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Nightingale, have you heard the news!
The Rose has come back and the green and the blue,
And everything is as new as the dew—
New nightingale, new rose.
Hafiz of Shiraz was one of the very greatest Persian poets. Writing in the fourteenth century, his poems were collected as the Divan of Hafiz. The ghazals of Hafiz are erotic yet spiritual, both sensual and symbolic. Full of images of wine and the tavern, of the Beloved, of nightingales and roses, the poems of Hafiz have been regularly translated into English since the end of the eighteenth century. This new edition of Richard Le Gallienne’s moving and poetic translation finally brings one of the most popular versions of Hafiz back into print.
Hafiz is drunk in many different ways—
Drunk with the Infinite, Drunk with the divine,
With music drunk, and many a lovely face;
Also, he's drunk—with wine.
The Rose has come back and the green and the blue,
And everything is as new as the dew—
New nightingale, new rose.
Hafiz of Shiraz was one of the very greatest Persian poets. Writing in the fourteenth century, his poems were collected as the Divan of Hafiz. The ghazals of Hafiz are erotic yet spiritual, both sensual and symbolic. Full of images of wine and the tavern, of the Beloved, of nightingales and roses, the poems of Hafiz have been regularly translated into English since the end of the eighteenth century. This new edition of Richard Le Gallienne’s moving and poetic translation finally brings one of the most popular versions of Hafiz back into print.
Hafiz is drunk in many different ways—
Drunk with the Infinite, Drunk with the divine,
With music drunk, and many a lovely face;
Also, he's drunk—with wine.
About the Author
Hafiz was born around 1320 in Shiraz, Persia. His Divan is a classic of world literature and has been translated many times into English.
Richard Le Gallienne was a contemporary of Oscar Wilde and W.B.Yeats, a member of the famous Rhymer's Club, who used to meet in the Olde Cheshire Cheese pub in Fleet Street. Born in Liverpool England, he was a well-known and prolific literary figure from the 1890s until the end of his life. He moved to the United States at the beginning of the twentieth century, where his daughter, Eva Le Gallienne, became a famous actress.
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