{"id":107,"date":"2012-05-05T18:30:16","date_gmt":"2012-05-05T23:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/?p=107"},"modified":"2013-03-13T02:41:33","modified_gmt":"2013-03-13T07:41:33","slug":"hafez-comes-to-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2012\/05\/05\/hafez-comes-to-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Hafez comes to life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PUhaF1JI5r8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<h6>English version:<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/video\/xfgfaq_tongue-of-the-hidden-ten-poems-from-hafez_creation#.UTJYw1qc70g<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6><strong>The Peacock<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>Until your hair falls through the fingers of the breeze<\/h6>\n<h6>My yearning heart lies torn apart with grief<\/h6>\n<h6>\u00a0Black as sorcery, your magic eyes<\/h6>\n<h6>Render this existence an illusion<\/h6>\n<h6>\u00a0The dusky mole encircled by your curls<\/h6>\n<h6>Is like the ink-drop falling in the curve of the jeem (\u062c)<\/h6>\n<h6>\u00a0And wafting tresses in the perfect garden of your face,<\/h6>\n<h6>Drop like a peacock falling into paradise<\/h6>\n<h6>My soul searches for the comfort of a glance<\/h6>\n<h6>Light as the dust arising from your path<\/h6>\n<h6>Unlike the dust, this earthly body stumbles,<\/h6>\n<h6>Falling at your threshold, falling fast<\/h6>\n<h6>Your shadow falls across my frame<\/h6>\n<h6>Like the breath of Jesus over withered bones<\/h6>\n<h6>And those who turn to the Ka&#8217;aba as their sanctuary<\/h6>\n<h6>Now with the knowledge of your lips, tumble at the tavern door<\/h6>\n<h6>\u00a0O precious love, the suffering of your absence and lost Hafez<\/h6>\n<h6>Fell and fused together with the ancient past<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6><strong>The Fish<\/strong><\/h6>\n<h6>When my beloved offers the cup<\/h6>\n<h6>Graven idols are crushed<\/h6>\n<h6>\u00a0And those who gaze into that intoxicating eye<\/h6>\n<h6>Cry out for the police<\/h6>\n<h6>\u00a0I plunge into the ocean like a fish<\/h6>\n<h6>Craving the beloved&#8217;s hook<\/h6>\n<h6>\u00a0I fall pleading at those feet<\/h6>\n<h6>In hope of a helping hand.<\/h6>\n<h6>\u00a0Happy is the heart who like Hafez<\/h6>\n<h6>Is drunk with the wine of pre-eternity<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>modified from Jila Peacock&#8217;s Ten Poems form Hafez. 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