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I've heard a sweet saying that the old man of Canaan spoke: Ghazal 88 by Hafez Shirazi
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I've heard a sweet saying that the old man of Canaan spoke:
The separation from a lover is not something that can be explained.
The preacher's tale of the Day of Judgment
Is a metaphor for the days of separation.
From whom should I ask for news of my traveling lover?
For whatever the messenger of the morning breeze has said, he has said in confusion.
Alas, that unkind, moon-faced lover
How easily she spoke of leaving her companions.
I and the state of contentment after this, and thanks to the rival,
Whose heart became accustomed to your pain and said to forget the cure.
Drown your old sorrow in aged wine,
For the old farmer said, "This is the seed of happiness."
Don't tie a knot to the wind, even if it fulfills your desire,
For this saying was metaphorically spoken to Solomon by the wind.
Don't hurry on the path that your destiny allows,
Who told you that this old man said to let go of his hands?
Don't ask why, for the accepting servant
Accepted in his heart every word that his beloved said.
Who said that Hafez returned from thinking of you?
I haven't said that; whoever said it, spoke a lie.