Hafez · Ghazal 20 · The fast is over and the Eid has come
روزه یک‌سو شد و عید آمد و دل‌ها برخاستمی ز خم‌خانه به‌جوش آمد و می باید خواست
نوبه زهدفروشان گران‌جان بگذشتوقت رندی و طرب کردن رندان پیداست
چه ملامت بود آن را که چنین باده خورد؟این چه عیب است بدین بی‌خردی؟ وین چه خطاست؟
باده‌نوشی که در او روی و ریایی نبودبهتر از زهدفروشی که در او روی و ریاست
ما نه رندان ریاییم و حریفان نفاقآن‌که او عالم سر است، بدین حال گواست
فرض ایزد بگزاریم و به کس بد نکنیموان چه گویند روا نیست، نگوییم رواست
چه شود گر من و تو چند قدح باده خوریم؟باده از خون رزان است، نه از خون شماست
این چه عیب است کز آن عیب، خلل خواهد بود؟ور بود نیز چه شد؟ مردم بی‌عیب کجاست؟
A season of restraint is ending, and Hafez feels the lift of the Eid in his heart. He sets honest joy above solemn show: one who pretends nothing is better than one who sells his piety. Take his counsel to heart. Do what you know is right, harm no one, and do not call wrong right to please anyone. Then let go of the fear of other people's judgement, for no one is without fault. You are allowed to be glad. Let your celebration be sincere, and let it be shared.
The fast has gone aside, the Eid has come, and hearts have risen;
wine has come to a boil in the wine-store, and wine must be called for.
The turn of the heavy-souled sellers of piety has passed;
the time of rendi and of the rends' merrymaking is here.
What blame is there for one who drinks such wine?
What fault is this, what folly? And what wrong is this?
A wine-drinker in whom there is no pretence or show
is better than a piety-seller made of pretence and show.
We are not rends of hypocrisy or companions of deceit;
He who knows all secrets is witness to this state.
We perform what God requires and do harm to no one,
and what they say is not lawful, we do not call lawful.
What harm if you and I drink a few cups of wine?
Wine is the blood of the vines, not your blood.
What kind of fault is this, that any damage should come of it?
And if it did, what then? Where is the person without fault?