But Grief

It was Your Almighty Infinite Power that created me;
I’ve been nourished by Your Love and Help, given free:
if I am put on trial for a hundred years and still I sin,
which will be the greater: my sin or Your great Mercy?

I have had nothing from the life I have had, but grief:
I have had nothing from love, good and bad, but grief:
I’ve never for a moment had a sympathetic companion;
I have no one ... no consoler when I am sad ... but grief.

... The Ruba'i of Hafiz