{"id":541,"date":"2012-08-04T14:40:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-04T14:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factualfiction.com\/marsartists\/2012\/08\/04\/advanced-propulsion-from-a-14th-century-iranian\/"},"modified":"2013-06-30T19:49:37","modified_gmt":"2013-06-30T19:49:37","slug":"advanced-propulsion-from-a-14th-century-iranian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/factualfiction.com\/marsartists\/2012\/08\/04\/advanced-propulsion-from-a-14th-century-iranian\/","title":{"rendered":"Advanced Propulsion from a 14th Century Iranian"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Before reading this poem, it may help to know “green-hand Khezr” refers to a character in Islamic mythology, ‘a green man from beneath whose feet lush green plants would spring’… (<\/span>http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/<\/span>wiki\/Khidr<\/wbr><\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Ghazal 164:<\/span><\/p>\n

I see no love in anyone. Where have all the lovers gone?<\/span>
When did friendship come to an end? What made our friends pass on?<\/span>
Life’s water has blackened. Where is green-hand Khezr to deliver the land?<\/span>
The red has been bled from the rosebush. Where are the winds of spring and dawn?<\/span>
Now no one says: “our friends have a right to our support.” What happened<\/span>
To those who know what’s right? Where have the righteous lovers gone?<\/span>
For years not a single ruby has come from chivalry’s buried lode.<\/span>
Where are the strains of breeze and rain? Where is the beat of the sun?<\/span>
This was a city of lovers, once, this realm a land of kindness.<\/span>
When did kindness end? What toppled sweetness from the throne?<\/span>
The ball of gracious statesmanship rolls on an empty polo-field.<\/span>
No player dares strike it. What has brought our mounted champions down?<\/span>
A million roses bloomed, not one bird rose singing for them.<\/span>
What stopped a thousand nightengales? What happened to their sound?<\/span>
The spheres cannot sing. Has Venus herself incinerated her lute?<\/span>
No one can think of drinking. Where have the rowdy winelovers gone?<\/span>
Silence, Hafez! Nobody knows the secret turns of Heaven.<\/span>
Who is it you are asking “How has the wheel of fortune spun?”?<\/span><\/p>\n

Ghazal 164 – “Where Have All The Lovers Gone?” Translated by A.Z. Foreman<\/span><\/p>\n

Commentary by Foreman: “I like to think that this poem was written after the fall of the Inju dynasty, when the poet’s hometown of Shiraz came under the Muzaffarids and the wine-taverns were closed. The first Muzaffarid ruler Am\u012br Mub\u0101riz-al-D\u012bn executed Hafiz’ previous patron and ruled in a puritanical, pietistic and cruel manner that might best be described as “teetotalitarian.” In contrast to the freedom of the reign of the Injuids, the stifling religiosity of Mub\u0101riz-al-d\u012bn’s reign lead to the closing of wineshops, the curtailment of public singing and the enforcement of religious orthopraxy. It is a weirdly happy irony in the 21st century that Iran’s most famous poet seems to have hated the tyranny of a theocrat who attempted to legislate the people’s spiritual lives. “<\/span><\/p>\n

The Original:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Foreman’s remarkable blog:
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There’s been some flat out god awful poetry floating around – inflicted upon us – by sheer egoists with zero taste coupled with such narcissism it prohibits reflective self-improvement…if…you find yourself compelled to write poetry about space exploration, and, share it with others, at space events, in videos, for whatever reason – PLEASE – acquaint yourself with Hafez<\/span><\/a>. First. Please.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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