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. Hafiz ! Abandon idle talk (of outward worshippers) ; and, awhile, drink wine (of love) : ### For (by reason of such profitless talk), last night, we slept not ; and, with this idle talk, the candle (of my life) consumed. ***