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! this, thy khirka of piety, (hard as iron, void of tenderness) consume (with fire) : ### For (even) if a (consuming) fire I became, I should kindle it not. ***