Poetry is to Music as Lyric is to Soul for Sunday, December 31, 2006

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Sunday, December 31, 2006

Oh Take this Broken Heart

Oh Take this Broken Heart Oh take this broken heart Oh Lord, and use it. Teach me to remember, And to Thy Grace surrender. Hungry to serve Let me not swerve From the path of grateful giving, For truly, there is naught but Thee. I am blessed By the awesome oneness Of it All, Oh Silent Breath. Speak for me, If needed For I have nothing To Say. From dark nothingness I came forth, A now-I-Am. What could I know? So speak, act, bless: All I meet. The One Onliness, Only knows. © 2006 Shamsujim Sign in to see full entry.

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Hafiz Rubaiyat 11-20

Hafiz حافظ Rubaiyat 11-20 11 First enticed me to take the cup, When I got drunk, told me to stop. My eyes watery, my heart on fire, I became dust and your wind picked me up. اول بـه وفا می وصالـم درداد چون مست شدم جام جـفا را سرداد پر آب دو دیده و پر از آتـش دل خاک ره او شدم بـه بادم برداد 12 All treasures ain’t worth this oppression. All pleasures ain’t worth one transgression. Not even seven thousand years of joy Is worth seven days of depression. نی دولـت دنیا به ستـم می‌ارزد نی لذت مستی‌اش... Sign in to see full entry.

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