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		<title>Diwan e Hafez aur Fāl</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Ever since I read Shamsur  Rahman Faruqi s book A Mirror of Beauty I was keen to see a fāl in Diwan e Hafez. Hafez (1320-1389) is best known as a Sufi mystic who incorporated elements of Sufism into his verses. A Faal is a practise of divination. A فال fāl, s.f. An omen, augury, presage;—enchantment, spell:—fāl kholnā (-kī), To tell [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ever since I read Shamsur  Rahman Faruqi s book A Mirror of Beauty I was keen to see a fāl in Diwan e Hafez.</p>
<p>Hafez (1320-1389) is best known as a Sufi mystic who incorporated elements of Sufism into his verses.<br />
A Faal is a practise of divination.</p>
<p>A فال fāl, s.f. An omen, augury, presage;—enchantment, spell:—fāl kholnā (-kī), To tell (one&#8217;s) fortune (by reference to his magical books,—a soothsayer); to foretell events; to practise augury<br />
Calling it  Fortune telling or prediction would be a crude analogy. I think divination/omen is correct.</p>
<p>It is very popular in Iran where there are fail-e-Hafez cards which are very similar to tarot cards.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.persianmemories.com/tarot/fal-ehafez.html">fal-e-Hafez</a></p>
<p>In the Persian tradition, one asks the Oracle of Shiraz for guidance when one is in two minds about future course of action and can&#8217;t decide what to do.</p>
<p>Hafez, in his own enigmatic way answers the seeker by guiding him / her through his verse by nudging them in right direction after looking into the mirror of their own soul.<br />
Upon reflection in the mirror of Hafez&#8217;s Ghazal one would be inspired with an answer, a guidance or a direction.</p>
<p>These days I am studying the mysteries of Persian poetry with Prof Yunus Jaffery in the walled city of Shahjahanabad.<br />
He was kind enough to show me how it&#8217;s done.</p>
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<p>One recites a prayer<br />
<em>Ai Hafiz e Shirazi</em><br />
<em>Tu kaashif  har raazi </em><br />
<em>Tu ra qasam e shaakh  e nabood </em><br />
<em>Be guh har che hast raaz</em><br />
<em>Bismillah  ir Rahman or Raheem</em></p>
<p>And then with a calm and pure heart opens a page and pinpoints a verse.<br />
The verse is then decoded to serve as an indication to you.</p>
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<p>The verse I got was<br />
<em>Ayyam gul chu umr be raftan shitab kard<br />
Saqi be daur e badah gulgu&#8217;n shatab kard </em></p>
<p>The days of the rose like life went in hurriedly</p>
<p>The cupbearer served a round of the rose coloured wine hurriedly</p>
<p>And I know I am in a hurry to do so many things and am trying to do them all at once !</p>
<p>I have miles to go before I sleep<br />
And miles to go before I sleep</p>
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