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Shiraz, Iran (Circa 1370)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n I\u2019m certainly no expert in the field\u2014but for the past few years I have quite enjoyed Persian poetry, particularly the works ascribed to Khw\u0101ja \u0160amsu d-D\u012bn Mu\u1e25ammad H\u0101fez-e \u0160\u012br\u0101z\u012b (Persian: \u062e\u0648\u0627\u062c\u0647 \u0634\u0645\u0633\u200c\u0627\u0644\u062f\u06cc\u0646 \u0645\u062d\u0645\u062f \u062d\u0627\u0641\u0638 \u0634\u06cc\u0631\u0627\u0632\u06cc), typically known by his pen name H\u0101fez, born in 1315 in Shiraz and passed on in the same locale 75 years later. H\u0101fez<\/a> (often also spelled Hafiz<\/em>) became the most celebrated Persian lyric poet and is often described as \u201cthe poet\u2019s poet.\u201d Here\u2019s a sampling of why I really like this particular righteous old bard\u2026<\/p>\n +\u00a0 +\u00a0 +<\/p>\n The small man\u00a0<\/i>builds cages While the sage, (Dropping Keys)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n +\u00a0 +\u00a0 +<\/em><\/p>\n Even after all these years, Look what happens\u2014 (The Sun Never Says)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n +\u00a0 +\u00a0 +<\/em><\/p>\n God\u00a0<\/em>and I have become We keep\u00a0bumping into (Two Giant Fat People)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Shiraz, Iran (Circa 1370) I\u2019m certainly no expert in the field\u2014but for the past few years I have quite enjoyed Persian poetry, particularly the works ascribed to Khw\u0101ja \u0160amsu d-D\u012bn Mu\u1e25ammad H\u0101fez-e \u0160\u012br\u0101z\u012b (Persian: \u062e\u0648\u0627\u062c\u0647 \u0634\u0645\u0633\u200c\u0627\u0644\u062f\u06cc\u0646 \u0645\u062d\u0645\u062f \u062d\u0627\u0641\u0638 \u0634\u06cc\u0631\u0627\u0632\u06cc), typically known by his pen name H\u0101fez, born in 1315 in Shiraz and passed on in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,7,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1793"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1793"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14822,"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1793\/revisions\/14822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nfor everyone\u00a0he\u00a0knows.<\/p>\n
\nwho has to duck his head
\nwhen the moon is low,
\nkeeps dropping keys all night long
\nfor the\u00a0beautiful\u00a0rowdy\u00a0prisoners.<\/p>\n
\nthe Sun never says to\u00a0the Earth
\n\u201cYou owe Me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nwith a Love\u00a0like that,
\nIt lights\u00a0the whole\u00a0sky.<\/p>\n
\nlike two giant\u00a0fat people
\nliving in a\u00a0tiny boat.<\/p>\n
\neach other and
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