"Look at this Beauty" by Hafez
The beauty of this poem is beyond words.
Do you need a guide to exeperience the heat of the sun?
Blessed is the brush of the painter who paints
such beautiful pictures for his virgin bride.
Look at this beaty. There is no reason for what you see.
Experience its grace. Even in nature there is nothing so fine.
Either this poem is a miracle, or some sort of magic trick,
guided either by Gabriel or the Invisible Voice, inside.
No one, not even Hafiz, can describe with words the Great Mystery.
No one knows in which shell the priceless pearl does hide.
Translated by Thomas Rain Crowe
Do you need a guide to exeperience the heat of the sun?
Blessed is the brush of the painter who paints
such beautiful pictures for his virgin bride.
Look at this beaty. There is no reason for what you see.
Experience its grace. Even in nature there is nothing so fine.
Either this poem is a miracle, or some sort of magic trick,
guided either by Gabriel or the Invisible Voice, inside.
No one, not even Hafiz, can describe with words the Great Mystery.
No one knows in which shell the priceless pearl does hide.
Translated by Thomas Rain Crowe