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Winebringer, bring me a glass of wine that's on fire!

Being here with all these Perfect Masters has made me insecure.

 

Today I made the mistake of using the first-person possessive when

using His name, and the stares and jeers from the Winehouse patrons

felt like a whip of nine-tails on my skin!

 

If that weren't enough, I called Him, wrongly, by my name.

Now the Wineseller ignores me and won't fill my cup.

 

They've locked me up, now, in the attic, and

I can hear them downstairs laughing, night and day.

 

O Winebringer, have mercy! This is torture, living

here in the shadows without a drink.

 

Who was it that said: "Give me your heart and soul and I will give

you peace"?

What a crock — I gave You my soul and all I got was grief!

 

The tale of wine and kisses from the Beloved has flowed from Hafiz's

pen,

but with hand tired and fingers sore, he wants to know:

when will this sad story end?

 

Drunk on the Wine of the Beloved: 100 Poems of Hafiz

Thomas Rain Crowe

Shambala, 2001

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