Hafez · Ghazal 107 · May your beauty ever increase
حسن تو همیشه در فزون بادرویت همه ساله لاله‌گون باد
اندر سر ما خیال عشقتهر روز که باد در فزون باد
هر سرو که در چمن درآیددر خدمت قامتت نگون باد
چشمی که نه فتنه تو باشدچون گوهر اشک غرق خون باد
چشم تو ز بهر دلرباییدر کردن سحر ذوفنون باد
هر جا که دلیست در غم توبی صبر و قرار و بی سکون باد
قد همه دلبران عالمپیش الف قدت چو نون باد
هر دل که ز عشق توست خالیاز حلقه وصل تو برون باد
لعل تو که هست جان حافظدور از لب مردمان دون باد
This is a ghazal of increase: may beauty grow, may love grow, every day there is. Whatever you are asking about, let it remind you that good things can deepen over time rather than fade. Tend what you love so that it flourishes, the way a garden is tended through the year. Keep what is precious close, and do not share it carelessly with those who cannot value it. Your affection, given with a full heart, is part of what makes it grow.
May your beauty be ever increasing;
may your face be the colour of tulips all year long.
In my head, the thought of your love,
every day there is, may it increase.
Every cypress that comes into the meadow,
may it bow down in service to your stature.
Any eye that is not enchanted by you,
may it, like the pearl of a tear, be drowned in blood.
May your eye, for the stealing of hearts,
be master of every art in working magic.
Wherever there is a heart in grief for you,
may it be without patience, without rest or calm.
May the stature of all the heart-stealers in the world
be bent like a nun before the alif of your stature.
Every heart that is empty of love for you,
may it be shut out from the circle of union with you.
Your ruby lip, which is the very soul of Hafez,
may it be far from the lips of the base.