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. Come! For most unstable is the foundation of the Palace of Hope (the body, relying for permanency on external worship) : ### Bring the cup (of God's love) ; for the foundation of Life (of the soul) is (swiftly departing) on the (swift) wind. ***