A Singing Cleaning Woman by Hafiz

4. February 2010, 20:54 Uhrhafizrinabeana

Here’s another one from Hafiz, sent by my poetry buddy. FYI - I’m going to an out-of-town wedding this weekend and not bringing my computer. I’ll have to suspend the PotD until I get back.



A Singing Cleaning Woman
By Hafiz

A leaf says,

“Sweethearts—don’t pick me,
For I am busy doing
God’s work.

I am lowering my veins and roots
Like ropes

With buckets tied to them
Into the earth’s deep
Lake.

I am drawing water
That I offer like a rose to
The sky.

I am a singing cleaning woman
Dusting all the shelves in
The air

With my elegant green
Rags.

I have a heart.
I can know happiness like
You.”

2 comments:

  1. TriciaA, 5. February 2010, 18:47

    Hope you enjoy the wedding - and thank you for bringing so many different poems into my life! Tricia x

     
  2. rinabeana, 7. February 2010, 20:01

    I did enjoy the wedding. Thanks for the comment!

     

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