Love
Oh! kiss well and drink well,
Translated by Edna Worthley Underwood (1917) · From Songs of Hafiz (1917)
Love
Oh! kiss well and drink well,
For cruel is Fate,
Soon tolleth Time’s bell:
Too late! Too late!
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Hafiz. “Oh! kiss well and drink well.” Translated by Edna Worthley Underwood. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/hafiz/121/.
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Hafiz. “Oh! kiss well and drink well.” Translated by Edna Worthley Underwood. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/hafiz/121/.
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