My Eyes So Soft

Don't

surrender

your loneliness so quickly.

Let it cut more deep.

Let it ferment and season you

as few human

or even divine ingredients can.

Something missing in my heart tonight

has made my eyes so soft,

my voice so 

tender,

my need of God

absolutely

clear.

Hafiz
(Sufi Mystic 1320-1390 A.D.)
translation by Daniel Ladinsky