1877.] 
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An unpublished Ghazal by Hafiz. — By H. Blochmann, M. A., 
Calcutta Madrasah. 
In the Proceedings for November 1874, (p. 208), I noticed a MS. 
collection of choice verses containing an autograph of Prince Khurram 
(Shahjalian). Among the poems, the following ghazal by Hafiz is given, 
which I have not seen in any MS. or printed edition of his Diwan. The 
style is easily recognized as that of Hafiz. (Metre, long hazaj .) 
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* cl<XA au j/m jX Ij t- Q-kl j) )jsO 
d^djA j d^s:^ 
* ajj fiJu* j*a1a aaa’ A d^AiU 
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1. Thanks he to God that a sight of thy face has again heen granted me : the 
sun of thy beauty lights up the eye of my destiny. 
2. In the gallery of my heart I painted the day of my loneliness in those 
(bright) colours in which I paint to myself the day of meeting thee. 
3. When in thy love thou castest upon my head the shadow of mercy, the 
phoenix of fortune and success casts his shadow upon me. 
4. The news of thy arrival was brought to me, and I gave up my heart to 
thanksgiving ; for this was an occasion of joy for my grief-fostering heart. 
5. Put boldly, 0 love, thy foot upon the eye of Hafiz; for within his beaming 
eye a place has been made for thee. 
