08.15.06
School of Truth
Here is some Hafiz (mystic/poet) for you people.
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School of Truth
O fool, do something, so you won’t just stand there looking dumb.
If you are not traveling and on the road, how can you call yourself a guide?
In the School of Truth, one sits at the feet of the Master of Love.
So listen, son, so that one day you may be an old father, too!
All this eating and sleeping has made you ignorant and fat;
By denying yourself food and sleep, you may still have a chance.
Know this: If God should shine His lovelight on your heart,
I promise you’ll shine brighter than a dozen suns.
And I say: wash the tarnished copper of your life from your hands;
To be Love’s alchemist, you should be working with gold.
Don’t sit there thinking; go out and immerse yourself in God’s sea.
Having only one hair wet with water will not put knowledge in that head.
For those who see only God, their vision
Is pure, and not a doubt remains.
Even if our world is turned upside down and blown over by the wind,
If you are doubtless, you won’t lose a thing.
O Hafiz, if it is union with the Beloved that you seek,
Be the dust at the Wise One’s door, and speak!
Irving Said:
August 16, 2006 at 3:22 pm
Alhamdulillah! And some still doubt that Hafez was a Sufi. Thank you for posting a poem that leaves no doubt.
naqvia Said:
August 16, 2006 at 9:56 pm
Even if Hafiz was not a Sufi, he was greatly influenced by mysticism or irfaan. His teacher, Attar, was a great mystic. However, Hafiz’s “Sufism”, like his teacher, did not include alot of ascetic Sufi practices that were widespread during his time. We really need to define what a “Sufi” is. It is very vague. If one defines “Sufi” as a person who emhasizes the inner dimensions of Islam then certainly he was a Sufi.
-Abbas