Hafez:

Again the garden has got the glitter of Spring: The nightingale hears good news, for the rose is come. Soft wind returning to the young plants of the meadow, Greet for us the rose, the cypress and the sweet basil. They are spread for the wedding-feast of the wine-seller's son, And I'd sweep his floor with my eyelashes to win such grace.

— Hafez Medieval

Persian poet

Context

From a ghazal, as translated by Peter Avery

Date / Period

c. 1325-1390 AD (original composition)

Source

https://aumdadamayastudios.wordpress.com/2019/04/11/on-best-translations-of-hafi…

Verification

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Explanation

Found in 1 providers: gemini

Method

Cross Reference

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