Hafez Ghazal 6: Do Not Cast the Beggar from Your Gaze

In this episode of Persian Poetry Caravan, we continue our journey through Hafez with Ghazal 6 — a poem of longing, humility, beauty, and mercy.Hafez speaks as a beggar before a king, as a lover before the beloved, and as a soul waiting to be seen. The poem moves between prayer, desire, danger, tenderness, and hope, asking one unforgettable question: what is the use of beauty if it refuses mercy?This episode includes a modern English poetic rendering of the ghazal, followed by a short reflection on its emotional and spiritual meaning.Persian Poetry Caravan brings classical Persian poems into modern English for readers and listeners who love poetry, wisdom literature, Sufi poetry, Hafez, Rumi, Saadi, Khayyam, and the great voices of Persian culture.Keywords:Hafez, Persian poetry, Persian poems in English, Sufi poetry, love poetry, spiritual poetry, classical poetry, poetry podcast, Iranian poetry, Rumi, Saadi, Khayyam, Persian Poetry Caravan