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. As long as (in thyself) the wisdom of excellence thou seest (and, of that wisdom, art proud), thou sittest void of divine knowledge ; ### To thec, one word I say: "Thyself, behold not, so that (in safety) thou mayst escape." ***