday!