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More than 600 years ago, the Shiraz-born Persian poet Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Ḥāfeẓ, (‘Hafiz’) was sharing poetry that will seem remarkably familiar to anyone acquainted with the Innate Health/3 Principles/Inside-Out understanding.
Although penned originally in Farsi and mostly likely delivered in song, there exist ‘renderings’ of these poems, across several books written by the 20th Century American poet Daniel Ladinsky.
Interpreted with humour and the aim of being “faithful to the living spirit of Hafiz” there is much to learn from these metaphors of the interplay between the divine and our humanity.
In The 12 Days of Hafiz each Christmas I explore some favourites, to get a deeper appreciation for, and have a felt experience of what Hafiz calls ‘The Friend.’
Each card below will take you to the original entry, where you'll find:
- A poem
- A reflection
- An audio
Enjoy – I hope these poems will keep you “happy and warm” when the days and nights are cold.
🧡
Giles
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I have put all the audio content from the two year's worth of narrated Hafiz poetry and my reflections into one, 2hr-long audiobook.
You are welcome to listen to it on the page, here, but if you would like a version with chapters, so you can keep your place and locate favourite poems, then click the button to access a chapterised .mp3 file on Dropbox, that you can download to your device.
(If you're an Apple user and you listen to Audiobooks in the Books.app then there's also a link below to download an .m4b file direct to your device.)