Love
A cozy nook, a maid to love, a mind that’s free from care,
Translated by Edna Worthley Underwood (1917) · From Songs of Hafiz (1917)
Love
A cozy nook, a maid to love, a mind that’s free from care,
A merry song to sing, a lute, and wine beside me there
Which warms the heart and head so well that frightened Grief speeds by,
I would not exchange these for all the gold of Hatim Tai.
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MLA
Hafiz. “A cozy nook, a maid to love, a mind that’s free from care.” Translated by Edna Worthley Underwood. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/hafiz/126/.
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Hafiz. “A cozy nook, a maid to love, a mind that’s free from care.” Translated by Edna Worthley Underwood. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/hafiz/126/.
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