It Felt Love

How
Did the rose
Ever open its heart
And give to this world
All its
Beauty?

It felt the encouragement of light
Against its
Being.

Otherwise,

We all remain
Too
Frightened.

By Persian Sufi poet, Hafiz (c. 1320 – 1389),
from The Gift: The Subject Tonight is Love, renderings by Daniel Ladinsky
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