Tripping Over Joy
What is the difference
Between your experience of Existence
And that of a saint?
The saint knows
The spiritual path
Is a sublime chess game with God
And the Beloved
Has just made such a Fantastic Move
That the saint is now continually
Tripping over Joy
And bursting out in Laughter
And saying, “I Surrender!”
Whereas, my dear,
I am afraid you still think
You have a thousand serious moves.
I heard God Laughing, Renderings of Hafiz
by Daniel Ladinsky