The Nightingales are Drunk

Posted on 06 June 2017 by Hafez

Drunk or sober, king or soldier, none will be excluded Sensual, profound, delighted, wise, Hafez s poems have enchanted their readers for than 600 years One of the greatest figures of world literature, he remains today the most popular poet in modern Iran Introducing Little Black Classics 80 books for Penguin s 80th birthday Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th century California and the Russian steppe Here are stories lyrical and savage poems epic and intimate essays satirical and inspirational and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions Rumi 1207 73 Rumi s Selected Poems is available in Penguin Classics. Read The Nightingales are Drunk – kino-fada.fr Come, tell me what it is thatI have gainedFrom loving you,The doubtful quality of translation and the thematic similarity of the selection makes it an unsuitable book to approach Hafiz s poetry for the uninitiated Not that it s impossible to not like him, but I hold this LBC responsible for the many one star comments trashing Hafiz the poet that you see in community reviews But I can t help but rate it five stars because Hafiz is a five star poet and one of the greatest practitioners of the cl Come, tell me what it is thatI have gainedFrom loving you,The doubtful quality of translation and the thematic similarity of the selection makes it an unsuitable book to approach Hafiz s poetry for the uninitiated Not that it s impossible to not like him, but I hold this LBC responsible for the many one star comments trashing Hafiz the poet that you see in community reviews But I can t help but rate it five stars because Hafiz is a five star poet and one of the greatest practitioners of the classical Persian love lyric the ghazal.The natural flow of H... This is a crap poem It suggests that through alcohol we can find happiness, which is just absurd Alcohol makes you drunk not happy There s a massive difference between the two A temporary fix does not constitute for lasting contentmentThe Nightingales are drunk, wine red roses appear,And, Sufis, all around us happiness is nearI just don t like the attitude of the poem It is too fatalistic in its approach to life There s nothing wrong with drinking alcohol, but the way this poem suggeThis is a crap poem It suggests that through alcohol we can find happiness, which is just absurd Alcohol makes you drunk not happy There s a massive difference between the two A temporary fix does not constitute for lasting contentmentThe Nightingales are drunk, wine red roses appear,And, Sufis, all around us happiness is nearI just don t like the attitude of the poem It is too fatalistic in its approach to life There s nothing wrong with drinking alcohol, but the way this poem suggests it should be drank results in such negative effects The poem basically says that we re all going to die therefore, because of this we should have no ambitious or attempt to better ourselves We should get drunk instead I mean..what It reeks of idleness and of someone who has, quite simply, given up on life He suggests that men of both a high and low station die, so there is no point trying to reach the former because we will all fall one day It is just s...When love is faithful, and it seemsNothing can hurt you,Know that the world is faithless stillAnd will desert you remember this The thing is, even if all the other Little Black Classics were terrible and not worth the paper they re printed on, then this, this one book, would have made it all worthwhile I read it and I fell in love Simple as that Without this series I most likely would never have read a single word of Hafez and I am so infinitely, ...Truly some of the most beautiful poetry I ve ever read Some of the earlier poems weren t my favorite, but the later ones really showed Hafez s ability as both a poet and a critic I ll definitely be readingfrom him soon. Go, mind your own business, preacher what s allThis hullabaloo I thought I knew what Hafez was all about, but it turns out I didn t When I recently read The Left Hand of Darkness I thought that Handdara was based on Buddhist ideas, but now I am almost sure Le Guin was drawing rather on Sufiism or on Hafez, who calls himself ignorant, names his freedom, finds kinship in monasteries and enough of everything on earth in the dust at God s door This inn has two doors, and through one we have to g Go, mind your own business, preacher what s allThis hullabaloo I thought I knew what Hafez was all about, but it turns out I didn t When I recently read The Left Hand of Darkness I thought that Handdara was based on Buddhist ideas, but now I am almost sure Le Guin was drawing rather on Sufiism or on Hafez, who calls himself ignorant, names his freedom, finds kinship in monasteries and enough of everything on earth in the dust at God s door This inn has two doors, and through one we have to g...Hafez was a 14th Century Persian poet whose works are amongst the most popular in modern day Iran The nightingales are drunk is a collection of his poetry taken from Faces of Love Hafez likes wine He likes drinking wine a lot He revels in speaking to himself as if he were another person and his drinking is much a common problem with his religious practices Speak Hafez On the world s page traceYour poems narrative The words your pen writes will have life When you no longer live No poem ow Hafez was a 14th Century Persian poet whose works are amongst the most popular in modern day Iran The nightingales are drunk is a collection of his poetry taken from Faces of Love Hafez likes wine He likes drink...The two ends of H fez s poetryAh, god forbid that I relinquish wine to What does life give me in the end but sorrowH fez was a Persion poet, whom, I am quite sure, had two obsessions, women was he bisexual and wine It is said he also targeted religious hypocrisy, but I did not see much of that in this collection, but I do want to see in the future I find this part funnyAnd if I leave the mosqueFor wine, don t sneer at meSermons are long, and timeMoves on incessantlyFor a Musl The two ends of H fez s poetryAh, god forbid that I relinquish wine to What does life give me in the end but sorrowH fez was a Persion poet, whom, I am quite sure, had two obsessions, women was he bisexual and wine It is said he also targeted religious hypocrisy, but I did not see much of that in this collection, but I do want to see in the future I find this part funnyAnd if I leave the mosqueFor wine, don t sneer at meSermons are long, and timeMoves on incessantlyFor a Muslim, he sure is interested in leaving prayer for some drink Could this be the religious hypocrisy he was tryi...Can you tell that I am desperately hunting down every single LBC poetry collection there is because I ve recently learned that the entire collection is going out of print panics and runs to the book store The Nightingales Are Drunk is by far my favorite poetry collection in the Little Black Classics series Almost every poem packed an emotional punch and I highlighted and annotated the shit out of my edition 10 10 would totally recommend And even though the drunkenness of loveHas ruine Can you tell that I am desperately hunting down every single LBC poetry collection there is because I ve recently learned that the entire collection is going out of print panics and runs to the book store The Nightingales Are Drunk is by far my favorite poetry collection in the Little Black Classics series Almost every poem packed an emotional punch and I highlighted and annotated the shit out of my edition 10 10 would totally recommend And even though the drunkenness of loveHas ruined me,My being s built upon those ruins for Eternity The 26 collected poems were written in the 14th century by Hafez the most popular of Persian poets He lived in Shiraz, Iran, and has still a major literary influence up until this day Many of his lines have become proverbial sayings, and his poems are still learned by heart in Persian...The 1 star is only for the translation issues I don t know what could have been done better but definitely there was a sense of poems being contrived which I could not shake off.But Hafez is Hafez What are five stars for him when he has pitcher full of galaxies at his disposalHafez is a CRAP POET There said it, now lets get through his poemsWine, wine, wine Hafez, my name is Hafez I shall mention Hafez in every poem, in fact Hafez while reading this Hafez the mention of my name Hafez did I mention it Hafez that s it Hafez the drunken muslim, after leggin it from the mosque I like to go on the piss, the razzle oh, AND get rat arsed In one poem I even mention getting out quick so I can neck the wine bottle.I writes Hafez at the end of every poem because I a Hafez is a CRAP POET There said it, now lets get through his poemsWine, wine, wine Hafez, my name is Hafez I shall mention Hafez in every poem, in fact Hafez while reading this Hafez the mention of my name Hafez did I mention it Hafez that s it Hafez the drunken muslim, after leggin it from the mosque I like to go on the piss, the razzle oh, AND get rat arsed In one poem I even mention ge...

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06 June 2017

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