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1 Pre | his poetical surname of Hafiz, was born in Shiraz in the
2 Pre | history of the times of Hafiz, see Defrémery in the Journal
3 Pre | political conditions under which Hafiz lived. Fifty years before
4 Pre | the time of the birth of Hafiz, that is to say in the beginning
5 Pre | perished the first patron of Hafiz.~From 1353 to 1393, when
6 Pre | Without just cause," sings Hafiz, "the victor of victors
7 Pre | celebrated interview between Hafiz and Timur took place (see
8 Pre | possessed himself of Shiraz. Hafiz did not live to see the
9 Pre | these changes of fortune, Hafiz appears to have played the
10 Pre | know under what Sufi doctor Hafiz studied. As a young man,
11 Pre | disciple of the tavern!" sings Hafiz, "give me the precious goblet,
12 Pre | in the colour of heaven. Hafiz falls foul of this rival
13 Pre | any strict monastic rule, Hafiz assumed the dervish habit
14 Pre | further than the first line. Hafiz took up the sheet in his
15 Pre | little annoyed; he bade Hafiz finish the poem, and at
16 Pre | standards of a king," says Hafiz, "I was uplifted like a
17 Pre | are but as his girdle." Hafiz must have been in Shiraz
18 Pre | Hast thou not heard, oh Hafiz, the laugh of the strutting
19 Pre | protection of Abu Ishac, Hafiz passed into that of Shah
20 Pre | professional jealousy of Hafiz, being himself a writer
21 Pre | Shah Shudja reproached Hafiz with the discursiveness
22 Pre | deigned to speak," replied Hafiz (laying his tongue in his
23 Pre | truth; yet the poems of Hafiz enjoy a wide celebrity,
24 Pre | Since the hour," declares Hafiz, "that the wine-cup received
25 Pre | an eye to future favours, Hafiz proclaimed the glory of
26 Pre | was also a good friend to Hafiz. In the poems he is frequently
27 Pre | journey, probably to Yezd, Hafiz spent some months in the
28 Pre | of thy master's house?" Hafiz replies that the road in
29 Pre | in Shiraz a college for Hafiz, in which the poet gave
30 Pre | number of pupils. We find Hafiz asking his benefactor for
31 Pre | sent a robe of honour to Hafiz which, when it came, proved
32 Pre | man."~From Oweis himself Hafiz is said to have received
33 Pre | was very anxious to induce Hafiz to visit his court; but
34 Pre | to visit his court; but Hafiz, perhaps with prudence,
35 Pre | friend's threshold, that Hafiz may wash bright with it
36 Pre | devoted lover of Shiraz, Hafiz was overcome with homesickness
37 Pre | of Muzaffar who protected Hafiz; the warrior prince Mansur
38 Pre | name this is the meaning) Hafiz is borne up into heaven;
39 Pre | Jelaleddin, as a counsellor, and Hafiz as a teacher. "What!" replied
40 Pre | wisest men in his realm?"~Hafiz by this time had grown old.
41 Pre | And again: "Last night Hafiz strayed into the tavern,
42 Pre | zurück!" Other poets besides Hafiz have sung to the same tune.
43 Pre | Master, take the counsel of Hafiz: 'Go and do good!' for I
44 Pre | monument over the tomb of Hafiz. An oblong block of stone
45 Pre | ancient cypress, said to be of Hafiz's own planting, stood for
46 Pre | repeated as are those of Hafiz; nor does he seem to have
47 Pre | pious feet the corpse of Hafiz, for though he was drowned
48 Pre | reputation in such good stead.~Hafiz was married and he had a
49 Pre | Anwar, and the Divan of Hafiz is one of the most popular
50 Pre | the Æneid, the Divan of Hafiz is consulted as a guide
51 Pre | Nadir Shah took counsel from Hafiz's book when he was meditating
52 Pre | conquered with thy songs, oh Hafiz; now it is the turn of Baghdad
53 Pre | also as a philosopher that Hafiz has gained so wide an esteem
54 Pre | yet few of us will turn to Hafiz for wisdom and comfort,
55 Pre | Persian asks of his teacher.~Hafiz belonged to the great sect
56 Pre | therefore contemporary with Hafiz, it is distinctly laid down
57 Pre | and in the same strain Hafiz sings of "the Imperial Beauty
58 Pre | And in the same spirit Hafiz sings: "Though the wind
