Classic Poem

Since in my heart for her Abode concern hath taken,
Like to her tress, my soul Blackness nocturn hath taken.

Life's water is her lip Like fire; and from its water
There sprang a fire that on Our heart, in turn, hath taken.

The Huma of my wish Long since for the enjoyment
Of that thy shape with all Its heart to yearn hath taken.

Enamoured of her form And height august I'm fallen,
For that the lover's need The height etern hath taken.

Since in her favour's shade Content we were, why is it
That she her shade from us, I fain would learn, hath taken?

The morning breeze to day With ambergris is scented;
Belike my friend the way Of mead and burn hath taken.

In chains of shining pearls The ocean of my weeping
The vessel of the world, From stem to stern, hath taken.

The speech of Hafiz, since, O cypress jasmine-bosomed,
Thy shape it hath described, The earth to spurn hath taken.