From the cypress - hough , in ...

From the cypress - hough , in Pahlavi shout , the bulbul ,

Last night , the lesson of the stages of spirituality the Masnavl of Jalalu - d - Din Rumi kept saying *** Come , for the rose hath displayed the fire of Musa ,

So that , from the fiery bush , the subtlety of the unity of God thou mayst hear . *** Melody - measuring and jest - uttering , are the birds of the garden ,

So that , to Pahlavi ghazals and Persian subtleties wine the khwaja may drink . *** Happy the time the quiet mat of beggary ; and the sleep thereon of tranquillity ,

For , not befitting the khusravl crown is this ease . *** Naught from the world took Jamshld , save the world - viewing cup ;

Ho on worldly chattels , bind not thy heart . *** Darvish and beggar , I am yet , equal , I make not

The ragged felt darvish cap to a hundred splendid khusravl crowns . *** To his son , the years endured old villager spake how well ,

Saying : O light of my eye save that sown , thou reapest naught . *** Man's house with the glance , thy eye hath darkened

Thine , be no wine - sickness For , intoxicated , happy thou goest . *** This tale of wonder of inverted fortune , hear

Us , the beloved , with the revivifying breath of ' sa , slew . *** To the slave's verse , wine drink . Thine , be no heart - straitedness

On the head of worldly chattels , be dust after thee . *** Perchance , more than his due Hafiz's allowance of wine the Saki gave ,

That disarranged became the Maulavi's turban - tassel . ***