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Ghazal #441 Khanlari, Divan-e-Hafez

Posted on March 23, 2022 by bill gannett

For a long time you have tied us up with expectation; Why confuse the sincere with someone else’s condition? You have not looked at me with the eye of approval; Is this how you regard those devoted to the spiritual? … Continue reading →

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Ghazal #265, Divan-e-Hafez, Khanlari

Posted on May 30, 2017 by bill gannett

درد عشقی کشیده ام که مپرس درد هجری چشیده ام که مپرس I have suffered such pain of love- don’t ask! I have drunk the dregs of such separation- don’t ask! I have wandered the world to embrace at last … Continue reading →

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Ghazal #396 Divan-e-Hafez, Khanlari

Posted on April 15, 2014 by bill gannett

On the ranks of the Rend cast your glance- better than this! Beat a path to the winehouse’ door- better than this! In all truth, I swear that the grace your lip commands Is excellent, but a bit more would be- … Continue reading →

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Ghazal #141 Divan-e-Hafez, Khanlari

Posted on April 12, 2014 by bill gannett

What is this drunkenness that the way has brought us- Who’s the saqi, and from where did the wine come to us? What mode does he strike, this minstrel well versed in song Who in mid-ghazal talks about the friend’s … Continue reading →

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Ghazal #381 Divan-e-Hafez, Khanlari

Posted on April 3, 2014 by bill gannett

Like the rose each moment in hope of your fragrance, From head to foot I take off the body’s garments. The rose saw your body. One would think like a drunk In a garden, it would shed its many adornments. … Continue reading →

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Ghazal #332 Divan-e-Hafez, revised

Posted on March 30, 2014 by bill gannett

Although I seethe like a vat of wine from love’s ferment, I drink blood with sealed lips that keep me silent. It is the soul’s resolve to possess the beloved’s lips; Look at me, whose struggle with soul has left … Continue reading →

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Ghazal #264 Divan-e-Hafez, Khanlari

Posted on March 23, 2014 by bill gannett

Beloved, who said to you “don’t ask about our state- become a stranger, and the story of no-friend relate”? Because your grace is inclusive and nature generous, forgive our latent sin, and ignore all the sordid facts. Do you wish … Continue reading →

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Ghazal #441 Divan-e-Hafez, Khanlari

Posted on March 17, 2014 by bill gannett

For a long time you have tied us up with expectation; Why confuse the sincere with someone else’s condition? You have not looked at me with the eye of approval; Is this how you regard those devoted to the spiritual? … Continue reading →

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Ghazal #359 Divan-e-Hafez, Khanlari

Posted on March 16, 2014 by bill gannett

We have not come to this door for position and rank; we came here for protection from the curse of fate. Wayfarers of the stations of love, from utter Nothing we have come all the way to the realm of … Continue reading →

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Divan-e-Hafez, #96 Khanlari

Posted on January 27, 2014 by bill gannett

Yesterday, the old wine-seller- may his remembrance be exalted, Said to me: “Drink wine, and drive sorrow from your heart!” I replied: “Wine will throw my name and fame to the wind.” He then said: “Accept my words; let the … Continue reading →

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