The sun never asks the earth for thanks.
— Hafiz
I like this simple version, though it’s actually a misquotation.
Daniel Ladinsky’s ‘The Gift’, a book of translations of poems by Hafiz, includes the following:
THE SUN NEVER SAYS
Even
After
All this time
The sun never says to the earth,“You owe Me.”
Look
What happens
With a love like that,
It lights the
Whole Sky.
