Where I once sang

It gently faded, all I once believed in.

I am glad there is a world that seems to go on

where I once sang.

All I ever knew is still a part of me,

and will be forever.

All I ever knew is like a mouse,

living in a tiny hole in the palace I have become.

 Since God gave me the key to myself,

I know the movement of every limb, fin and leaf.

I could tell you how many hairs exist

on every creature on earth.

Sometimes it, that sweet little rodent,

comes out and we look at each other,

and I even talk to that wondrous world

where I once lived,

as I am doing right now.

 -- Hafiz