The Divan: Written in the Fourteenth Century. E-book. Formato PDF Hafiz   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

Ashamed of the lovely face of earth's moon (the beloved), the (resplendent) sun became. Necessary to all creation is the beholding Of Thy beauty and beauteousness, Nay, an enjoined duty to all angels is the viewing Of Thy face. The sun from the f0.urth heaven is the light-borrower from Thy face, Like the seventh earth left beneath the load Of death. Ever remained dead, the soul that a sacrifice fort Him became not Cutting and shearing is worthy Of the body that, captive to Him, became not.

Poems From the Divan of Hafiz. E-book. Formato PDF Hafiz   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

From this time onward the governors of the Persian provinces seem to have given a nominal allegiance now to the Sultan of Baghdad, now to the more distant Khalif. The position of Shiraz between Baghdad and Cairo must have resembled that of Venice between Rome and Constantinople, and, like Venice, she was obedient to neither lord.