Apparently all spiritual love poetry confuses the reader. Is it a mortal or is it god that the poet is desperate for? And all spiritual poetry is somewhat obsessed with wine, in Hafez, wine is the method for reaching an enlightened state, metaphorically or maybe not...and reading the Song of Solomon today, it seems there the beloved is likened to the taste of wine and the look of grapes on the vine (rather sensual). I think the difference is in the martyrdom and unrequited love aspects that exist in Eastern religious poetry (qualify that, Persian religious poetry) and less in Western religious poetry.
Just a thought...
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
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