Mīgashtamandarānchamanubāghdambi-dam
mīkardamandarāngulubulbulta’ammulī
Gulyār-iḥusngashtavabulbulqarīn-i‘ishq
īnrātaghayyurīnihvaānrātabaddulī
Chūnkarddardilamatharāvāz-i‘andalīb
gashtamchunānkihīchnamāndamtaḥammulī
Basgulshikuftamīshavadīnbāghrāvalī
kasbī-balā-yikhārnachīda-astazūgulī
Ḥāfiẓmadārumīd-ifarajazmadār-icarkh
Dāradhizār‘aybunadāradtafaḍḍulī.Iwenttothegardeninthemorningtopickarose
Suddenlythesongofanightingalecametomyears
Thepoorthing,likeme,wasdestroyedbyhisloveforarose
Andinthemeadowheraisedupahueandcry
AsIstrolledinthemeadowandgardenforaspate
Iwasreflectingonthatroseandthenightingale
Therosebecamethebelovedbeautyandthenightingale,mateoflove
Thiswaschangedtothat,andthattransformedtothis
WhenthesongofthePhilomelworkeduponmyheart
ItmademesuchthatIcouldnotstanditanymore
Manyaroseisblossominginthisgarden,yet
Noonepicksarosefromitwithouttheprickofthethorn
Ḥāfiẓ,donothopeforreleasefromtheturningheavens
Ithasendlessfaultsandnotasinglemercy.Inthispoem,then,thepoet’spersonareflectsuponthemorning/dawnsymbol
ofthenightingaleanditshopesaslover,andrejectsallhope,inthatloveof
rosescomeswiththeprickofthethorn,andthatistheunchangingfateofthe
world.^37
Asforthemorninglibationofwine,Sab ̄. u.h,whichoccurssixtimes,alwayspaired
withanotherwordformorningorlatenight(itappearsafurtherninetimesin
othertokensofthelexemeṣabūḥī,ṣabūḥī-zadagān)–wewillcometothistoposin
thediscussionbelow,onthesacralityofdawn.
Wealsofindtheeasterlymorningbreeze,Sab ̄. a,whichisinvoked105timesin
Ḥāfiẓ’sghazals(mostprobablymorethanthatinhisentireoeuvre,ifwealsocount
hisotherforms)–thatistosay,almostoneofeveryfiveghazals.Anotherwordfor
thebreeze,Nas ̄ım,occurs65timesandmaysometimes,butnotalways,waftat
dawn.Thisbreezeisassociatedwithsunriseandspringtime,coolnessandfragrance,
whichmaketheflowersblossom.Itisalsothebreezetowhichloverstelltheir
secrets.KhurramshāhīisoftheopinionthatḤāfiẓmayusethesymbolofthe
pleasantfragrantbreezeofmorning(nasīm,withwhichhemoreorlessseemsto
pairṣabā)morethananyotherPersianpoet.Furthermore,heventuresthatthe
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