Absolutely Clear by Hafiz

Don’t surrender your loneliness 
So quickly.
Let it cut more deep.

Let it ferment and season you
As few human 
Or even divine ingredients can.

Something missing in my heart tonight
Has made my eyes so soft
My voice 
So tender

My need of God
Absolutely 
Clear.

~ from The Subject Tonight is Love, translated by Daniel Ladinsky 
(Pumpkin House Press, 1996)