The rose garden of Persia . THE WOMEN OF of Persia, called KitSbi Kulsflm. Naneli, which in its style is not unlikethe Sirventes of the Troiibadpurs, are thefollowing passages illustrative of the delighttaken in the poets verses. The women of Shir^z have remarkabletaste in minstrelsy, and are devoted to thememory of Hafiz. Every woman should be instructed iiithe art of playing on the dyra, or tambo-rine; and she in turn must teach it to herdaughters, that their time may be passed injoy and mirth; and the songs of Hafiz,above all others, must be remembered. Ifit so happen that nei
The rose garden of Persia . THE WOMEN OF of Persia, called KitSbi Kulsflm. Naneli, which in its style is not unlikethe Sirventes of the Troiibadpurs, are thefollowing passages illustrative of the delighttaken in the poets verses. The women of Shir^z have remarkabletaste in minstrelsy, and are devoted to thememory of Hafiz. Every woman should be instructed iiithe art of playing on the dyra, or tambo-rine; and she in turn must teach it to herdaughters, that their time may be passed injoy and mirth; and the songs of Hafiz,above all others, must be remembered. Ifit so happen that neither a dyra nulhaddrnor a sihd&r is in. the house,:at any ratethere should be a brassdish and a malletfor the purpose of produoiug music. The opinion of the learned Eeviozki,^^*^given by Sir William Jones, that Hafiz was•an esprit fort, and ridiculed the Koran andthe Prophets, is not generally entertainedin Persia, and his book is consulted in thesame manner as .Virgil ha^ often Shah resolved on two famous siegesin consequence of two verses which he foundon opening t
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