Khmetic Lioness's Page

Below is a poem from “A Year with Hafiz”, translated by Daniel Ladinsky.  Hafiz (given name:  Shams-ud-din Mohammad) was a Persian poet living c. 1320-1389.  Hafiz was a Sufi Muslim and he is considered the most loved poet of Persians.  My husband and I read out loud one of Hafiz’s poems everyday with our morning coffee.  The poem for November 22^nd and 23^rd really resonates with both of us.  Substitute “Her” for “Him” if you wish, and “Christ” in my view, is the Divine…