"Warm wind, if you blow through the lands of my Beloved..."
Meher Mount
Your Friday photo is in honor of World Poetry Day…
The clouds over Meher Mount — moved by a gentle breeze — inspired former caretaker and photographer Buzz Glasky. He suggested this poem as an expression of his feelings toward Meher Baba and being at Meher Mount.
“Warm wind, if you blow through the lands of my Beloved,
Bring me the Beloved’s scents.
I would give my life to the Beloved,
for but one sound brought as message by the warm wind.
If by misfortune I’ve missed the Beloved’s presence,
then bless me with the dust
from somewhere the Beloved walked.
What a sorry sight, a Sufi in distress.
I can only see the Beloved, others think me mad.
My firm heart trembles like a reed,
wishing only the kiss of the Beloved.
The Beloved has bought my heart for free,
And I will not sell the Beloved
for all the world’s fortune.
Hafez, if your heart is ever truly freed from sorrow,
it will miss such a faithful servant.”
Khwaja Shams-ud-Din Muhammed Hafez-e Shirazi (1315-1390) was a Persian lyric poet who was called Hafez or Hafiz (meaning “memorizer”) because he memorized the Quran and the works of other Persian poets.
Hafez primarily wrote in the literary genre of ghazals — Meher Baba’s favorite poetic from. This form is considered by some to be ideal for expressing the ecstasy of Divine inspiration in the mystical form of love poems.
Source
Gates of Wisdom: The Poems of Hafiz, A New English Adaptation by Swami Anand Nisarg. (c)2010 by Swami Anand Nisarg.