"جولة إلى شيراز عبر طريق كازرون وفيروز آباد مع ملاحظات متعددة حول سلوك الفُرس، عاداتهم، قوانينهم، لغتهم، وأدبهم، أُضيف إليها تاريخ بلاد فارس من موت كريم خان إلى سقوط سلالة زند" [‎٢‎١‎٩] (٣٦٢/٢٤٥)

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CHAPTER V.
Mystic "Poetry,
Th i s subject claims our attention, not only on account of its
having been little noticed, but also as our knowledge on this head
is what can alone enable us to judge of the merits or beauties
of Persian poetry. The Persians insist, and we should give them
the merit of understanding their own language, that all the odes of
their celebrated poets are mystical, and breathing a fervent spirit
of adoration for the Supreme Being. They maintain, that the
Soofees " profess eager desire with
« the cup, hut no material goblet,
« sect, all is mystery within mystery" It is difficult, however, to re
concile this strange language with the apparent meaning ot a
number of their verses.
J.tjiu ^Jjjl J u
j. ^ ^ ^ SJ •
« When fortune shall have made a goblet of my clay,
« See that my head be filled with wine; 1 profess not piety,
neither do I preach repentance, nor prevaricate.
44 Address me with frankness and sincerity.
« It is a meritorious act, O Hafiz I to worship the glass,
« Arise and direct thy attention to virtuous deeds 1"
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