Fal Hafez

Poem Number 2

Where is sensible action, &amp...

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The ghazal

Where is sensible action, & my insanity whence?

See the difference, it is from where to whence.

From the church & hypocritical vestments, I take offence

Where is the abode of the Magi, & sweet wine whence?

For dervishes, piety and sensibility make no sense

Where is sermon and hymn, & the violin's music whence.

Upon seeing our friend, our foes put up their defense

Where is a dead lantern, & the candle of the sun whence?

My eye-liner is the dust of your door and fence

Where shall I go, tell me, you command me whence?

Take your focus from your chin to the trap on the path hence,

Where to O heart, in such hurry you go whence?

May his memory of union be happy and intense

Where are your amorous gestures, & your reproach whence?

Make not restlessness & insomnia, Hafiz's sentence

What is rest, which is patience, and sleep whence?

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