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If at last thou attain the desire of thy life, Cast the world aside, yea, abandon it!
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
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Shams-ud-Din Mohammed
Moḥammed Šams al-Dīn Ḥafeẓ
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