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Rumi quatrain, #13 Foruzanfar

Posted on April 15, 2013 by bill gannett

For a lifetime, I have not seen your rose garden- Nor the vintner’s narcissus eye, coy and drunken. Such time has past since I last saw your face, You are now invisible-  like purest devotion! عمریست ندیده ایم گلزار ترا … Continue reading →

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Rumi quatrain #641, Foruzanfar

Posted on April 14, 2013 by bill gannett

What ennobles the mystical concert, But when departs leaves all loss and waste? Secretly it comes and goes, ’till we know The taste for sama is not daf nor flute. Note: sama= mystical concert daf= frame drum آن چیست کازو سماعها … Continue reading →

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Rumi quatrain, #1201 Foruzanfar

Posted on April 13, 2013 by bill gannett

When I pick up the flute, the melody is yours And when I place my foot, the direction is yours. You have shown me such kindness and generosity, How can my heart not be now and forever yours? بهر تو … Continue reading →

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Surpanakha lusted after Ram’s great virility

Posted on April 12, 2013 by bill gannett

Surpanakha lusted after Ram’s great virility, But was spurned by his devotion to Sita’s purity. She incited her brother to abduct Ram’s lovely bride, Because of her lust, great vanity and wounded pride. Ravana assumed the form of a sweet … Continue reading →

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Rumi quatrain, #1515 Foruzanfar

Posted on April 11, 2013 by bill gannett

Go, and take pain, take pain, take pain, For only this is medicine! Grieve not that you have no lucre, But be sad if you have no pain! Note: pain= longing for God رو درد گزین درد گزین درد گزین … Continue reading →

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Rumi quatrain, #1243 Foruzanfar

Posted on April 10, 2013 by bill gannett

I whirl around you, the Sun, when I whirl And the drum-beat I play is eternal. When I sound the watch as guard on you roof, I tap out the time on Venus’ head of curls. گر چرخ زنم گرد … Continue reading →

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Ghazal #51 from Ghazals For The Friend, by Bill Gannett

Posted on April 8, 2013 by bill gannett

Hanuman, the courageous Mind, says Ram, Ram, Ram; All of his fantastic wit and strength is from love’s charm! The Monkey God makes us all look like stupid fools, Even if we have advanced degrees from the best schools. He … Continue reading →

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Ghazal #75 from Ghazals For The Friend, by Bill Gannett

Posted on April 1, 2013 by bill gannett

This poet cries out with praise the love of Hafezian Rendi: To seize the day with an unabashed joy like a malamati! We have no problem with wild and drunken, naked riot; Our playful Beloved is pure and chaste, sober … Continue reading →

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Dark is the night until your rising face

Posted on March 29, 2013 by bill gannett

Dark is the night until your rising face Dispels this blackness with your joyous grace. Long have we waited for you as the stars Wheel by, at last your rosy cheeks to kiss.

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Rumi quatrain #1480, Foruzanfar

Posted on March 25, 2013 by bill gannett

So much violence and stupidity have been born from me, No heart has been happy for a moment because of me. I demand justice, but what villainy comes out of me; My cry is for all, but their outcry is … Continue reading →

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