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. The cup of rose-hue (true love, that, at first is) very bitter (and strong ; and afterwards), pleasant tasting, light ; ### Its sweetmeat, (the kiss of) the ruby (lip) of the idol ; its tale, (wine of) the ruby cup : ***