Hafiz Come Dance Celestial Song

The God Who Only Knows Four Words

Every Child Has known God,

Not the God of names,
Not the God of don'ts

Not the God who ever does Anything weird,

But the God who only knows four words
And keeps repeating them, saying:

"Come dance with Me."

Come Dance.

The Real love I always keep a secret.

All my words
Are sung outside Her window,
For when She lets me in
I take a thousand oaths of silence.

But, Then She says,
O, God Says,
"What the hell, Hafiz,
Why not give the whole world
My Address"

Hafiz (c.1320-1389)
Persian Master and Poet

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