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galen  ·  3776 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Fourth Bi-Weekly Give Me a Quote from Something You've Been Reading Lately

  Even

  After

  All this time

  The sun never says to the earth,

  "You owe

  Me."  

  Look

  What happens

  With a love like that,

  It lights the

  Whole

  Sky.
- Hafiz (as interpreted by Daniel Ladinsky*), The Gift

*There's some controversy as to whether or not Ladinsky's work can even be called "translation" - he claims to capture the essence of Hafiz's poetry, but in doing so, often abandons the literal meanings of Hafiz's words.