Hafez Quote

Ho, saki, haste, the beaker bring,
Fill up, and pass it round the ring;
Love seemed at first an easy thing—
But ah! the hard awakening.


'Love's Awakening' c. 1368–9, translated by A. J. Arberry


Ho, saki, haste, the beaker bring, Fill up, and pass it round the ring; Love seemed at first an easy thing— But ah! the hard awakening.

Ho, saki, haste, the beaker bring, Fill up, and pass it round the ring; Love seemed at first an easy thing— But ah! the hard awakening.

Ho, saki, haste, the beaker bring, Fill up, and pass it round the ring; Love seemed at first an easy thing— But ah! the hard awakening.

Ho, saki, haste, the beaker bring, Fill up, and pass it round the ring; Love seemed at first an easy thing— But ah! the hard awakening.