coldhearted scientist وداد

Here is a large plate I finished recently — about 14″ across.  At the studio they alleged it was not good enough to keep but I insisted.

When it came out of the kiln at last, I could see why they said it was destined to be flawed. I decided I would give it as a gift to someone less informed than I, and so less critical.

At home, though, it looks like a museum piece from ancient Persia. I am keeping it, and I have named it Hafiz.

Gazal em Louvor de Hafiz

Escuta o gazal que fiz,
Darling, em louvor de Hafiz:

– Poeta de Chiraz, teu verso
Tuas mágoas e as minhas diz.

Pois no mistério do mundo
Também me sinto infeliz.

Falaste: “Amarei constante
Aquela que não me quis.”

E as filhas de Samarcanda,
Cameleiros e sufis

Ainda repetem os cantos
Em que choras e sorris.

As bem amadas ingratas,
São pó; tu, vives, Hafiz!

–Manuel Bandeira 1943

Axé.