{"id":110,"date":"2010-07-28T11:33:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-28T11:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factualfiction.com\/lighthouse\/2010\/07\/28\/role-model-to-superheroes-hafez-khwaja-samsu-d-din-mu%e1%b8%a5ammad-hafez-e-sirazi-persian-%d8%ae%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%ac%d9%87-%d8%b4%d9%85%d8%b3%e2%80%8c%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%af%db%8c%d9%86-%d9%85%d8%ad\/"},"modified":"2013-06-29T15:32:11","modified_gmt":"2013-06-29T19:32:11","slug":"role-model-to-superheroes-hafez-khwaja-samsu-d-din-mu%e1%b8%a5ammad-hafez-e-sirazi-persian-%d8%ae%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%ac%d9%87-%d8%b4%d9%85%d8%b3%e2%80%8c%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%af%db%8c%d9%86-%d9%85%d8%ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/factualfiction.com\/lighthouse\/2010\/07\/28\/role-model-to-superheroes-hafez-khwaja-samsu-d-din-mu%e1%b8%a5ammad-hafez-e-sirazi-persian-%d8%ae%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%ac%d9%87-%d8%b4%d9%85%d8%b3%e2%80%8c%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%af%db%8c%d9%86-%d9%85%d8%ad\/","title":{"rendered":"Role Model to Superheroes: Hafez (Khw\u0101ja \u0160amsu d-D\u012bn Mu\u1e25ammad H\u0101fez-e \u0160\u012br\u0101z\u012b, Persian: \u062e\u0648\u0627\u062c\u0647 \u0634\u0645\u0633\u200c\u0627\u0644\u062f\u06cc\u0646 \u0645\u062d\u0645\u062f \u062d\u0627\u0641\u0638 \u0634\u06cc\u0631\u0627\u0632\u06cc)"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n
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<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
IMAGINATION DOES NOT EXIST<\/span><\/div>\n
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\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
You should come close to me tonight wayfarer<\/span><\/div>\n
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For I will be celebrating you.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Your beauty still causes me madness,<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Keeps the neighbors complaining<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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When I start shouting in the middle of the night<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Because I can’t bear all this joy.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
I will be giving birth to suns.<\/span><\/div>\n
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I will be holding forests upside down<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Gently shaking soft animals from trees and burrows<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Into my lap.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
What you conceive as imagination<\/span><\/div>\n
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Does not exist for me.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Whatever you can do in a dream\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Or on your mind-canvas<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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My hands can pull — alive — from my coat pocket.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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But let’s not talk about my divine world,<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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For what I most want to know\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Tonight is:<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
All about\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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You.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
“Imagination Does Not Exist,” by Hafez, translated by Daniel Ladinsky.<\/span><\/span>
\u00a0published in a book titled, “<\/span><\/span>The Gift<\/span><\/span><\/a>\"\"” (Penguin Compass, 1999).<\/span><\/span>

<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\"\"<\/a><\/div>\n
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\n
\n
\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The
<\/span>Great religions are the
Ships,
Poets the life
Boats.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Every sane person I know has jumped<\/span><\/div>\n
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Overboard.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
That is good for business<\/span><\/div>\n
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Isn’t it<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Hafez?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“The Great Religions,” modern renderings of Hafez’s sentiments by Daniel Ladinsky,<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\u00a0published in a book titled, “<\/span><\/span><\/span>The Gift<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span>\"\"” (Penguin Compass, 1999).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/div>\n
Described by Emerson as the “poet’s poet.” Translated by Goethe, adored by Thoreau.\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/div>\n

Although Hafez was not much acclaimed in his own day and often exposed to the reproaches of orthodoxy, he greatly influenced subsequent Persian poets and has become the most beloved poet of Persian culture. It is said that if there is one book in a house where Persian is spoken, it will be the D\u012bw\u0101n of H\u0101fez.<\/p>\n

His collected works (Divan) are to be found in the homes of most Iranians, who learn his poems by heart and use them as proverbs and sayings to this day. His life and poems have been the subject of much analysis, commentary and interpretation, and have influenced post-Fourteenth Century Persian writing more than any other author.<\/p>\n

Though H\u0101fez\u2019s poetry is influenced by Islam, he is widely respected by Hindus, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, and others. The Indian sage of Iranian descent Meher Baba, who syncretized elements of Sufism, Hinduism, Zoroastrianism and Christian mysticism, recited H\u0101fez’s poetry until his dying day. October 12 is celebrated as Hafez Day in Iran. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\n
\n
\u00a0<\/div>\n
What<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
Do sad people have in\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Common?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
It seems<\/span><\/div>\n
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They have all built a shrine<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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To the past<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
And often go there\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
And do a strange wail and<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
Worship.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

What is the beginning of\u00a0
Happiness?<\/p>\n

It is to stop being\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
So religious<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Like<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
That.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\u00a0<\/div>\n

“Stop Being So Religious,” by Hafez, translated by Daniel Ladinsky,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>published in a book titled, “The Gift<\/a>\"\"” (Penguin Compass, 1999).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hafez<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

IMAGINATION DOES NOT EXIST \u00a0 You should come close to me tonight wayfarer For I will be celebrating you. Your beauty still causes me madness, Keeps the neighbors complaining When I start shouting in the middle of the night Because I can’t bear all this joy. \u00a0 I will be giving birth to suns. I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry","category-role-model-to-superheroes"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/factualfiction.com\/lighthouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/factualfiction.com\/lighthouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/factualfiction.com\/lighthouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/factualfiction.com\/lighthouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/factualfiction.com\/lighthouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/factualfiction.com\/lighthouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":877,"href":"https:\/\/factualfiction.com\/lighthouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110\/revisions\/877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/factualfiction.com\/lighthouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/factualfiction.com\/lighthouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/factualfiction.com\/lighthouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}