Saghi Nameh Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDDEEBBFGHHHHIIII JKLMNN DDEEOOPPPPQQRRIISSTT UUVVWWXXYYQQ HHZZA2A2BBIIB2B2C2C2 D2D2E2E2BBF2F2D2D2G2 E2 H2H2I2I2J2F2K2K2B2B2 L2L2HHM2M2I2I2 N2N2HHL2L2IO2P2Q2R2R 2SS S2

O Bearer bring the wine that brings joyA
To increase generosity let perfection buoyB
Give me some for I have lost my heartC
Both traits from me have kept apartC
Bring the wine whose reflection in the cupD
Signals to all the kings whose times are upD
Give me wine and with the reed flute I will singE
When was Jamshid and when Kavoos was kingE
Bring me the elixir whose grace and alchemyB
Bestows treasures from bonds of time sets freeB
Give me so they'll open the doors once againF
Of long life and the bliss that will remainG
Bearer give the wine that the Holy GrailH
Will make claims of sight in the Void and thus failH
Give me so that I with the help of the GrailH
All secrets like Jamshid themselves availH
Speak of the tale of the wheel of fateI
proclaim to the kings and heroes of lateI
This broken world is in the same stateI
As seen by Afrasiab the mighty the greatI
Whence his mobilizing army generalsJ
Whence cunning heroes' war cries and callsK
Not only his palace has gone to the dustL
Even his tomb is destroyed and long lostM
This barren desert is in the same stageN
As the armies of Salm Toor were lost in its rageN
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Bring the wine whose reflection in the cupD
Signals to all the kings whose times are upD
Well said Jamshid the old majestic kingE
Worthless is this transient stage and ringE
Come Bearer that fire radiant brightO
Zarathushtra beneath the earth seeks so rightO
Give me wine in the creed of the drunkP
Whether fire worshipper or worldly monkP
Come Bearer that wholesome drunkP
Who is forever in the tavern sunkP
Give me ill repute bring to my nameQ
The cup and the wine I shall only blameQ
Bring Bearer the water that burns the mindR
If lion drinks forest will burn and grindR
Courageous I'll go hunting lions of fateI
Mess up this old wolf's trap and baitI
Bring Bearer that high heavenly wineS
That angels with their scent would entwineS
Give me wine I'll burn it like sweet incenseT
Its wise aroma I will sense now and henceT
Bearer give me the wine that makes kingsU
Witnessing its virtues my heart singsU
Give me wine to wash away all my flawsV
Joyous rise above this rut's deadly clawsV
When the spiritual garden is my abodeW
Why have me bound to a board on this roadW
Give me wine and then see the Ruler's faceX
Ruin me see treasures of wisdom and graceX
And when I hold the cup in my handY
In the mirror everything I understandY
In my drunken state kingship proclaimQ
A monarch when I am drunken and lameQ
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Drunken pearls of wisdom unveilH
In hiding secrets the selfless failH
Hafiz drunken songs will composeZ
From its melody Venus' song flowsZ
O singer with the sound of the streamA2
Of that majestic song muse and dreamA2
Till I make my work joy and ecstasyB
I will dance and play with robe of pietyB
Given a crown and throne by his fateI
The fruit of the kingly tree of this estateI
Ruler of the land and Lord of the timeB2
The grand and fortunate King of the climeB2
He is the greatness vested in the ThroneC2
comfort of bird and fish from Him aloneC2
For the blessed he is light of the eyesD2
Yet he is the gift of the soul of the wiseD2
Behold O auspicious birdE2
The happy inspiration to be heardE2
The world has no pearls in its shells like TheeB
Fereydoon and Jamshid had no heirs like TheeB
Instead of Alexander be here many a yearF2
Know thy heart and discover joy is nearF2
But seditious fate many plans may deviseD2
Me and my drunkenness troubled by Beloved's eyesD2
One for his work may pick up the swordG2
Another's business only deals with the wordE2
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O Player play the song of the new creedH2
To music of the stream tell to my rival breedH2
Finally with my enemy I have a chanceI2
At victory in the skies I can glanceI2
O Player play something pleasing to the earJ2
With a song and a Gahzal begin a story dearF2
My sorrows have tied me to the groundK2
Raise me with my principles that are soundK2
O singer with the sound of the streamB2
Play and sing that majestic song I dreamB2
Make the great souls happy with youL2
Parviz and Barbad remember tooL2
O Player paint a picture of the veilH
Listen inside they tell a taleH
Sing a minstrel's song suchM2
That Venus' harp dances with her touchM2
Play so the Sufi goes into a tranceI2
Drunken in Union leaves his stanceI2
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O Player tambourine and harp playN2
With a lovely tune sing and swayN2
Deceptions of the world make a vivid taleH
The night is pregnant what will it entailH
O Player I'm sad play one or twoL2
In his Oneness as long as you can play tooL2
I am astounded by the revolving fateI
I don't know who will next degenerateO2
And if the Magi set one on fireP2
Don't know whose light will then expireQ2
In this bloody resurrection fieldR2
Let the cup and jug their blood yieldR2
To the drunk of a good song give a signS
To friends bygone a salutation divineS
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Translated by Gertrude BellS2

Shams Al-din Hafiz Shirazi



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