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. Before thy (cypress) stature, I boast whether (thou be) in peace. or in war; ### Because, in every state, (as) the uplifter (the taker away) of disdain thou hast come. ***