Moji Agha Poet Free verse

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].

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Beata Agustin February 20, 2026 at 11:03 PM Thanks for sharing this... exposing your thoughts through your unique poetic style. Meanwhile, I greet you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Be blessed.