' God Knows Four Words '...

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 knows only four words.

And keeps repeating them, saying
“Come Dance with Me.”

Come
Dance...




- Hafiz
"The Gift"
Translations by Daniel Ladinsky
Penguin/Arkana, 1999