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The Thank you,

Saino Leda-John, good to be back. Salam Pade, John. Great to be back. Salon al-a-ja-John.

Good to be back.

Salam Faddy, John.

Great to be back.

So we're here talking about Hafez's poem Badafshan, and we are on a Hafez kick.

And if you haven't heard our previous episodes, we waited.

You know, we've been working on this trying conversation slash

fatty chaffinuti that you retreat poetry project for a long time for years now. And we waited

until this year to do Hafez. And now we're just going, Hafez, Hafez, Hafez.

Yeah, he's a, he's a favorite of all of ours. And I think Hoffez is the type that keeps you on your toes.

You're not sure which way he's going with his poetry.

So it's fun to explore more Hoffa's with you later, John.

For sure.

And there's so much to explore with Hafez.

And we've said this before before that when you start looking into

Hoffa's poetry, there are certain words that he uses, certain phrases that he uses. And the more

you read, the more you can kind of unlock these phrases and words and understand the meaning

even more. And this poem is really, really special. And we're going to get into that in just a

second. But first, for those of people we're going to get into that in just a second.

But first, for those of people who are new to you and new to Radif Retreat, can you tell a little bit about yourself who you are and what Adi Fratheet is?

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