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Poems from the Divan of Hafiz

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Contents

• To Hafiz of Shiraz
• The Poems: I. Arise, oh Cup-bearer, rise! and bring
• The Poems: II. The bird of gardens sang unto the rose
• The Poems: III. Wind from the east, oh Lapwing of the day
• The Poems: IV. Sleep on thine eyes, bright as narcissus flowers
• The Poems: V. Oh Turkish maid of Shiraz! in thy hand
• The Poems: VI. A flower-tinted cheek, the flowery close
• The Poems: VII. From the garden of Heaven a western breeze
• The Poems: VIII. The rose has flushed red, the bud has burst
• The Poems: IX. Oh Cup-bearer, set my glass afire
• The Poems: X. Singer, sweet Singer, fresh notes strew
• The Poems: XI. Mirth, Spring, to linger in a garden fair
• The Poems: XII. Where is my ruined life, and where the fame of noble deeds?
• The Poems: XIII. Lady that hast my heart within thy hand
• The Poems: XIV. The nightingale with drops of his heart's blood
• The Poems: XV. Return! that to a heart wounded full sore
• The Poems: XVI. What is wrought in the forge of the living and life
• The Poems: XVII. Lay not reproach at the drunkard's door
• The Poems: XVIII. Slaves of thy shining eyes are even those
• The Poems: XIX. What drunkenness is this that brings me hope
• The Poems: XX. From out the street of So-and-So
• The Poems: XXI. Not all the sum of earthly happiness
• The Poems: XXII. The rose is not fair without the beloved's face
• The Poems: XXIII. My lady, that did change this house of mine
• The Poems: XXIV. Not one is filled with madness like to mine
• The Poems: XXV. The days of absence and the bitter nights
• The Poems: XXVI. The secret draught of wine and love repressed
• The Poems: XXVII. My friend has fled! alas, my friend has fled
• The Poems: XXVIII. Hast thou forgotten when thy stolen glance
• The Poems: XXIX. From Canaan Joseph shall return, whose face
• The Poems: XXX. All hail, Shiraz, hail! oh site without peer!
• The Poems: XXXI. The breath of Dawn's musk-strewing wind shall blow
• The Poems: XXXII. Upon a branch of the straight cypress-tree
• The Poems: XXXIII. The jewel of the secret treasury
• The Poems: XXXIV. Last night I dreamed that angels stood without
• The Poems: XXXV. Forget not when dear friend to friend returned
• The Poems: XXXVI. Beloved, who has bid thee ask no more
• The Poems: XXXVII. Arise! and fill a golden goblet up
• The Poems: XXXVIII. I cease not from desire till my desire
• The Poems: XXXIX. Cypress and Tulip and sweet Eglantine
• The Poems: XL. The margin of a stream, the willow's shade
• The Poems: XLI. The days of Spring are here! the eglantine
• The Poems: XLII. True love has vanished from every heart
• The Poems: XLIII. Where are the tidings of union? that I may arise
• Poems from the Divan of Hafiz (3 parts)

Front matter

• Title Page
• Introduction
• Notes: I
• Notes: II
• Notes: III
• Notes: IV
• Notes: V
• Notes: VII
• Notes: VIII
• Notes: IX
• Notes: X
• Notes: XI
• Notes: XIV
• Notes: XV
• Notes: XVI
• Notes: XVII
• Notes: XVIII
• Notes: XIX
• Notes: XXI
• Notes: XXIII
• Notes: XXIV
• Notes: XXV
• Notes: XXVI
• Notes: XXVIII
• Notes: XXIX
• Notes: XXX
• Notes: XXXI
• Notes: XXXII
• Notes: XXXIV
• Notes: XXXV
• Notes: XXXVI
• Notes: XXXVII
• Notes: XXXIX
• Notes: XL
• Notes: XLII
• Notes: XLIII

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