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The small man builds cages for everyone he knows While the sage, who has to duck his head when the moon is low, Keeps dropping keys all night long For the beautiful rowdy prisoners.
Hafez
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Hafez
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Shiraz city
Khāja Shamsu Dīn Muhammad Hāfez-e Shīrāzī
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Shamsoddin Mohammad Hafez-e Shirazi
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Moḥammed Shams od-Dīn Ḥafeẓ
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of Shiraz Šams-al-Din Moḥammad
Ḥāfiẓ Shīrāzī
Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Shīrāzī
Shams-ud-Din Mohammed
Moḥammed Šams al-Dīn Ḥafeẓ
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