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Rumi: Ghazal 28 [The Color of God]
Rumi

Rumi: Ghazal 1317 [Weeping Eye]

Behold, the mock sovereign strides with pomp and steed, Laden and ponderous, in his gilded garment indeed. He spurns death and asks: “Whence comes destiny?” Death answers from all sides:

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Hafiz: Ghazal 14 {Pillow of Stone]
Hafiz

Hafiz: Ghazal 10 [Ecstasy of Soul]

Last eve, our spiritual Pir did voyage from sacred mosque to worldly tavern. Brethren, what course now shall we chart? What action shall we take? We, the acolytes, find our

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Hafiz: Ghazal 14 {Pillow of Stone]
Hafiz

Hafiz: Ghazal 8 [Saki, Arise]

Saki, arise… fill the goblet, present it. Bury the sorrows of the world beneath the earth! Hand me the wine cup so I might cast off this sky-colored cloak upon

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Hafiz: Ghazal 14 {Pillow of Stone]
Hafiz

Hafiz: Ghazal 3 [Speak Now of Music]

Should Shiraz’s fair, our humble love requite, And in her grace, our hearts’ affections light, For but the mole upon her cheek so bright, We’d yield Samarkand and Bukhara outright.

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Rumi: Ghazal 28 [The Color of God]
Rumi

Rumi: Ghazal 189 [Dance, Dance]

For sooth, the spring hath souls anew arrayed, Dance now, O branch, in tender verdure’s shade. As Joseph’s trek did sweeten Egypt’s glade, Begin thy dance, let joyfulness not fade.

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