Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz
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![Seal of an owner, named Shafi', stamped in carmine ink. Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
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![Illuminated title-page Preface to Hafiz by Gulandam. Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Illuminated title-page and introduction to the 'Ghazals' or Odes; gold and green predominating colors. Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Illuminated title-page and introduction to the 'Ghazals' or Odes; gold and green predominating colors. Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Ascent of Muhammed to heaven in a vision. Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
!["Look into the Cup of Jamshid and the Mirror of Alexander in order to have insight into the Kingdom of Darius", so says Hafiz to his friend. Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
!["Why turn to Mecca when our venerable sage turns to the wine-house?" Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![God's providence saves after tribulations, as shown in the lives of the Patriarchs of old. Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![If Hafiz has his friend he cares not, though he be crucified like Mansur. Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![It is the hour of pleasure, the beloved friend joins in the wine-drinking, and the musicians are playing. Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Hafiz meets his sweetheart, who is on horseback. Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Sultan Mahmud and his favorite, Ayaz; also Laila and Majnun. (All four are mentioned in the Ode.) Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Hafiz's sweetheart departs with her handmaidens. Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Hafiz grieving for his absent sweetheart. Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Hafiz's loss of his beloved is likened to the loss of Solomon's seal. Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Hafiz, student of love, is no more to be blamed than the Shaikh of San'an who pawned his cloak in the wine-shop but still praised God. Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Hafiz likens the shadow of his cypress-like sweetheart to the reflection of the Divine Spirit. Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![The happy night of union with the beloved. Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Hafiz says: 'The time of Majnun the lover has passed; it is now our turn'. Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
!["Shirin is the only subject of Farhad's talk, and Laila's curl is the abode of Majnun". (These four lovers are portrayed in the picture.) Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![The beloved of Hafiz kneels by his pillow at night. Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
!["Do not rely on the wind; even though now it blows the way you wish--soaring like Solomon on his throne by the aid of the Divs (Demons)--it may later lead to destruction". Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Hafiz apostrophizing the deserted throne of Jamshid. Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Hafiz's advice: "Beware! the beloved, while attentive to thee, may smile behind the veil at another." Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Hafiz's sweetheart forsakes him. Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
!["Miss not your opportunity for joy; for no one will open the door for you if you lose your key." Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Hafiz fears that his excessive love may make others jealous of him, as Joseph's beautiful coat aroused the envy of his brethren. Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Love may be fatal, Farhad, the sculptor-lover of Shirin, was beguiled to leap to death from the crag when the old woman at the King's behest told him the false story of Shirin's death. Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Hafiz and Fakhr ad-Din "Abd as Samad: 'Trust Fate, and fear not the deceits of the beloved." Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Hafiz prefers wine to fasting as a means for cleansing the heart from sorrow. Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Fortune may come, just as Joseph, in spite of his brethren, attained to the pinnacle of success. Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Why be blamed, when Jamshid and Kai Khusrau drink wine? Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Why be downcast? "The hoopoo, like the zephyr may bring good tidings." (The hoopoo bird was the messenger of love between Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. To be noted in the picture are the divs, or demons, as Solomon's servants.) Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![My beloved is for me alone. "I would not touch King Solomon's seal if Abraham's hand had touched it". (Again to be noted in the miniature are the divs as servants of Solomon, who is crowned with a nimbus.) Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Hafiz realizes his hope. Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Love's mischances. "Lightning flashed from Laila's tent and struck Majnun's threshing floor." Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Hafiz, like Alexander, employs a mirror to find his beloved. Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
!["All that you hold in your hand is air." Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Laila's burdened camel passing Majnun's way. Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![There may be risk in twos--two high domes, two Turks, two sailors, two mystics in a wine-house, two highwaymen, two lion-hunters, two seafarers, and two mischief-makers after Hafiz's heart. Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
!["Tis said the burden of the song in Jamshid's company was this: 'Bring wine, for Jamshid will not live forever.'" Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Hafiz complains of his beloved's inconstancy. Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Praise of Shah Mansur Muzaffar (d. 1392) for his victory over thousands. Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Hafiz likens his beloved to his contemporary the benificent Shaikh Abu Ishaq of Shiraz (d. 1357) under whose feet the earth became a garden" and to Mahmud, 'the flash of whose eye burned up his enemies." Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
