Hafez · Happy Shiraz
خوشا شیراز و وضع بی مثالشخداوندا نگه دار از زوالش
ز رکن آباد ما صد لوحش اللهکه عمر خضر می بخشد زلالش
میان جعفرآباد و مصلاعبیرآمیز می آید شمالش
به شیراز آی و فیض روح قدسیبجوی از مردم صاحب کمالش
که نام قند مصری برد آنجاکه شیرینان ندادند انفعالش
صبا زان لولی شنگول سرمستچه داری آگهی چون است حالش
گر آن شیرین پسر خونم بریزددلا چون شیر مادر کن حلالش
مکن از خواب بیدارم خدا راکه دارم خلوتی خوش با خیالش
چرا حافظ چو می ترسیدی از هجرنکردی شکر ایام وصالش
Hafez sings his love for his city, its streams and fragrant winds and gifted people, and prays that it be kept from harm. This faal asks you to look with the same affection at what is already around you: your place, your people, the clear water you drink without noticing. You may be anxious about losing something or someone. The final line gently turns that worry around: rather than fearing separation, give thanks for the time of closeness while it is here. Gratitude is itself a protection. Cherish the present company, and let your love be generous.
Happy Shiraz, and its matchless setting!
O Lord, keep it from decline.
A hundred blessings on our Roknabad,
whose clear water grants the life of Khizr.
Between Ja'farabad and the Mosalla
its north wind comes mingled with ambergris.
Come to Shiraz, and the grace of the Holy Spirit
seek from its people of perfection.
Who has spoken there the name of Egyptian sugar
that its sweet ones did not put to shame?
O breeze, of that merry, drunken gypsy
what news have you? How does that one fare?
If that sweet youth should shed my blood,
O heart, let it be lawful to him as mother's milk.
For God's sake, do not wake me from my sleep,
for I have a sweet seclusion with that image.
Hafez, since you were afraid of separation,
why did you not give thanks for the days of union?