Hafez
Come! hear of those who have felt sorrow’s touch Their words are few, but what t — Hafez
What serves thy armour ’gainst Fate’s arrows fierce? What serves thy shield if D — Hafez
Wash from the dross of life thy hands as the Path’s men of old And, winning love — Hafez
How well said the aged farmer to his son, O light of my eyes, thou wilt not reap — Hafez
O partridge, bird of graceful gait, say whether wouldst thou shape thy way? Be n — Hafez
If by the Holy Spirit’s grace the gift again be won The works which the Messias — Hafez
None see nor hear the malice of the sky Each ear is deaf and blind is every eye — Hafez
Aloud I say it and with heart of glee, ‘Love’s slave am I and from both worlds a — Hafez
Enjoy! ’twixt lip and mouth the bounds as nothing are If humbled, care not; as t — Hafez
Profit by companionship; this two-doored house (i.e., life) forsaken, No pathway — Hafez
Reckon as plunder the path of profligacy. For this track Like the path to the hi — Hafez
A Shah no other than thyself aspiring Hafiz craves; Oh! were he in thy doorway’s — Hafez