Dance of Unity and Diversity

Note: This poem was translated from Persian to English by the author on Feb. 13, 2025. By: Moji Agha (Mojtaba Aghamohammadi) Dec. 22, 2021 Colorado, U.S. Dance of Unity and Diversity O' unity, how beautifully hidden you have become, deep inside the [infinite] faces of naked diverity! O' endlessly naked diversity; You have have made unity dance [in joy]; AMAZING! (Note: These opening verses appeared in the poet's dream) O' unity, how amazingly you have become the [precious] apple of our eyes, since your countless existences, O' our love, have become hidden, like [countless] grains of sand, in the equal-making heart of the desert. And your love, O' the amazingly naked beautiful unity, has become countless [never-ending] colorful flowers, in the diversity garden of our existence, O' Soul, in the unity garden of our Being, O' Beloved. O' the [tavern] wine-pourer, serve [around the circle] the wine of being [an aware] human, [because] the dance of unity and diversity is easy. And I, a single human seed, am lost--in bewildered awe, given this divine [sufi] dance, that has brought God to dance [in joy]. If you [begin to] see this God-hearing dance; if you see this dance of [countless] souls with the Beloved, where would you [then] see problems [O' lover]? The washing of human eyes and of hearts is easy. Where have problems appeared, O' lover? Washing the eyes of the heart is SO easy. Poetic References: 1) Hafez-e Shirazi (Hafiz of Shiraz) https ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al%C4%81_y%C4%81_ayyoha-s-s%C4%81q%C4%AB Come, O' wine-pourer! Circulate the cup and pass it to our lips; since love seemed easy at first, but soon problems appeared. 2) Sohrab Sepehri (1928-1980) https ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohrab_Sepehri) THE FOOTSTEPS OF WATER: https: //sohrabsepehri.com/poems.asp?status=showpoem&language=e&poemid=99 Eyes need to be washed [urgently]; So another way of seeing can be found [desperately].