The Soul’s Dilemma Once again, each day, I travel the path of your love Every night without fail I mourn your absence anew. My soul lacks the courage to love one such as you- and my heart lacks the strength to abandon you too -‘Attar From Love’s Alchemy: Poems from the Sufi Tradition. New World…
Songs from Andalus
Fado: Casa de Fados (from Carlos Saura’s film Fados) Lyrics (from the film’s subtitles): First singer: A lost friendship can never return It’s a forged firendship That jokingly comes and goes It’s a forged friendship that jokingly comes and goes No one gives a thing If behind that gesture there is no value Only a…
Hafez- “For years my heart asked of me” Ghazal 143
One of my favorite poems from my favorite poet, rendered into excellent English verse-quite a feat. سالها دل طلب جام جم از ما می کرد آنچه خود داشت ز بیگانه تمنا می کرد “For years my heart inquired of me‚” BY HAFEZ TRANSLATED BY DICK DAVIS Read the translator’s notes For years my heart inquired of…
Hafez- “I said I suffer for you” “گفتم غم تو دارم”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz2peA7LFC4 I said, “I suffer because of you.” She said, “Your suffering will end.” I said, “Become my moon.” She said, “If it comes to pass.” I said, “From lovers learn the custom of loyalty.” She said, “Among the moon-faced ones this is rarely found.” I said, “I will barricade your image…
Hafez comes to life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUhaF1JI5r8 English version: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xfgfaq_tongue-of-the-hidden-ten-poems-from-hafez_creation#.UTJYw1qc70g The Peacock Until your hair falls through the fingers of the breeze My yearning heart lies torn apart with grief Black as sorcery, your magic eyes Render this existence an illusion The dusky mole encircled by your curls Is like the ink-drop falling in the curve of the…
Love in a gif
a picture is worth a thousand words, and a gif like this is worth a poem….
Dark Night of the Soul -St. John of the Cross
La Noche Oscura Del Alma San Juan De La Cruz Cançiones del alma que se goça d’auer llegado al alto estado de la perfecçion, que es la union con Dios, por el camino de la negaçion espiritual En una noche obscura, con ansias en amores imflamada, ¡oh dichosa uentura! sali sin ser notada, estando ya…