Swerve not thy steed; spare not only thy lance’s tip Without Love’s jewel inside of me,
Our camel driver is at work; To slay me, Oh, and one last thing: It is Haaaaafez, not Hafeeeeez. Where word and deed alike one colour bear, I said, “The fragrance of your wine.”.
while the breeze says a secret. And many mystics, including the 20th-century Sufi master Pir Vilayat, would cast his powerful glance at his students, stating that he would long for them to be able to see themselves and their own worth as he sees them. See this line, for example: I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light of your own being. They are beautiful poetry in English, and do contain some profound wisdom. I sought the tavern at the break of day, I fell in love with Omar Khyyam's poems when I was a teen, long, long ago. Although my heart is full of the sorrow of separation. دانی که من و تو کِی به هم خوش باشیم؟ آنوقت که کس نباشد الّا من و تو Do you know When can you and I be happy? Encircles fear of death and constant dread; Enter this house, my Love, or let me leave. of the door to surprise us, From ‘The Essential Rumi’, Translations Omid Safi is the Director of the Duke Islamic Studies Center. Left to myself, the tavern-wench I spied, He said, “How long will you journey on?” This Love is beyond the study of theology, Persians take poetry seriously. The holy city of intoxication.” Instagram post by بوم گرافیک • Jan 15, 2017 at 9:45pm UTC. Daniel Ladinsky of St Louis did. Hafez’s poetry is considered the very epitome of Persian in the Ghazal tradition. my eyes are clear and faultless.”, He said, “What do you seek?” Better than others’ balm, thy blade to endure Too bad. The literary style and indeed the Persian language itself are floral and elaborate, but the themes differ little from our preoccupations with love and romance today. Not worth the toil! Ladinsky claims that Hafez appeared to him in a dream and handed him the English “translations” he is publishing: “About six months into this work I had an astounding dream in which I saw Hafiz as an Infinite Fountaining Sun (I saw him as God), who sang hundreds of lines of his poetry to me in English, asking me to give that message to ‘my artists and seekers’.”, It is not my place to argue with people and their dreams, but I am fairly certain that this is not how translation works. and will be resurrected, Hafez’s worldview is inseparable from the world of Medieval Islam, the genre of Persian love poetry, and more. This is a matter of power, privilege and erasure. Download one of the Free Kindle apps to start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, and computer. His poetry, alongside that of Rumi and Saadi, are main staples of vocalists in Iran to this day, including beautiful covers by leading maestros like Shahram Nazeri and Mohammadreza Shajarian. The most sublime part of Hafez’s poetry is its ambiguity. Beauty and truth... undeniable. In the good arc of wine; yet woe is me!
He said, “Who is the thief?”
Shall slumber drowse my senses, and mine eyes It turns out that it is a fascinating story of Western exotification and appropriation of Muslim spirituality. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon.
The real beloved is that one who is unique.
The Iwan of Chosroes. US election: What time are election results? Not all the sums of earthly happiness Is worth the bowed head of a moment’s pain, And if I sell for wine my dervish dress, Worth more than what I sell is what I gain!
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