Hāfez and the Creation of the World in Eternity
Subject Areas : Mytho
1 - استادیار زبان و ادبیات فارسی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی ـ واحد تهران جنوب
Keywords: Hāfez, Intuition, annihilation, Manifestation, Eternal Hexeities,
Abstract :
The present article is an analysis of a sonnet (ghazal) composed by Hāfez-e Shīrāzī (1325/26–1389/90), Persian poet and Sufi. The sonnet is as follows: "Thanks be to God that the doors of the wine-tavern open, is, in such a way that, my face of supplication upon its door is …The mystery that to the people I uttered not, and shall not utter: To the Friend, I shall utter; for confidant of the mystery He is … O people of the assembly (Murshids)! The consuming of the heart of poor Hāfez, Ask ye the candle that, in burning and melting is." (Translation by Henry Wilberforce Clarke 1840-1905) The poet speaks about the creation of the world in eternity and believes that man is a manifestation of the Divine.
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