Ghanoonparvar Mohammad R. - In the alley of the friend: on the poetry of Hafez

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Appendix

This appendix provides the original Persian of the set-off couplets in this translation, identified and alphabetized by the first line of the English translation of the couplet. Bracketed numbers in the appendix refer to ghazal numbers.

A nightingale was holding in its beak [77]

A pair of clever companions, and of old wine, a couple of stones [477]

Along the path of love, indeed [125]

although as a hafez I am well-known [457]

and till dawn [320]

Appreciate the preciousness of time as much as you can [473]

arise and let us dedicate our lives [77]

Although I have been immersed a hundred ways [313]

At dawn a cry came from the heavens [199]

At dawn, I was telling the wind the story of my longing [440]

At dawn, my good fortune came to my bedside [176]

At dawn, the nightingale told the zephyr the story [130]

at every moment the image of your face [357]

Be my beloved [52]

Bring wine! Quran reciters, clerics [200]

but if you are not prepared [144]

Come, for the flourishing of this workshop [477]

Come, let us scatter flowers [374]

Dark night and the desert, where can one reach [117]

Do what you want, but do not pursue hurting others [76]

Drunkenly, let us remove the veil [375]

each night all night [324]

Even though covered in the dust of poverty [346]

Even though the affairs of the world are clenched like a bud [274]

Excited by the intoxicated narcissus eyes [379]

Fall in love, for if not, some day [435]

From the alley of the friend [454]

from the dawn of time until eternitys evening [206]

Give me wine, oh cupbearer [286]

give my futile heart the elixir it craves [248]

Hafezalthough we have no choice [53]

Hafez, talk of your delightfully deceptive magic [429]

Hark! Do not despair [255]

how can eyes see you as you truly are [300]