Guest guest Posted July 22, 2009 Report Share Posted July 22, 2009 --- Here's your Daily Poem from the Poetry Chaikhana -- FROM IVAN GRANGER A New World By Hafiz(1320 - 1389) English version by Haleh Pourafzal and Roger Montgomery Let's offer flowers, pour a cup of libation, split open the skies and start anew on creation.If the forces of grief invade our lovers' veins, cupbearer and I will wash away this temptation.With rose water we'll mellow crimson wine's bitter cup; we'll sugar the fire to sweeten smoke's emanation.Take this fine lyre, musician, strike up a love song; let's dance, sing all night, go wild in celebration.As dust, O West Wind, let us rise to the Heavens, floating free in Creator's glow of elation.If mind desires to return while heart cries to stay, here's a quarrel for love's deliberation.Alas, these words and songs go for naught in this land; come, Hafez, let's create a new generation. -- from The Spiritual Wisdom of Hafez: Teachings of the Philosopher of Love, by Haleh Pourafzal / Roger Montgomery Amazon.com / Photo by Paul Keller - A new generation at the Tomb of Hafez / ============ Thought for the Day: Knowledge is not the accumulation of dataor the formulation of thought.True knowledge is to mergewith the living field of knowing itself. ============ Here's your Daily Music selection -- Kaymi Donde se Oculta el Alma Listen / Purchase More Music Selections Hi Alan -It's been far too long since we last had a selection by Hafiz, so today.... A New World.split open the skies and start anew on creation.The lines of this poem read like lovely poetic embellishments, but there is more going on here than ecstatic wordplay. Beneath the poetry, Hafiz is using precise esoteric language. The "rose" of the rose water. A "fire" that is also sweet. Becoming as egoless as dust before the West Wind.... Meanings to contemplate and explore within.If mind desires to return while heart cries to stay, here's a quarrel for love's deliberation.I particularly like these lines. The "mind" Hafiz is talking about is the conceptualizing, projecting mind. It is this mind that must be absent (or stilled) before we can see reality directly. When we do this, our sense of self shifts. We no longer imagine ourselves to be the little ego, we find ourselves centered deeply at home within the heart. For the first time we fully recognize the heart as being present.But -- if the mind desires to return once we have discovered the presence of the heart, well, that's a dilemma... "a quarrel of love's deliberation."come, Hafez, let's create a new generation.IvanTech Problems SolvedA few technical glitches have held up today's email. If you're actually reading this email, I guess they're solved now. A few of you may have received a duplicate email -- that shouldn't happen in the future.No poem this FridayI wanted to let you know in advance that I won't be sending out a poem this Friday. The next poem email will be next week. I guess that means you should start enjoying your weekend now... :-) Support the Poetry Chaikhana Donations to the Poetry Chaikhana in any amount are always welcome. Thank you! Click here You can also support the Poetry Chaikhana, as well as the authors and publishers of sacred poetry, by purchasing some of the recommended books through the links on this site. Thank you! Click here A small amount each month makes a big difference. Become a voluntary Subscriber for just $2/mo. Click here Help the Poetry Chaikhana reach more people. Become a Supporter for just $10/mo. Poetry Chaikhana HomeNew | Books | Music | Teahouse | About | ContactPoets by: Name| Tradition | Timeline Poetry by: Theme | CommentaryBlog | Forum | Facebook | Twitter www.Poetry-Chaikhana.com Poetry ChaikhanaP.O. Box 2320Boulder, CO 80306 Ivan M. Granger's original poetry, stories and commentaries are 2002 - 2008 by Ivan M. Granger.All other material is copyrighted by the respective authors, translators and/or publishers. ============ Plain Text: If you have any difficulty reading this HTML formatted email, please let me know and I can send you plain text emails instead. Cancelling: If you wish to stop receiving this Daily Poem email from the Poetry Chaikhana, simply reply to this email and change the Subject to "Cancel". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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