Don't surrender your loneliness
So quickly.
Let it cut more deep.
Let it ferment and season you
As few human
Or even divine ingredients can.
Something missing in my heart tonight
Has made my eyes so soft,
My voice
So tender,
My need of God
Absolutely
Clear.
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From guest Chekesha Mwangi (contact)
I have this very Ghazal posted on my refrigerator...it reminds me to meditate as much as possible and nothing of this world can soothe the cry of the soul, but mystical love. That we must come to God's door alone . We must make the place of our heart a place were he alone can enter. -
I ran into the writings of Hafiz through another book and wanted to read more of his work. This is very personal and profound. Love the "let it ferment and season you". I have to read more
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From guest Kris (contact)
I was in great pain when I found this poem sitting on a friend's table and it knocked me back. I was about to surrender my loneliness to family, friends, a movie, a sandwich, or a good book. It took faith let god get me through the tears. -
I appreciated this piece a bit differently than others it seems...I felt there was a clear message of the loneliness for God being the whole point. There are times when those who believe in God 'feel' that He is not with them. It is a purely human reaction, for He Is always and everywhere, but we 'feel' this loneliness quite deeply if we believe. This time others have called a dryness of soul, or dark night of the soul. This tempers the heart, making one a more tender and loving and accepting person. Well, this was my own sense of Hafiz's words here expressed. This is a wonderful example of how poetry touches individuals with more than just the authors intent when writing...Peace, Rhonda
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Loneliness can be a vital door to strengthening of faith and enlightenment. When one feels lonely, helpless, one is inclined to turn towards something greater than hmself, and that can be a blessing in disguide. Hafiz, truly, is a great thinker.
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this is a wonderful poem by one of the great mystics, but this translation is NOT, as far as i know, in the public domain. it's by daniel ladinsky and appears in two of his books ("the subject tonight is love" and "i heard god laughing").
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very great
Hafiz is considered to be the one who had a good prediction power. His poetry is also called as “Lisan-e-Ghaib” which means the language of mystery. I well compose some of his more greate Ghazals in to English for public at large -
"Don't surrender your loneliness
So quickly.
Let it cut more deep.
Let it ferment and season you
As few human
Or even divine ingredients can.
Something missing in my heart tonight
Has made my eyes so soft,
My voice
So tender,
My need of God
Absolutely
Clear."
good heavens. this man is dumbfounding! i have nothing more to say. -
Hazarat Khawaja Shamas-ud-din Muhammad Hafiz Shirazi is one of the greatest Persian poets my God bless all those who love him. He has a striking command over all versions of love & divinity
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Interesting
Don't surrender your loneliness
So quickly.
Let it cut more deep.
- Savor your emotions. Learn from them, it brings wisdom.
Let it ferment and season you
As few human
Or even divine ingredients can.
- Your emotions teach more than friends or Gods.
Something missing in my heart tonight
Has made my eyes so soft,
My voice
So tender,
- The mental anguish (or state) which is directly linked to the physical body. I am in mental pain and my body reacts.
My need of God
Absolutely
Clear.
- Interesting to end this way as the second stanza wrote that emotions season better than devine ingredients.
Lots to think about here.
John -
I liked this, till those last three lines. Nothing wrong with God, or believing in him, don't get me wrong, but those three ending lines just didn't feel as intense as the rest of the poem. The ending a bit cliche in my opinion. I do find Hafiz interesting and hope to see some more of his writing soon...
err or HER writing. need to go read bio now
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