The Poetry Of Khwaja Muhammad Hafez-e Sirazi

Do Not Sink Into Sadness..



The grieving chest will find honey;

Do not let the heart rot.

The manic hysterical head will find peace;

Do not sink into sadness.



If the way the Milky Way revolves,

ignores your desires for one or two times,

do not sink into sadness :

all turning goes as it will.



Do not sink into sadness,

even though the mysteries of the other world

slip past you entirely.

There are plays within plays

that you cannot see.



When you are lost in the desert,

full of longing for the Kaaba,

and the Arabian thornbush pierces your feet,

do not sink into sadness.



Although the way station you want to reach

is dangerous

and the goal distant,

do not sink into sadness :

All roads do have an answer.





~ Hafez (1315 ~ 1390)






( Will write in detail about the poetry of Hafez a little later.. Not in a mood now..)