Echoes Of The Heart

Hafez, the great Persian poet of the 14th century is known for writing some of the most passionate and deeply moving poetry on love, spiritual matters, and the human experience. His ghazals contain a palpable emotional quality and deep understanding of the heart's complexity.

In one of his most moving poems he describes the pain of longing for the absent beloved, as the speaker describes a heart trapped in the memories of a past beloved. The imagery of the nightingale who laments the madness of fate, a home, sweetness from roses, are all the beauty and brutality within love.

✨You left, and with you went the spring, O love, my heart's desire—
Now all that's left of me is a whispered, sorrowful fire.

No solace remains in this world, no peace within my soul,
Your memory still haunts me, a bittersweet, lingering role.

My heart beats still, a captive of your love's sweet, cruel might,
It seeks release, but finds no refuge from the darkness of night.

You ask me not how I have been since our love's fleeting dream,
You vanished into the silence, leaving me with nothing but a scream.

Do you agree with Hafez’s poetry which is a testament to the transformative power of love?