HAFIS, straight to equal thee, <br /> <br />One would strive in vain; <br />Though a ship with majesty <br /> <br />Cleaves the foaming main, <br />Feels its sails swell haughtily <br /> <br />As it onward hies <br />Crush'd by ocean's stern decree, <br /> <br />Wrecked it straightway lies. <br />Tow'rd thee, songs, light, graceful, free, <br /> <br />Mount with cooling gush; <br />Then their glow consumeth me, <br /> <br />As like fire they rush. <br />Yet a thought with ecstasy <br /> <br />Hath my courage moved; <br />In the land of melody <br /> <br />I have lived and loved.<br /><br />Johann Wolfgang von Goethe<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/book-of-hafis-to-hafis/
