with that moon language

Admit something:

Everyone you see, you say to them, 

“Love me.”

Of course you do not do this out loud, 

Otherwise,

Someone would call the cops.

Still though, think about this, 

This great pull in us 

To connect.

Why not become the one 

Who lives with a full moon in each eye

 That is always saying,

With that sweet moon 

Language,

What every other eye in this world

 Is dying to

Hear?

~ Hafiz

from The Gift

Poems by Hafiz, 

the Great Sufi Master

translations by Daniel Ladinsky