!["Few love stories stir us; they are those of Farhad and Shirin." Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Hafiz proposes to drink to the memory of Solomon's vizir Asaf. Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
!["O Lord, put into the heart of Khusrau and Shirin to be considerate of Farhad." Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
!["Not every polished face can catch the heart; not every mirror-maker knew Alexander's art." Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Hafiz gives to the east wind a message for kings about the charms of his beloved. Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![On the transitoriness of love; it is passing. "You may have the beautiful and brilliant turquoise seal of Abu Ishaq (d. 1357), but his sway was short." Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
!["Set not your heart upon the world; ask the intoxicated about the virtue of the Cup and also about Jamshid, the pleasure seeker." Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
!["Despair not; for Joseph, though lost, will return again to Canaan, and his prison-cell will become a garden of roses." Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Sultan Mahmud loved his favorite Ayaz simply for his beauty. Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
!["If you aspire to sit as co-assessor of Khidr (who enjoyed eternal life at the Fountain of Youth) you must retire into concealment (as he did) from Alexander's eye". Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
!["Throw Bahram's lasso around Jamshid's cup, for in this Wilderness (of life) I see neither Bahram or his wild ass". Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
!["The turbaned censor breaks the jar of wine." Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Yahya ibn Muzaffar (1353-1430), ruler of Shiraz. Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Hafiz in praise of Asaf, the vizir of Solomon. Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Hafiz praises Kai Qubad and Jamshid. Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Mansur ibn Muhammad of Shiraz. Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Hafiz praises the patience of Joseph. Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Hafiz mentions Mahmud and his favorite Ayaz. Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Khwajah Turan Shah (d. 1385), subject of Hafiz's panegyric. Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Pashang's son, Afrasiab, a Turanian hero in the Shah-namah. Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Farhad's death mentioned by Hafiz. Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
![Shah Shuja (d. 1384). Divan (Anthology) of Hafiz, Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper](/Rodan/dist/img/1x1-d7dcde.gif)
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Illuminated title-page and introduction to the 'Ghazals' or Odes; gold and green predominating colors.
Illuminated title-page and introduction to the 'Ghazals' or Odes; gold and green predominating colors.
"Look into the Cup of Jamshid and the Mirror of Alexander in order to have insight into the Kingdom of Darius", so says Hafiz to his friend.
It is the hour of pleasure, the beloved friend joins in the wine-drinking, and the musicians are playing.
Hafiz, student of love, is no more to be blamed than the Shaikh of San'an who pawned his cloak in the wine-shop but still praised God.
"Shirin is the only subject of Farhad's talk, and Laila's curl is the abode of Majnun". (These four lovers are portrayed in the picture.)
"Do not rely on the wind; even though now it blows the way you wish--soaring like Solomon on his throne by the aid of the Divs (Demons)--it may later lead to destruction".
Hafiz's advice: "Beware! the beloved, while attentive to thee, may smile behind the veil at another."
Hafiz fears that his excessive love may make others jealous of him, as Joseph's beautiful coat aroused the envy of his brethren.
Love may be fatal, Farhad, the sculptor-lover of Shirin, was beguiled to leap to death from the crag when the old woman at the King's behest told him the false story of Shirin's death.
Why be downcast? "The hoopoo, like the zephyr may bring good tidings." (The hoopoo bird was the messenger of love between Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. To be noted in the picture are the divs, or demons, as Solomon's servants.)
My beloved is for me alone. "I would not touch King Solomon's seal if Abraham's hand had touched it". (Again to be noted in the miniature are the divs as servants of Solomon, who is crowned with a nimbus.)
There may be risk in twos--two high domes, two Turks, two sailors, two mystics in a wine-house, two highwaymen, two lion-hunters, two seafarers, and two mischief-makers after Hafiz's heart.
"Tis said the burden of the song in Jamshid's company was this: 'Bring wine, for Jamshid will not live forever.'"
Hafiz likens his beloved to his contemporary the benificent Shaikh Abu Ishaq of Shiraz (d. 1357) under whose feet the earth became a garden" and to Mahmud, 'the flash of whose eye burned up his enemies."
On the transitoriness of love; it is passing. "You may have the beautiful and brilliant turquoise seal of Abu Ishaq (d. 1357), but his sway was short."
"Set not your heart upon the world; ask the intoxicated about the virtue of the Cup and also about Jamshid, the pleasure seeker."
"Despair not; for Joseph, though lost, will return again to Canaan, and his prison-cell will become a garden of roses."
"If you aspire to sit as co-assessor of Khidr (who enjoyed eternal life at the Fountain of Youth) you must retire into concealment (as he did) from Alexander's eye".
"Throw Bahram's lasso around Jamshid's cup, for in this Wilderness (of life) I see neither Bahram or his wild ass".
"Give me Jamshid's Cup, and not the treasure of Qarun". (Qarun of the Qur'an, answering to Qorah of the Old Testament, represented the classic idea of Croesus and his wealth.)
"To be king you must have the genius of Jamshid and of Faridun; to be a lover like Majnun you must follow the dangerous path of Laila."
"Whoever exchanged the treasure of the economy for the treasure of the world, sold Joseph out of Egypt cheap."