59 Pre | night."~How far the Divan of Hafiz can be said to embody these
60 Pre | the judgment of Jami, that Hafiz was undoubtedly an eminent
61 Pre | natural freedom of spirit, Hafiz seems to me to rise above
62 Pre | statement that to-morrow we die, Hafiz accepted neither unmodified
63 Pre | am inclined to think that Hafiz was one of those who, like
64 Pre | though as a religious teacher Hafiz would have been better advised
65 Pre | Divan. To many Persians, Hafiz occupies the place that
66 Pre | and sufficient in itself. Hafiz is one of those who has
67 Pre | it when he declared that Hafiz rang true. "Hafiz is the
68 Pre | declared that Hafiz rang true. "Hafiz is the most Persian of the
69 Pre | repeated often enough. But Hafiz and old Omar Khayyam ring
70 Pre | said that the Sufiism of Hafiz is partly due to the natural
71 Pre | life and its conditions, Hafiz seems to have accepted the
72 Pre | are the poor in spirit," Hafiz is saying in phraseology
73 Pre | these are nought unto thee?" Hafiz is engaged in that terrible
74 Pre | different from those used by Hafiz to express his longing after
75 Pre | allegorical) of the Persian.~Hafiz and Dante, it is interesting
76 Pre | Can Grande's weary stair, Hafiz was opening his eyes upon
77 Pre | of the temper of that of Hafiz. Moreover, the mysticism
78 Pre | most ardent of citizens. To Hafiz, on the contrary, modern
79 Pre | third. One after another Hafiz saw kings and princes rise
80 Pre | apparent indifference of Hafiz lends to his philosophy
81 Pre | image. The picture that Hafiz drew represents a wider
82 Pre | Cantique des Cantiques. Pour Hafiz, par exemple, il semble
83 Pre | worth of the rose," sings Hafiz, "for many a one reads the
84 Pre | may decipher if he choose.~Hafiz is rather the forerunner
85 I | has rehearsed my shame!~Oh Hafiz, seeking an end to strife,~
86 I(*) | successor to the Khalifate. Hafiz was frequently reproached
87 I(*) | Stanza 2.--The title which Hafiz gives to the Tavern-keeper
88 II | grace.~Patience and wisdom, Hafiz, in a sea~Of thine own tears
89 II(*) | s Koran.~Sudi says that Hafiz composed this poem in a
90 III | the glass~I send to thee.~Hafiz, thy praise alone my comrades
91 III(*) | lines is that by the glass Hafiz means his own heart, which
92 IV | Twas not in vain!~And Hafiz, though thy heart within
93 V | is strung~Come hither, oh Hafiz, and sing again!~And the
94 V(*) | related that he summoned Hafiz before him and said: "Of
95 V(*) | cheek of thy mistress?" Hafiz replied: "It is because
96 V(*) | In the garden of Mosalla, Hafiz lies buried: the stream
97 V(*) | Koran.~Every translator of Hafiz has tried his hand upon
98 VI | still my spirit flies.~And, Hafiz, at the door of Kismet lies~
99 VII | And when the spirit of Hafiz has fled,~Follow his bier
100 VII(*) | which decided the right of Hafiz to receive honourable burial.~
101 VIII | dusty way.~But to thee, oh Hafiz, to thee, oh Tongue~That
102 IX | on me?"~If with tears, oh Hafiz, thine eyes are wet,~Scatter
103 IX(*) | who founded a college for Hafiz in Shiraz. With true Persian
104 IX(*) | a certain occasion when Hafiz was feasting with the Vizir
105 X | hie,~Whisper the tale of Hafiz true,~Fresh and afresh and
106 X(*) | right under the name of Hafiz. It is set to a soft and
107 XI | draughts of Kausar's wine,~And Hafiz doth an earthly cup prefer--~
108 XI(*) | Paradise. To my thinking, Hafiz takes the one as a type
109 XII | patience, friend, ask not~If Hafiz keep--~Patience and steadfastness
110 XIII | ever, since the time that Hafiz heard~His Lady's voice,
111 XIV | game-forlorn~And careless now, Hafiz can lose no more.~ ~
112 XIV(*) | Stanza 1.--Hafiz wrote this poem upon the
113 XIV(*) | and that, out of derision, Hafiz; calls the human body a
114 XIV(*) | not castled" means that Hafiz; had not taken the precaution
115 XV | Spring-awakened garden ground,~In Hafiz' heart shall ring a sweeter
116 XVI | nought brings relief.~Thou, Hafiz, art praised for the songs
