Drunk on the Wine of the Beloved: Poems of Hafiz

Hafiz

Drunk on the Wine of the Beloved: Poems of Hafiz
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Shambhala Publications Inc
Country
United States
Published
14 August 2001
Pages
128
ISBN
9781570628535

Drunk on the Wine of the Beloved: Poems of Hafiz

Hafiz

The Persian Sufi poet Hafiz (1326 1390) is a towering figure in Islamic literature-and in spiritual attainment as well. Known for his profound mystical wisdom combined with a sublime sensuousness, Hafiz was the supreme master of a poetic form known as the ghazal (pronounced guzzle ), an ode or song consisting of rhymed couplets celebrating divine love. In this selection of his poems, wine and the intoxication it brings are the image that expresses this love in all its joyful abandon, painful longing, bewilderment, and surrender. Through ninety-five free-verse renditions, we gain entry into the mystical world of Hafiz’s Winehouse, with its happy minstrels, its bewitching Winebringer, and its companions in drunken longing whose hearts cry out, More wine! Thomas Rain Crowe brings a new dimension to our growing appreciation of Hafiz and his wise drunkard’s advice to the seekers of God-

In this world of illusion, take nothing other than this cup of wine;
n this playhouse, don’t play any games but love.

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