WHAT SHOULD WE DO ABOUT THAT MOON? A wine bottle fell from a wagon And broke open in a field. That night one hundred beetles and all their cousins Ga… - Hafez

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WHAT SHOULD WE DO ABOUT THAT MOON? A wine bottle fell from a wagon And broke open in a field. That night one hundred beetles and all their cousins Gathered And did some serious binge drinking. They even found some seed husks nearby And began to play them like drums and whirl. This made God very happy. Then the “night candle” rose into the sky And one drunk creature, laying down his instrument, Said to his friend — for no apparent Reason, “What should we do about that moon?” Seems to Hafiz Most everyone has laid aside the music Tackling such profoundly useless Questions.

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About Hafez

Khwāja Shams-ud-Dīn Muhammad Hāfez-e Shīrāzī (known by his pen name Hafez or Hāfiz) (1325/26–1389/90) was a Persian mystic poet.

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Native Name: خواجه شمس‌الدین محمد حافظ شیرازی
Alternative Names: of Shiraz Šams-al-Din Moḥammad Anacreon of Persia Khāja Shamsu Dīn Muhammad Hāfez-e Shīrāzī Shamsoddin Mohammad Hafez-e Shirazi Ḥāfeẓ Moḥammed Shams od-Dīn Ḥafeẓ Ḥāfiẓ Ḥāfiẓ Shīrāzī Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Shīrāzī Shams-ud-Din Mohammed Moḥammed Šams al-Dīn Ḥafeẓ Hafiz Khafiz Hafis Haafiz Häfiz
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