Friday, December 23, 2011

Off The Beaten Track: A Poem By Hafez


The small man
Builds cages for everyone
He
Knows.

While the sage,
Who has to duck his head
When the moon is low,
Keeps dropping keys all night long
For the
Beautiful
Rowdy
Prisoners.

~ Hafez

(Translated by Daniel Ladinsky)
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3 comments:

  1. Patricia WintonDecember 23, 2011 at 10:38 AM

    Beautiful! And the accompanying photograph is splendid.

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  2. MariannaDecember 23, 2011 at 12:39 PM

    Very nice, thanks

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 11, 2012 at 1:02 PM

    Thank you for this poem translated by Daniel Landinsky.

    Can you tell me the origin of the photograph?

    Thank you.

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