Translating Hafiz…

Posted on January 27, 2015 by admin

Visiting Hafiz in Iran (Photo: Emily O'Dell)

My Iranian friends and I enjoy trading medieval Persian verses penned by mystic masters like Rumi, Hafiz, and Sa’di. This week, we looked at a beautiful poem by Hafiz, which included the following lines:

Tell stories about the musician and wine,
and don’t ask much about the mystery of the universe–
because no one has solved, or ever will solve,
this puzzle by knowledge…

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