Sineh_Malamal-e_Dard_Ast

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Sīne mālāmāl-e dard ast ("My heart is brimful of pain") is a nine-verse ghazal (love-song) by the 14th-century Persian poet Hafez of Shiraz. It is no. 470 in the edition by Muhammad Qazvini and Qasem Ghani (1941) and 461 in the edition of Parviz Natel-Khanlari (1983). In this poem, Hafez describes the torments of his desire for love and calls for wine to assuage his pain. In verses 3 and 5–7, a spiritual adviser reminds Hafez that such torments are a necessary stage on the path of love. The ode has aroused the interest of commentators because of its clearly Sufic language, and has been compared with the more famous Shirazi Turk ghazal (no. 3 in the collection) for the light which it may throw on the interpretation of that poem. The mention of the "Samarkandi Turk" in this ode (a possible reference to the conqueror Tamerlane) has also been debated by scholars.

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