Short Poems

Where o where is the message which today
brought us tidings of joy
That instead of silver & gold I on the earth
Might strew souls.
Hafiz

In the kingdom of Poesy Hafiz waves like a banner
Thro' the Shah's defending favor
Hafiz

Thy poems Hafiz shame the rose leaves
Since they breathe the praise of the rosier cheeks of thy love
Hafiz

Who compares a poem
Of others to mine
Compares gold
With rush-plaits
Hafiz

Thy songs O Hafiz
Are erst in Paradise
On the leaves of the jasmin
And the rose bush written
Hafiz

And had Hafiz
Ten tongues like the lily,
He would be silent
Like the rosebud,
While thro love his mouth is sealed.
Hafiz

Free thyself from wo
Thou drinkest blood when thou enviest others their luck
Hafiz

Hear what the glass will tell thee
This again-married world
Has had many husbands mighty & glorious
Jam & Keikobad
Hafiz

Yet all comes out of this, that one door
Opens, when another shuts.
Hafiz

Has thine enemy slandered thy house
He shall find his sin in his childs child
Hafiz