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Blessing
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Blessing H MIMI KHALVATI For Hafez Between the living and the dead, may your memory be green. In the book beside my bed, may your signature be seen. May your memory be green for every lover, every spring. May your signature be seen inscribed on every living thing. For every lover, every spring, breathing clouds against the frost inscribed on every living thing, sees how every breath is lost; breathing clouds against the frost, because breath is always warm, sees how every breath is lost in the one beloved form. Because breath is always warm, Hafez, yours ignites the dark. BLESSING 309 In the one beloved form, it is still a living spark. Hafez, yours ignites the dark in the book beside my bed. It is still a living spark between the living and the dead. 310 MIMI KHALVATI ...