Poems from the Divan of Hafiz

POEMS FROM THE DIVAN OF HAFIZ

TRANSLATED BY

GERTRUDE LOWTHIAN BELL

LONDON

WILLIAM HEINEMANN

1897

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TO HAFIZ OF SHIRAZ

‏قضا دستيست پنج انگشت دارد چه خواهد از کسي کامي برآرد‎

‏دو بر چشمش نهد ديگر دو بر گوش يکي بر لب نهد گويد که خاموش‎

_Thus said the Poet: “When Death comes to you, All ye whose life-sand through the...