Zahra
Zahra
@zahrarezazadeh.bsky.social
PhD student in computational & cognitive neuroscience @lmumuenchen.bsky.social
studying biases in decision-making, using reinforcement learning & pupillometry
October 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
October 13, 2025 at 5:54 PM
For everyone who is not "alive by love" in this circle,
recite the prayer of the dead for his death, on my authority.

But if Hafez seeks from you a favour,
assign him to the heart-cherishing lips of the beloved.
October 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
There is a great difference between you the lover and the beloved:
when the beloved shows feigned disdain, you make supplication.

The first advice of the pîr of the assembly is this:
‘avoid the company of wrong friends!’
October 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The rebeck and the harp are saying in a loud voice:
‘listen with understanding to the message of the people of the mystery!’

By the beloved's soul, grief will not pull away your veil,
if you rely on the favours of the Caretaker.
October 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Dear companions, open the knot of the tress of the beloved;
it is a pleasant night; lengthen it by this means!

It is an intimate retreat, this gathering of friends;
recite the magic charms and close the door!
October 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Take this poem as an example. In print, I have only its German translation at hand, as in the video, but here's the English translation:
October 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
It's an absolute privilege to be able to read his poems, these gems, in their original language, #Farsi, and to understand all the literal, stylistic, romantic and spiritual devices he has used in his phrasings, which are often lost in translation or need quite a lot of context and explanation.
October 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM