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. Against (the great) Asaf (the soul), the tongue of the (weak) ant (lust) became long in reproach ; and, it is lawful : ### For, the Khwaja (the soul in the human body) lost the seal (of divine knowledge) of Jam (God) ; and, sought not (for it). ***