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On Oct. 6, 2024, 6:53 p.m. hamed:

@hamed Oct. 6, 2024, 6:53 p.m.

New Ghazal Posted: Gemini has set its scales opposite me this morning, Ghazal 329 by Hafez

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Gemini has set its scales opposite me this morning
Meaning I am the king's servant and I swear allegiance.

O cupbearer, come, for with the help of a fortunate destiny
The wish I asked of God has been fulfilled.

Give me a cup so that once again, with joy in the king's face
An old head holds youthful desires.

Do not prevent me from describing the clear waters of Khizr, for I
Have drunk from the king's cup, a sip from the Pool of Abundance.

O king, if you raise me to the throne of favor
I am still your servant and a humble one at that.

I have been a drinker at your feast for a thousand years
How can my accustomed nature abandon the drinking?

If you do not believe this tale from your servant
Bring proof from Kamal's words.

If I turn my heart from you and take my love away
Where shall I cast that love? Where shall I take that heart?

Mansur ibn Muzaffar al-Ghazi is my talisman
And by this auspicious name, I am victorious over my enemies.

My primal covenant was with the love of the king
And I will pass through the highway of life with this covenant.

When the heavens have ordered the Pleiades in the king's name
Why should I not order pearls? Am I less than that?

Like a falcon, I have tasted prey from the king's hand
When will there be attention paid to my pigeon-like prey?

O lion-capturing king, what will be lost if
The realm of tranquility is made possible for me in your shadow?

My poem, thanks to your praise, has opened a hundred kingdoms of the heart
It is as if your sword is my tongue.

If I pass by a garden like the morning breeze
I have no desire for the cypress of love or the pine.

I would hear your scent and remembering your face
The revelers would give me a couple of draughts.

Drunkenness from a couple of grapes is not my state
I am an aged old man, nurtured by the tavern.