{"id":2997,"date":"2019-03-11T08:18:42","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T13:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/?p=2997"},"modified":"2023-04-27T13:37:28","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T18:37:28","slug":"thank-god-the-tavern-is-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2019\/03\/11\/thank-god-the-tavern-is-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Thank God the tavern is open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>One of Hafez&#8217;s most musical and delightful ghazals:<\/p>\n<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\/kVnjhdlGiAg?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<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Translation:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h6>Thank God the tavern door is finally open<\/h6>\n<h6>for I&#8217;ve pressed my face to its door in need<\/h6>\n<h6>The wine vats are gushing and roaring drunk<\/h6>\n<h6>And that wine here is real and not metaphorical<\/h6>\n<h6>He is all drunkenness, pride, and arrogance<\/h6>\n<h6>we are all desperation, weakness, and need<\/h6>\n<h6>The secret I never told the stranger and never will<\/h6>\n<h6>I&#8217;ll tell the friend, for he is secrets&#8217; intimate<\/h6>\n<h6>The description of the wavy curls of his locks<\/h6>\n<h6>cannot be made short, for it is a long story<\/h6>\n<h6>It is the burden of Majnun&#8217;s heart and Layla&#8217;s curved tress<\/h6>\n<h6>It is Mahmud&#8217;s face and the sole of Ayaz&#8217;s foot<\/h6>\n<h6>Like the hawk, I&#8217;ve closed my eyes to the whole world<\/h6>\n<h6>since I opened them to your beautiful face<\/h6>\n<h6>Whoever enters the Ka&#8217;aba of your street<\/h6>\n<h6>stands in prayer before the qibla of your eyebrow<\/h6>\n<h6>O people of the assembly, about the agony of poor Hafez&#8217;s heart<\/h6>\n<h6>ask the candle which is burning and melting&#8230;<\/h6>\n<p>(modified from Reza Saberi&#8217;s translation in The Divan of Hafez, p. 51)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<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\/dkbSXIgE-7U?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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; 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