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we call out your name as we lift the glass…
we call out your name as we lift the glass of desire; ages have past, but the heart does not burst into fire! speech cannot find the words to offer an excuse; the mind is too busy with the business … Continue reading
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ghazal #331 divan-e-hafez, khanlari
[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/44419585″ iframe=”true” /] When the image of your face passes the garden of the eye, The heart in search of a glance comes to the window of sight. Come, because to honor your arrival with gift I have moved … Continue reading
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ghazal #387 divan-e-hafez, khanlari
veil the rose faced mistress with musk of hyacinth; i mean- cover her cheeks, and destroy a world! awaken the languorous narcissus to play, and then have envy put her lively eye to sleep! fling the sweat from your face … Continue reading
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ghazal #446 divan-e-hafez, khanlari
Life has passed in earnest desire and barren outcome; O son, pass my cup of wine that you may attain wisdom! What sugar like souls have known contentment in this city- Royal falcons of the path come to this station … Continue reading
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Ghazal #154 Divan-e-Hafez, Khanlari
I and the denial of wine- whose story is this; do I really have such reason and contentedness? Day and night I have plundered piety with harp and daf; now my way is all peace and quiet- how is that? … Continue reading
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i raise my glass…
i raise my glass to the only divine lover; i drink to the dregs all the wine he offers. there is no taste i prefer to his presence; my eyes have no light save his effulgence! i have no motion … Continue reading
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the darkening blue of failing light…
the darkening blue of failing light brightens the mind- we lift our eyes to a beauty that doesn’t blind. the moon saves us from the wicked brilliance of day; our mood shifts to the muted light of shadow play. the … Continue reading
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he who seeks my pleasure…
he who seeks my pleasure, finds my divine treasure. such a thought is beyond the mind’s grasping nature! when the beloved speaks, angels and devils listen; man fumbles to compose his rational question. to please the beloved is hardly possible; … Continue reading
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a cold wind blows from the north…
[cincopa AYHA4e6tPQ82]a cold wind blows from the north with the scent of red rose, my heart cries out “saginaw” where raw spirit purely grows. the blushing faces of proud resistance in hostile land, stir my blood with the promise that … Continue reading
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The greatest story ever told is about power and gold
“The greatest story ever told” is about power and gold: early on church history put truth and beauty on hold. That Christ is son of man and woman is lovely in deed- Mary’s purity received Joseph’s immaculate seed! Christ’s greatest love … Continue reading
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