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| The GIFT: Poems by Hafiz |
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| jannah |
| 09/10/03 at 02:56:18 |
| [slm] Ok don't ask why but I bought a poetry book by Hafiz..(The Gift: Poems by Hafiz trans. Daniel Ladinsky) now i'm not really a poetry person but I thought I'd get into it.. but he's like wayyy on a different level with too many layers going on...on the surface it's like people love, but it's really about divine love and there's all these symbols that stand for other stuff.. it's like well too much for me i think...plus the translator is just funny sometimes i think he translates some old world things with some weird modern language with inherent western perspective and it just doesn't come across right... but just for u guys i saved a few of the least crazy ones....... [center] THE FOOUNDATION FOR GREATNESS Greatness Is always built upon this foundation The ability To appear, speak and act As the most Common Man. .......................... THAT SHAPES THE EYE Children Can easily open the Drawer That lets the spirit rise up and wear Its favorite costume of Mirth and laugher. When the mind is consumed with Remembrance of Him Something divine happens to the Heart That Shapes the hand and tongue And eye into The word Love. ........................ I RAIN I rain Because your meadows call For God. I weave light into words so that When your mind holds them Your eyes will relinquish their sadness, Turn bright, a little brighter, giving to us The way a candle does To the dark. I have wrapped my laughter like a birthday gift And left it beside your bed. I have planted the wisdom in my heart Next to every signpost in the sky. A wealthy man Often becomes eccentric, A divine crazed soul Is transformed into infinite generosity Tying gold sacks of gratuity To the dangling feet of moons, planets, ecstatic Midair dervishes, and singing birds. I speak Because every cell in your body Is reaching out For God. ...................... THE GIFT Our Union is like this: You feel cold So I reach for a blanket to cover Our shivering feet. A hunger comes into your body So I run to my garden And start digging potatoes. You ask for a few words of comfort and guidance, I quickly kneel at your side offering you This whole book -- as a gift. You ache with loneliness one night So much you weep And I say, Here's a rope, Tie it around me, Hafiz Will be your companion For life. [/center] |
| 09/10/03 at 03:57:56 |
| jannah |
| Re: The GIFT: Poems by Hafiz |
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| knowledge_seeker |
| 09/10/03 at 05:33:21 |
| [slm] There is a Hafiz poem I absolutely love but I can't find it anywhere!! :( Instead I share this with you:- Last Night's Storm Last night's storm was a journey to the Beloved. I surrender to that, the wind that is my Friend, and my work. Each night, the lightning flashes. Every morning, a breeze. Not in some protected place, but in the flood of the heart's pumping, in the wind of a rosebud's opening out, that puts a small crown on each narcissus. A tired hand collapses, exhausted, that in the morning holds your hair again. Peace comes when we are friends together, remembering. Hafiz! Your honest desire and your benevolence free the soul to emerge as what it is. From: 'The Hand of Poetry' Trans. Inayat Khan/Coleman Barks |
| Re: The GIFT: Poems by Hafiz |
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| se7en |
| 09/11/03 at 03:37:03 |
| as salaamu alaykum wa rahmatullah, :o subhanAllah.. I never thought I would see the day jannah appreciates the works of Hafiz... what next, bhaloo posting Rumi? ;) |
| 09/11/03 at 03:39:24 |
| se7en |
| Re: The GIFT: Poems by Hafiz |
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| jannah |
| 09/16/03 at 01:30:15 |
| scary ain't it !! i'm not into all of Hafiz's Allah anthropomorphism but i know it's al metaphorical and beyond the literal so takes some time get used to.. but still kinda weird... but still i found a few really nice one's... [center] THE BODY IS A TREE The body a tree. God a wind. When He moves me like this, Like this, Angels bump heads with each other Gathering beneath my cheeks, Holding their wine barrels Catching the brilliant tear, Pearl Rain. [/center] |
| 09/16/03 at 01:34:21 |
| jannah |
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