'Tis a city full of graceful o...

'Tis a city full of graceful ones and , on every side , an idol .

O friends 'tis love's salutation , if ye make a bargain . *** More fresh than this , the sky's eye seetli not a youth

In the hand , none beheld more beautiful than this an idol . *** Created of soul , who shall have seen a body

On this skirt , of these dusty ones be not a particle of dust *** The shattered one like me , from before thyself wherefore drivest thou

For great expectation is mine , of a kiss , or of an embrace . *** Know the wine is without alloy haste the time is opportune

Another year , who hath hope of a new spring *** In the garden , companions like the tulip and the rose ,

Each a cup taken to the memory of the face of a friend . *** This knot , how may I loose This mystery , how may I unfold

A pain , and a severe pain a work , and a difficult work . *** O lovely face than the rose , a hundred - fold more lovely thou art ,

O Lord path to Thy skirt , gain not a thorn *** In the hand of the tress , of a saucy one , is every thread of Hafiz's hair

'Tis difficult to dwell in a land like this . ***