Summer 2026:

This quote is not by the great Persian poet Hafez, who lived in Shiraz, Persia from 1325–1390, it's by Daniel Ladinsky, a contemporary American poet who "translated" Hafez into English and whose books about Hafez are the most popular "versions" in the West nowadays - the problem is just that the poems written by Ladinsky have absolutely nothing to do with actual Hafez poems (which follow very strict form conventions and the difference is obvious to anyone who has seen a real Hafez poem). Ladinsky does not speak Persian and claims his "translations" came to him in dreams, but if you look at his poems, you see that they are essentially original poetry published under Hafez's name and at most loosely inspired. I can really recommend this article about the whole topic

I may never get over this quote from the linked article:

a reference to:

i wanna hurry home to you put on a slow dumb show for you & crack you up so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain god im very very frightened ill overdo it you know i dreamed about you for twenty-nine years before i saw you you know i dreamed about you i missed you for twenty-nine years you know i dreamed about you for twenty-nine years before i saw you you know i dreamed about you i missed you for twenty-nine years

how it feels to become an active participant in your own life

wait it’s pride month which means this video had to be posted by someone