* "Poems from the Divan of Hafiz", by Getrude Lowthian Bell, [1897],
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\"Stanza 1".--Hafiz wrote this poem upon the death of his son.
"Stanza 3".--Rosenzweig, in his edition of the Divan, says that the allusion is to the dust and water which God kneaded into the body of Adam, and that, out of derision, Hafiz; calls the human body a house of joy.
The moon, according to Persian superstition, has a baneful influence upon human life.
"Stanza 4".--Rosenzweig says that "I had not castled" means that Hafiz; had not taken the precaution of marrying his son, and so securing for himself grandchildren who would have been a consolation to him on their father's death. For that reason he had nothing more to lose, and was indifferent as to what his next move in the game should be.