117 XVI(*) | them in other editions of Hafiz, but have found little more
118 XVII | Judgment-seat;~Thou shalt rise, oh Hafiz, to Heaven's gate~From the
119 XVIII | loose me not! ah, set not Hafiz free~From out the bondage
120 XVIII | dusty cheek~Learn this from Hafiz: proudest heads shall bend,~
121 XVIII(*)| Persian colour of mourning. Hafiz compares the weeping lovers,
122 XVIII(*)| covered with green herbs.~Hafiz looked upon the prophet
123 XVIII(*)| the immortal gift of song. Hafiz in his youth fell in love
124 XVIII(*)| have kept him with her, but Hafiz, though he had gained his
125 XIX | had got.~But Heaven served Hafiz, as a slave his lord,~And
126 XIX(*) | It is significant that Hafiz should choose the "narrow-eyed"
127 XIX(*) | the poem describes how Hafiz found consolation in the
128 XX | veil of woe,~Consoled by Hafiz melody:~From out the street
129 XXI | and seas!~Ah, scorn, like Hafiz, the delights of earth,~
130 XXI(*) | appear that the contempt of Hafiz for the dervish habit was
131 XXI(*) | had heard of the fame of Hafiz, and having a pretty taste
132 XXI(*) | his journey from Shiraz. Hafiz resolved to accept the invitation.
133 XXI(*) | reduced to a state of beggary. Hafiz was moved to compassion
134 XXI(*) | was coming to fetch them. Hafiz accepted the offer, went
135 XXI(*) | philosophic dignity in which Hafiz had cloaked his fears of
136 XXII | The gold of thy heart, oh Hafiz, despised doth lie,~Not
137 XXIII | sway.~But all the joy that Hafiz' hand might hold,~Lay in
138 XXIII(*)| to have been written by Hafiz; upon the death of his wife.~
139 XXIV | thou dost say,~Alas! my Hafiz, that this sweet To-day~
140 XXIV(*) | on the best of terms with Hafiz, partly because he was jealous
141 XXIV(*) | poet, and partly because Hafiz had been the protégé of
142 XXIV(*) | what he sought. He accused Hafiz of denying the Resurrection,
143 XXIV(*) | Ulema as an infidel. But Hafiz; was too many for him. Before
144 XXV | there.~Not one that numbered Hafiz' name among~The great-unnumbered
145 XXV(*) | well-accredited book (the Divan of Hafiz among the number), pricking
146 XXVI | s beauty turned be.~Like Hafiz, drain the goblet cheerfully~
147 XXVII | two,~A nightingale through Hafiz' garden flew,~Stayed but
148 XXVIII | aright~The uncut gems of Hafiz' inmost thought,~And side
149 XXIX | and plunged in night,~Oh Hafiz, take thy Koran and recite~
150 XXX | its crimson flood.~But, Hafiz, Hafiz! thou art of those~
151 XXX | crimson flood.~But, Hafiz, Hafiz! thou art of those~For ever
152 XXX(*) | shelters it with his wings. Hafiz therefore claims for Shiraz
153 XXX(*) | description of the native town of Hafiz and of the manners of his
154 XXXI | Summoned by thy melody did Hafiz rise~Out of the darkness
155 XXXII | for my lady I found peace.~Hafiz, why art thou ever telling
156 XXXIII | merciless as before.~Sing, Hafiz, sing again of eyes that
157 XXXIV | goodly bride,~Not one, like Hafiz, from the face of Thought~
158 XXXIV(*)| legend in his mind that Hafiz speaks of the angels as
159 XXXV | like to a hunted beast!~Hafiz, thou and thy tears shall
160 XXXV(*) | sent to some friends of Hafiz living at Isfahan, upon
161 XXXVI | Take what it gives, oh Hafiz, ere it flies,~And ask not
162 XXXVII | blows perfume sweet,~Tear, Hafiz, like the rose, thy robe
163 XXXVIII | Not without praise shall Hafiz' name be said,~Not without
164 XXXIX | the Sultan, hears,~Sing, Hafiz, of thy longing for his
165 XXXIX(*)| the line should be sent to Hafiz of Shiraz, the fame of whose
166 XXXIX(*)| was accordingly done, and Hafiz composed the ode here translated,
167 XXXIX(*)| sweetmeat is the ode that Hafiz sent to Bengal.~Stanza 4.--
168 XL | leaves behind is sweet.~Hafiz, thy life has sped untouched
169 XLII | befallen the light of the sun?~Hafiz, the secret of God's dread
170 XLIII | pressed,~And thou the idol of Hafiz' worship; thy face~From
171 XLIII(*)| inscribed upon the tomb of Hafiz.~
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