Begging the bottom to be merciful, if i hit, is sometimes the only option while taking in the vast expanse a big risking leap allows. Pulling out the chair beneath your mind and watching you fall upon god what else is there for hafiz to do that is any fun in this world. Light will someday split you open even if your life is now a cage. The poetry of hafiz poems on this page are translated by both thomas rain crowe, from his book, drunk on the wine of the beloved and selections from daniel ladinskys translations. Hafiz poem, recite and translate by ali khaghani, music by hooman rad,create by sina.
In many regards, classical ghazal poetry resists such interpretation. You ache with loneliness one night so much you weep and i say here is a rope tie it around me hafiz will be your companion for life. His sexually explicit sequence erotic ghazals however, while playful and open. A selection of famous, inspiring and spiritual poems by a range of poets including blake, dickinson, keats, rumi, hafiz, sri chinmoy and others. From hafizs lyric poem comfort, translated by gertrude bell, in arberry. Hafez is best known for his poems that can be described as antinomian and with the medieval use of the term theosophical.
From i heard god laughing introduction shamsuddin muhammad hafiz c. Hafez people say that the soul, on hearing the song of creation, entered the body, but in reality the soul itself was the song. This entry was posted in hafiz on june 20, 2008 by tejvan. Shamsaldin mohammad hafez, the subject tonight is love. The selected poems of hafiz available for download and read online in other formats.
How often ive tried to go and stay, dive in to water without getting wet and keep my heart open and closed at the same time. Spring and all its flowers now joyously break their vow of silence. In the preface, daniel describes the hours he has spent studying hafizs work, and how, above all else, he attempts to capture the essence of each poem. Over the centuries there have been many attempts to translate the subtleties of hafizs persian verse into english. To persians, the poems of hafiz are not classical literature from a remote past, but cherished wisdom from a dear and intimate friend. Learn faithfulness from those whose love is trustworthy and true she said. For six years, he made his home in a spiritual community in western india, where he.
Hafizs poems were divided into twoline couplets, and all of these couplets were put together in a bunch. Keeping watch in the morning when i began to wake, it happened again that feeling that you, beloved, had stood over me all night keeping watch. The gold of thy heart, oh hafiz, despised doth lie, not worthy thy love to be cast by a drunken band at the feet of her who is fairer than all thats fair. Pir of the magians the perfect murshid holy traveller the perfect murshid with wine, becolour the prayermat. That love transformed into an allconsuming passion for union with the divine. He is one of the most celebrated of the persian poets. He is said to have died sometime between 89 and 90 and was buried in the beautiful musalla gardens of shiraz, on the banks of hafizs beloved ruknabad river gray, 1995, pp. Hafiz became a poet at the court of abu ishak and also taught at a religious. Little by little, you will turn into the whole sweet, amorous universe. Acclaimed as the supreme lyric poet of persia, hafiz is best known for his divan believed to have been. Over a twentyyear period, beginning in 1978, he spent extensive time in a spiritual community at meherabad, in western india, where he worked in a rural clinic free to the poor, and lived with the intimate disciples and family of meher baba.
Hafizs divan of poems has been used as an oracle effectively by means of hundreds of thousands of individuals from all walks of existence for the earlier six hundred years. Hafiz quran, a term used by muslims for people who have completely memorized the quran al. At last an english translation of hafez that isnt a version based on someone elses translation from german perhaps, or victorian english, or the famous but rather unwieldy col. Shams aldin hafiz shirazi21 89 very little is know about hafiz of shiraz, particularly his early life. Hafiz i know the way you can get by beloved poetry published on 20141005t09. Pdf in norwids works one can find distant echoes of the sufi concepts. In the gift, daniel ladinsky bestows on us the impassioned yet whimsical strains of hafizs ecstasy. Ever open its heart and give to this world all its beauty. Pdf the selected poems of hafiz download full pdf book.
When the words stop and you can endure the silence that reveals your hearts pain of emptiness or that great wrenchingsweet longing, that. Wilberforce clarke crib, or like the versions that take a line or two and channel a new poem almost out of whole cloth, which pretend to be translations but are really original, warm and toasty spiritual takes. Edward fitzgerald made a masterpiece from free versions of an infinitesimally minor persian poet. Very little is known about his life, but it is thought that he may have memorized the quran after hearing his father recite passages. You composed poems and sang, hafiz, you spent your days well venus wedded to your songs, in the firmaments inverted bowl. Be content with what thou hast received, and smooth thy frowning forehead, for the door of choice is not open either to.
