Someone Should Start Laughing

Shams al-Din Hafiz

I have a thousand brilliant lies
For the question:

How are you?

I have a thousand brilliant lies
For the question:

What is God?

If you think that the Truth can be known
From words,

If you think that the Sun and the Ocean

Can pass through that tiny opening Called the mouth,

O someone should start laughing!
Someone should start wildly Laughing –Now!

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From: I Heard God Laughing Renderings of Hafiz by Daniel Ladinsky Source. Information about the poet. Illustration: Peaceful Rivers.