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The sky-wheel turns us into dawn
and fills creation again with color.
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Let it be our weakness, this thirst-love
for the world, the sun coming up
like red-gold being poured!
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The potter's wheel moves,
and shapes change quickly.
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Let the jar I am becoming
turn into a wine cup.
Fill me with your love
for being awake.
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I'm no hypocrite renunciate.
Call me this delicious substance
you taste when you create new beauty.
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Be strong, Hafiz!
Work here inside time,
where we fail, catch hold
again, and climb.
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~ Hafiz
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(The Hand of Poetry, Inayat Khan and Coleman Barks)
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