Fire & Ice at Sandy Bottom Overlook, Shenandoah NP
“I have come into this world to hear this:
every song the earth has sung since it was conceived in
the Divine’s womb and began spinning from
His wish,
every song by wing and fin and hoof,
every song by hill and field and tree
and woman and child,
every song of stream and rock,
every song of tool and lyre and flute,
every song of gold and emerald
and fire,
every song the heart should cry
with magnificent dignity
to know itself as God -
for all other knowledge will leave us again in want and aching -
only imbibing the glorious Sun
will complete us.”
- Hafiz (14th Century mystic / lyrical poet)
