Key to Poetry
  • Home
  • Top Poets
  • All Poets
  • Topics
  • Articles
  • Analyze a poem online
  • Become a Member

Rubaiyat 17: Poem by Shams al-Din Hafiz Shirazi

  1. Home
  2. Shams al-Din Hafiz Shirazi
  3. Poems

With fate you still hope to trade;
Passage of time should make you afraid.
You said no color comes after black,
I said my black hair to white degrade.

Analysis of this poem

Explore Key to Poetry

  • Browse poets A–Z
  • Poems by topic
  • Poem analysis library
  • Search poems and poets

More poems by Shams al-Din Hafiz Shirazi

  • Rubaiyat 27
  • Rubaiyat 22
  • Rubaiyat 42
  • Rubaiyat 20
  • Rubaiyat 40
Poems about...
  • love
  • death
  • life
  • nature
  • family
  • spring
  • winter
  • summer
  • autumn
  • depression
  • beautiful
  • dream
  • Home
  • Analyses
  • All poets
  • Topics
  • Articles
  • Search Form
© 2017 KeyToPoetry.com. Copyright Notice | Terms | Contact us
✕