Hafiz - A Singing Cleanng Woman
A Singing Cleaning Woman 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." >From The Subject Tonight Is Love 60 Wild and Sweet Poems of Hafiz, Translated by Daniel Ladinsky Sign in to see full entry.