Hafez · Ghazal 254 · Once more the patient nightingale
دیگر ز شاخ سرو سهی بلبل صبورگلبانگ زد که چشم بد از روی گل به دور
ای گل به شکر آن که تویی پادشاه حسنبا بلبلان بی‌دل شیدا مکن غرور
از دست غیبت تو شکایت نمی‌کنمتا نیست غیبتی نبود لذت حضور
گر دیگران به عیش و طرب خرمند و شادما را غم نگار بود مایه سرور
زاهد اگر به حور و قصور است امیدوارما را شرابخانه قصور است و یار حور
می خور به بانگ چنگ و مخور غصه ور کسیگوید تو را که باده مخور گو هوالغفور
حافظ شکایت از غم هجران چه می‌کنی؟در هجر وصل باشد و در ظلمت است نور
The patient nightingale is singing again, and this ghazal comes to tell you that your waiting has meaning. Hafez gives you two of his kindest sayings: without absence there would be no delight in presence, and in darkness there is light. If someone or something feels far away, the distance itself is deepening the joy of the meeting to come. Do not let others' ideas of happiness set the measure for yours, and do not let harsh voices make you forget that grace forgives. Rest in hope; the rose is still on the branch.
Once more, from the branch of the upright cypress, the patient nightingale
sang out: "May the evil eye stay far from the rose's face!"
O rose, in thanks that you are the queen of beauty,
do not be proud with the nightingales who have lost their hearts to you.
I do not complain of your absence,
for without absence there is no delight in presence.
If others are glad and cheerful with pleasure and feasting,
for us, grief for the beloved is the source of joy.
If the zahid hopes for the houris and the palaces of paradise,
for us the wine-house is the palace and the beloved the houri.
Drink wine to the sound of the harp and do not grieve; and if anyone
tells you not to drink wine, say: "He is the Forgiving."
Hafez, why do you complain of the grief of separation?
In separation there is union, and in darkness there is light.