The Divan

1891·16.6 MB·English

by  Hafiz, 14th cent

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THE
DIVAN-I-HAFIZ.
Drink wine (oflove for God). For, neither by acquisition nor by choice is
the being a lover (ofGod);
Me, this gift reached from the heritage of creation.
Ode 374, c. 5.
THE
DIVAN,
WRITTEN IN THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY,
BY
/J*+"
Khwaja
8hamsu-d-Din Miihammad-i-Hafiz-l-Shirasl
^
otherivise knoivn as'
IAsami-l-Ghaib and Tarjumanu-l-Asr&r.
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 SuFl.ISM, AND WITH A LIFE OF
THE AUTHOR,
BY
LiEUT.-COL. H. WILBERFORCE CLARKE,
ROYAL (late Bengal) ENGINEERS,
LIFE-MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND; AND MEMBER OF THE
ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL.
AUTHOR OF "THE PERSIAN MANUAL"; FIRST TRANSLATOR (OUT OF THE PERSIAN) OF "THE BUSTXN-I-SA'DI"
AND OF "THE SIKANDAR NAMA.-I-NI7.AMI." AUTHOR OF "NOTES ON ELEPHANTS";
OF "THE SEXTANT"; OF "LONGITUDE BY LUNAR DISTANCES"; AND OF
"THE TRANSVERSE STRENGTH OF A RAILWAY-RAIL."
VOL.
I.
1891.
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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA CENTRAL PRINTING OFFICE,
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