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Dear Friend
Hafiz, the great 14th century Sufi poet saint, is having a powerful impact on the West, opening the hearts of countless souls to the Divine. This isn't a new effect, but a widening one. In the 19th century Goethe, Emerson and others found inspiration in Hafiz's incomparable poetry. Goethe even wrote a poem addressed to Hafiz.
The translator, Daniel Ladinsky, has the expansive heart, superb mind and spiritual freedom required to render Hafiz's poems into English. I am very grateful for the volumes of Hafiz's works that he has made available to us all. Here are a couple of selections from his collections titled The Gift
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The Gift
Translations by Daniel Ladinsky
WHAT THE HELL
The
Real love
I always keep a secret.
All my words
Are sung outside Her window,
For when She lets me in
I take a thousand oaths of silence.
But, Then She says, O, then God says, "What the hell, Hafiz, Why not give the whole world My Address"
THE GREAT RELIGIONS
The
Great religions are the
Ships,
Poets the life
Boats.
Every sane person I know has jumped
Overboard.
That's good for business
Isn't it
Hafiz?
I AM A HOLE IN A FLUTE
I am
A hole in a flute
That Christ's breath moves through -
Listen to this
Music.
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