Hafiz : The Glow of Your Presence

For more about the mystic and poet Khwaja Shamsuddin Muhammed Hafiz of Shiraz, see this post.

Where have you taken your sweet song?
Come back and play me a tune.

I never really cared for the things of this world.
It was the glow of your presence
that filled it with beauty.

Translation by David and Sabrineh Fideler

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