1836.] 



Persian poets. 



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Hemam Uddin. 



Of Tabriz — cotemporary with Sadi — died A. H. 713 during the reign 

 of Mahomed Bin Arjun, emperor of the Moguls. The following lines 

 are given as his composition, and are addressed to Sadi ; — ■ 



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ODE. 



By one glance thou can'st gratify my wish, 

 But thou aidest not the helpless : 



The tip of thy ringlet has floated into the hand of the zephyr, 

 That fickle one is habituated to tell tales : 



Take not delight m the stature of the stately cypress : it is far better 

 To be enamoured of thy own lofty figure. 



Ask not of the rose, " dost thou not blush at the sight of my face ?" 



For thou art [peerless] amid the odoriferous shrubs of the parterre. 



For straining after thy image, I have become a victim to sleep. 



Happy is he whose companion and friend thou art, 



If thou would'st be my friend, be single hearted and true. 



But what profiteth this? Shirdzi wanteth not my aid. 