Hafiz i know the way you can get by beloved poetry. Culture the mystical poet who can help you lead a better life bbc. It felt the encouragement of light against its being, otherwise, we all remain too frightened. Hafiz, a sufi poet, expressed in poetry love for the divine, and the intoxicating oneness of union with it. The earliest witness to hafiz is the preface to the first collection of his poems. Hammer purgstalls german translation of hafezs divan. Shams aldin hafiz shirazi shams aldin hafiz shirazi. A golden compass forget every idea of right and wrong any classroom ever taught you because an empty heart, a tormented mind, unkindness, jealousy and fear are always the testimony you have been completely fooled. Faculty of asian studies, australian national university. Hafiz is considered an incomparable master of the form. Read all poems of shams aldin hafiz shirazi and infos about shams aldin hafiz shirazi. Very little is know about hafiz of shiraz, particularly his early life. The poems of hafiz page 3 the life of hafiz hafiz was born some time around 20, in shiraz.
Hafiz name, including a list of people with the name hafez, a 14thcentury persian mystic and poet. Translated beautifully and with verve by daniel ladinsky. Shams aldin hafiz shirazi 21 89 very little is know about hafiz of shiraz, particularly his early life. For a day, just for one day,talk about that which disturbs no oneand bri.
Come, join the honest company of the kings beggars those gamblers, scoundrels and divine. Presents a translation of hafizs the divan, with facing. Daniel ladinsky has published three previous translations of hafizs poems, the gift, the subject tonight is love, and i heard god laughing, as well as a collection of translations of poems by twelve mystics and saints, love poems from god. As the author of numerous ghazals expressing love, spirituality, and protest, he and his work continue to be important to iranians. Never forced or awkward, ladinskys hafiz whispers in your ear and pounds in your chest. Whatever he poured we would drink down unquestioningly. One of these poems, selige sehnsucht, i had read as. For they will be opening the door of the house of fraud and sham. He is one of the most celebrated of the persian poets, and his influence can be felt to this day. When his father died, he left school to work at a bakery and as a copyist.
The gift is a collection of hafiz poems translated to english by daniel ladinsky. Turn your back on those who would imprison your wondrous spirit with deceit and lies. Hafiz, a secret sufi, came to prominence in his day as a writer of love poems. Hafez primarily wrote in the literary genre of lyric poetry, or ghazals, that is the ideal style for. But i cant jump from a plane with the parachute already open. By all accounts even the best translations have been only partially successful. Hafiz became a poet at the court of abu ishak and also taught at a religious college. Bbc culture the mystical poet who can help you lead a. The 14thcentury persian poet hafizs work is not just very beautiful it is.
Something by the great sufi poet hafez in honor of spring and norooz, the persian new year. As the author of numerous ghazals expressing love, spirituality, and protest, he and his work continue to be important to iranians, and many of his poems are used as proverbs or sayings. The poems of hafiz page 4 how to read hafiz these poems of hafiz are my reworking of the poems literal translation. The book of his poems, the divane hikmet book of wisdom, consists mainly of gazels and murabbas foursomes, kosmos robias srung together and munajat prayers. Thats something moonlike pretty girls are rarely known to do. Love will surely burst you wide open into an unfettered, booming new galaxy. In translating literally, much would be lost, as is the case with so much holy writing. Whatever he poured we would drink down poem hafiz poems. Australian international academic centre, australia. A world of love, happiness, enjoyment, patience, spirits and consciousness. See more ideas about hafiz, hafiz quotes and words. The oracle for enthusiasts, seekers, pilgrims, and the godintoxicated. Download pdf the selected poems of hafiz book full free. At an early age, he demonstrated prodigious ability with poetry, both writing and with memorizing.
Rabindranath tagore, for example, is regularly referred to as the bard of bengal, while australian poets henry lawson. Translation, creation, interpretations by way of paul smith. Paul smith is a poet, author and translator of over 80 books of sufi poets of the persian, arabic, urdu, turkish, pashtu and. The divan of schemseddin muhammed ha s aus schiras, ber. Poems on this page are translated by both thomas rain crowe, from his book, drunk on the wine of the beloved and selections from daniel ladinskys translations. The winecups smiling rim, the sweethearts tangled tresses so many vows, like hafezs, theyve shattered mercilessly. His poems created a new genre of mystical folk poetry in central asia and influenced many sufidervish poets including attar, rumi, hafiz who both knew turkish and yunus emre. The world of hafizs lyric poetry could also spread open before norwid owing to.
Persian lyric poet hafiz born khwaja samsu ddin mu. As an aside, it is often thought that the australian use of the name shiraz for. Classic poetry series hafiz poems publication date. For a day, just for one day, talk about that which disturbs no one and bring some peace into your beautiful eyes. His most recent collection is the purity of desire. After all, it was through hafizs poetry and other ethicodidactic texts like sa. Most know that translation of feelingwords is not always perfect. Resurrections of the ghazal in modern australian poetry. The 14thcentury persian poet hafizs work is not just very beautiful it is useful too.
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