Divān

Hafez

Perseus:bib:oclc, 559481156. The Dīvān .Translated for the first time out of the Persian into English prose, with critical and explanatory remarks, with an introductory preface, with a note on Ṣūfīism, and with a life of the author, by H. Wilberforce Clarke. Calcutta, India. 1891.

  1. At time's banquet, enjoy one or two cups (moments of union with the true Beloved); and go (to eternity) : ### (Here) verily desire not perpetual union (for 'tis vain). ***