Hafiz: A HARD DECREE

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LAST

Night


God
Posted
On the Tavern Wall

A Hard Decree for all of Love's Inmates:

(Which read:)


If your heart cannot find a joyful work


The jaws of this world
will probably

GRAB hold of your

Sweet
Ass.


(Slightly modified from Daniel Ladinsky's "The Gift Poems by Hafiz the Great Sufi Master.")

Comments

Sure.

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But, as this is a repost from a book, I have no copyright over it. And as the original was written in the 1300's in Shiraz, as a ghazal, or love poem, so was in Farsi (or its medieval equivalent) and quite probably sung. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazal
Some examples: http://www.thesongsofhafiz.com/

I saw a tadpole skim away in a pond
Reaching in, a whale was in my hand's bond
Grabbing on, we were pulled into beyond
Moon, Light and the State of Being Blonde!