The Divan of Hafiz Shiraz - 1891 Vol. I (Part 2)

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THE LETTER DAL j

165, i.

(123).

That one, from whose (fragrant) hyacinth

the head of his

own

wind What can one do? like the

slain

torment

(of jealousy),

hath.

ambergris Again, with those heart-gone

By

lock, a great

(lovers),

one

grace and reproach

(the lover),

He

hath.

(the Beloved) passeth (swiftly)

:

For,

He

is

(like swift) life

;

and swiftness

(of

departing),

(life)

If

it

hath.

that be the water of

Clear this

is

life, that the lip of my Beloved a share of the mirage (not of the water of that (only)

hath, life),

Khizr hath.

From behind

the screen of His tress, the moon, displaying (the brilliancy of) the

sun, Is

5.

a great sun

that, in front,

a cloud

hath.

my eye made flowing a torrent of tears, a with that, great (quantity of) water, freshness, Thy straight cypress

In every corner,

So

hath.

In error,

Be

its

bold glance sheddeth

Thy

opportunity

(to

do

so)

;

for

my

blood;

a very correct judgment

hath.

it

On

account of my heart, Thy intoxicated eye desireth my liver (life) The Bold one is intoxicated. Perchance, inclination for a piece of roast meat :

(my

liver),

He

hath.

The path of questioning Thee is not my sick soul's Happy that shattered one (the lover) who, an answer from :

the Beloved, hath.

Towards Hafiz's wounded

Thy

when a glance

casteth

intoxicated eye, that, in every corner, a ruined one (a lover)

Ode

3.

Khizr.

See

4.

" The

moon "

5.

heart,

89.

signifies

-.the Beloved's

The lover's lamenting is the cause of The cypress. See Odes 108, 145.

face.

the Beloved's splendour.

hath.


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