Something Invisible
Once I asked my master
“What is the difference
Between you and me?”
And he replied,
“Hafiz, only this:
If a herd of wild buffalo
Broke into our house
And knocked over
Our empty begging bowls,
Not a drop would spill from yours.
But there is Something Invisible
That God has placed in mine.
If That spilled from my bowl,
It could drown this whole world.”
by Hafiz
from I Heard God Laughing
Penguin Books, 2006
Renderings of Hafiz by Danliel Ladinsky