DELICATE Night, that shelters my beloved,
Shed dreams as sweet as roses on her slumbers,
Breathe on her lips soft kisses from the lover
Lonely without her.
Say, will she dream of Hafiz here in London,
Who far from Mosellay’s delightful shadows,
Who far from Rocknabad’s enchanted waters,
Vexes the muses ?
Vainly you seek to praise the girl, my Hafiz ;
Is she not fairer than the maiden moon is ?
Is not her mouth a rose whose parted petals
Trouble a poet ?
(Justin H. McCarthy)
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