Part 3
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See, see there The Tulips! Merry drinkers, they, Holding straight their cups up, Colored oh! so gay, That when heavenly nectar From the clouds rains down They may gayly banquet All of Tulip Town!
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A cozy nook, a maid to love, a mind that’s free from care, A merry song to sing, a lute, and wine beside me there Which warms the heart and head so well that frightened Grief speeds by, I would not exchange these for all the gold of Hatim Tai.
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Devout be in the daylight and drink thy wine by night, It dims by day the heart’s mirror and sets thereon a blight, But when the veil of darkness has buried deep the sun, From the wine cup’s Eastern ocean let thy Sun of Joy come!
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Oh that Youth’s glowing gown must fade! Oh that eternity were on it laid!
The Fount of Life grows dry. Sadly we see To-day we are not what we used to be.
We leave behind companions, friends, and kin, Because such has the will of Heaven been.
Even brothers part and go so far--so far-- The Twins alone in Heaven changeless are.
NOTES
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Ad and Themud were old Arabian races who were punished with extinction because of their disobedience to God.
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Mahmud Imadeddin--Pillar of the Faith. He was vizier during the life of Hafiz, and one of his friends.
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This is one of the poems which is inscribed upon Hafiz’ grave; the other is the poem on the preceding page.
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The first quatrain is one of “the wandering quatrains” of Persia. It is found with almost the same words in several other Persian poets.
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Words and phrases in italics are surrounded by underscores, _like this_. Two misspelled words were corrected.