Hafiz: Ghazal 10 [Ecstasy Of Soul] - Ali Salami

Hafiz: Ghazal 14 [Beds of Thorns]

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To my dear heart I thus did say, “O queen of radiant mien, Extend, I pray, thy grace to me, a soul by fortune seen.” But she, in tones both clear and keen, did thus to me relay, “He wanders lost, who obeys heart’s whims, and from wisdom does stray.” “Stay thee a moment, […]

Hafiz: Ghazal 10 [Ecstasy of Soul]

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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 Pir straying to the tavern; how then shall we turn our gaze towards the sacred direction in prayer? Let us then claim sanctuary amidst the […]