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Sufi / Muslim
14th Century

 

About Hafiz

Timeline (1320 - 1389)

 

 

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Translation by
Daniel Ladinsky

Original Language
Persian
Today

Themes
  Heart
  Lover and Beloved
 
 
 

 

Recommended Books

Drunk on the Wine of Beloved: 100 Poems of Hafiz, Thomas Rain Crowe
The Gift: Poems by Hafiz the Great Sufi Master, trans. Daniel Ladinsky
The Hafez Poems of Gertrude Bell: With the Original Persian on the Facing Page, Gertrude Bell
Hafez: Teachings of the Philosopher of Love, Haleh Pourafzal
The Hand of Poetry: Five Mystic Poets of Persia, with Lectures by Inayat Khan, trans. Coleman Barks

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I
Do not
Want to step so quickly
Over a beautiful line on God's palm
As I move through the earth's
Marketplace
Today.

I do not want to touch any object in this world
Without my eyes testifying to the truth
That everything is
My Beloved.

Something has happened
To my understanding of existence
That now makes my heart always full of wonder
And kindness.

I do not
Want to step so quickly
Over this sacred place on God's body
That is right beneath your
Own foot

As I
Dance with
Precious life
Today.

 

 

-- from The Gift: Poems by Hafiz the Great Sufi Master, trans. Daniel Ladinsky

 

 

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