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PART 2 CHAPTER-IV

A Poem of Hafiz Shirazi

          Hafiz Shirazi was a great Persian poet and was titled as the voice of heaven. In previous years the modernists have reached the moon. A singular triumph of the modern science, and an astonishing achievement. Now just read the following translation of a poem of Hafiz, and imagine the poet sitting in seclusion observing the descent of man on the moon and uttering to himself in surprise in the manner of soliloquy, and judge if the poem can be applied to he present - day world:-

“Horizons these full of mischief and seduction

I see

Every one demands material betterment from the days,

Yet every day worse than the previous,

I see,

Fools have all the nectar of roses and sugar,

For the wise their subsistence their heart blood,

I see,

The noble horse is being chafed under the saddle of the beast of burden,

Aye, and around the neck of every donkey a golden  necklace

I see

Daughters all over in fight against the mother,

Sons, all ills posed toward the father,

I see,

Brother has no pity for the brother,

No affection of father for the son.

I see,

Listen to the advice of Hafiz my Lord,

Go, do good,

For, this advice more precious than pearls and gems.

I see"-------

The poet in another poem gives the advice as follows:-

“Do a miracle and break the magic fair.

Make a gesture and ransack the flourish of the fair Samiri”.

The rest of this poem of Hafiz constitutes advice to change the material values by those of spiritual, and may well be read in connection with this present age of science.

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