![Hafiz: Ghazal 14 {Pillow of Stone]](https://alisalami.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/hafiz-300x200.jpg)
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
Who shall carry this petition to the court of the sovereign of all graces? Let not the monarch in his splendor neglect the humble, whose gratitude elevates the throne. I
O gentle breath of dawn, whisper in the ear of the graceful hind: It is you who have led us into the wilderness and into the open country to wander!
![Forough Farrokhzad: Only the Voice Remains [Tanha Sedast I Mimanad]](https://alisalami.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/The-Sin-Gonah-by-Forough-Farrokhzad-2.jpeg)
Why should I stop, why When birds have flown in search of the azure realm, The horizon is vertical, The horizon is vertical and movement is effervescent, And within the
Hafiz’s Ghazal 5: The Love of Fortune The heart slips away from me, O guardians of souls, for the love of God, lend your helping hand. Alas, the hidden ailment
![Rumi: Ghazal 28 [The Color of God]](https://alisalami.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Rumi-300x200.jpg)
Rumi’s Ghazal 1187: In the Realm of Love Your love arrived later yet surpasses those before, exceeding previous passions; God decreed, “Those who come later will advance further.” Its seal
Rumi: Ghazal 1374 O lovers, O lovers, hear me, I have the power to transmute mere earth into precious jewels. O minstrels, O minstrels, I shall fill your tambourines with
What a miracle: we are in the fall, and the sun has entered the sign of Aries. My blood begins to boil in the flow of my body like a
Gholam-Hossein Sa’edi: The Garbage Dump [Ashghaldouni] When we turned into the next alley, I was completely irritated and angry. My anger at my father had reached boiling point and I
