"O Bartender" genre: World Traditions
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	This is the first song to appear in the Divan of 14th century Persian Sufi poet Hafiz of Shiraz. Hafiz was Meher Baba's favorite poet. Baba often said to people, "If you want to be present, don't be absent!" which is a line from the closing couplet of this Ghazal. The lyrics to this song are a rough adaptation of the Wilberforce Clarke Translation of Hafiz. 'O Bartender' is the opening song on James R. Newell's upcoming CD 'The Songs of Hafiz,' to be released in Late February or early March 2001.
	CD: The Songs of Hafiz   Label: Blue Sadhana Credits: Produced by James R. Newell for Blue Sadhana.
	Lyrics O Bartender O bartender, my friend, won't you pour me some wine I thought that love would be easy, but it just grows harder with time It was in the night a breeze brought the scent of musk from the head of that one so fair and ever since that night, how my poor heart aches, from just one twist of his hair Dye your prayer mat red with wine if the master tells you to that holy one knows the secrets of the path and he will surely guide you through O bartender, my friend, won't you pour me some wine I thought that love would be easy, but it just grows harder with time How can I be happy and free from doubt on this path to my Beloved one At any moment the caravan bell may ring out and say "your time in this resting place is done" Death is like a cold, dark whirlpool, a wave of suffering, just waiting to wash us away you who rest in comfort upon the shoreline, how can you know our state? O bartender, my friend, won't you pour me some wine I thought that love would be easy, but it just grows harder with time I have followed my own whim, and now all my work has brought nothing but disgrace and shame this whole world talks about the mystery of love, but it remains a secret just the same O Hafiz, if you long to be with him, don't be absent from him, no when you visit with your Beloved one, abandon the world and let it go O bartender, my friend, won't you pour me some wine I thought that love would be easy, but it just grows harder with time

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