I
Have
Learned
So much from God
That I can no longer
Call
Myself

A Christian, a Hindu, a Muslim
A Buddhist, a Jew

The Truth has shared so much of Itself
With me

That I can no longer call myself
A man, a woman, an angel,

Or even pure
Soul.

Love has
Befriended Hafiz so completely
It has turned to ash
And freed
Me

Of every concept and image
My mind has ever known.

 

-- Hafiz