Short Poems

Reach me wine No counsel weakens the conclusion of the lot,
None alters what Destiny determines for him.
Hafiz

Good is what goes on the road of Nature
On the straight way never yet erred man
Hafiz

Since you set no worth on the heart
Will I on the way instead of small coin
Strew eyes.
Hafiz

Since you set no worth on the heart
Will I on the way instead of small coin
Strew eyes.
Hafiz

Should I shed my tears
Into the Sinderud,
Irak would in a moment
Be watered through & through
Hafiz

The ninefold table of Heaven
Its gold & silver bread
Compared with the table of thy grace
Are but a morsel
Hafiz

In bounding youth the night & rain
Shut toys out vex the brain
But later, dark & rainy skies
Give not the cheer the sun supplies
Hafiz

Drink till the turbans are all unbound
Drink till the house like the world turns round
Hafiz

Wine resembles the Lord Jesus
It wakes the dead to life
Hafiz

Who dedicates himself to the glass
Wherein the world mirrors itself
Lifts securely the veil
Which separates the worlds
Hafiz