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SINGER, sweet Singer, fresh notes
strew, Saki, thy radiant feet I hail; Then with thy love to toy with thee, Here round thy life the vine is twined; She that has stolen my heart from me, Wind of the dawn that passest by,
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* This song is not to be found in the best editions of the Divan, and is believed to be spurious; but it is printed in most of the popular editions, and is as widely known as any of the poems which pass with a better right under the name of Hafiz. It is set to a soft and well-nigh tuneless air which sounds like dream music, or the echo of something very beautiful coming from a great distance, the singer ending on an almost whispered repetition of the first exquisite phrase. I have been told that the boatmen on the Ganges sing it as they row, and the monotonous accompaniment of the water under the oars must be even more fitting to the melody than that of the lute strings. |
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