Drunk on the Wine of the Beloved: Poems of Hafiz

132 Pages·2001·24.62 MB·English

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Translations by Thomas Rain Crowe
Shambhala
Boston O London
2001
Shambhala Publications, Inc.
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©2001 byThomas Rain Crowe
Some ofthe poems in this collection firstappeared in the followingpublications: Nexus
vols. 20 (Fall 1994), 32 (Fall 1997): Oxygen; InternationalPoetryReview; and WPJournal
(Ireland). The followingpoems appeared originally in In Winesellers Street, published
byIbex Publishers (Bethesda, Md., 1998, isbn 0-936347-67-8), and are reprinted byper-
mission: O Pilgrim, O Preacher, The Monks in the Monaster}', No Guarantees,
Nothing, and The Essence ofGrace.
The frontispiece (page ii) is ghazal 22 in Farsi. From Mehdi Nakosteen,
The GhazaliyyatofHaafezofShiraz (Boulder: Este Es press, 1973), page 68.
Thomas Growe's translation appears underthe title 'Tve Said It Before
and I'll SayItAgain."
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library of congress cataloging-in-publication data
Hafiz, 14th cent.
[Divan. English. Selections]
tDrraunsnlkatoionnsthbeywTihnoemoafsthReaibnelGorvoewde:.1—001sptoeed.ms ofHafiz /
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 1-57062-853-x (pbk.)
I. Growe, Thomas Rain. II. Title.
PK6465.Z31 C7613 2001
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To my mother and father: the beloved

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Acknowledgments xi
Introduction xiii
Wine and Love, by Meher Baba xix
Look at This Beauty i
Pilgrim 2
Writing in Code 3
A Bucket ofWine 4
Half-Hearted Hugs 5
1 Heard the Rumor 6
The Gambler 7
Preacher 8
Worthless 9
I've Got Everything 1 Need 10
1 Said 11
Listen to My Pen's Ad\ice 12
There Is Nothing in This Well but Wind 13
Let Me Tell You the Truth 14
Learning How to Fly 15
Paradise Face 16
Contents
I've Said It Before and Fll Say ItAgain 17
In the School ofTruth 18
I Have Become Famous 19
No Rosar)' or Holy Coat 20
The Monks in the Monastery 21
Plant the Tree ofFriendship 22
The Only Dervish in the World Who Can't Dance 23
Finish This Poem 24
These Ghazals 25
Like the Morning Breeze 26
Even the Wealthy Read My Verse 27
The Rose 28
Good News! 29
Good Wine Good Company
Is 30
Hoping Beyond Hope
31
The Great Forgetter 32
Begging at the Winehouse Door 33
It Is Time to Wake Up! 34
Come Back! 35
The Letter 36
Bound to Karma 37
Practice WhatYou Preach 38
This Cup ofWine Is Like Christ 39
Our Weeping Has Created Oceans 40
The Chessboard ofLovers 41
Look at This 42
Between Two Rivers 43
Bad News 44
River ofWine 45
No Guarantees 46
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