Random Hafiz at local New Years 1/1/10

At Nowruz - The Persian New Year, (which has not been yet this year)

It is common for the chief celebrant to open a volume of the poetry of Hafiz,
randomly,
and to read the poem discovered.

Just now,
well, a few minutes ago,
on this other New Year,

I picked up a volume of Hafiz & discovered this:

A Still Cup

For God

To make love,

For the divine alchemy to work,

The Pitcher needs a still cup.

Why

Ask Hafiz

Anything more about

Your most

Vital

Requirement?