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! wine (love), and the mistress (the beloved), and profligacy (the fearless, careless state) are not (contrary to) thy way of life : ### (Thus) wholly thou doest ; and (since thou exceedest not) I pardon thee. ***