AN OLD MUSICIAN

How
Should
Those who know of God
Meet and
Part?

The way
An old musician
Greets his beloved
Instrument

And will take special care,
As a great artist always does,

To enhance the final note
Of each

Performance.

(“The Gift” – versions of Hafiz by Daniel Ladinsky)

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