Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, West–östlicher Divan, "Book of Hafis", 'The Unlimited' (1817), trans. Edgar Alfred Bowring
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And what though all the world should sink! Hafis! with thee, alone with thee Will I contend! joy, misery, The portion of us twain shall be; Like thee to love, like thee to drink,— This be my pride,—this, life to me!
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe on Hafez
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