Hafez · Ghazal 269 · O heart, good fortune is companion enough
دلا، رفیق سفر بخت نیکخواهت بسنسیم روضه شیراز، پیک راهت بس
دگر ز منزل جانان سفر مکن درویشکه سیر معنوی و کنج خانقاهت بس
وگر کمین بگشاید غمی ز گوشه دلحریم درگه پیر مغان، پناهت بس
به صدر مصطبه بنشین و ساغر می نوشکه این قدر ز جهان، کسب مال و جاهت بس
زیادتی مطلب، کار بر خود آسان کنصراحی می لعل و بتی چو ماهت بس
فلک به مردم نادان دهد زمام مرادتو اهل فضلی و دانش، همین گناهت بس
هوای مسکن مألوف و عهد یار قدیمز رهروان سفرکرده، عذرخواهت بس
به منت دگران خو مکن که در دو جهانرضای ایزد و انعام پادشاهت بس
به هیچ ورد دگر نیست حاجت ای حافظدعای نیم‌شب و درس صبحگاهت بس
If you are wondering whether to set out somewhere new, Hafez counsels you to stay close to what you love. The inner journey can be travelled from where you are, and the breeze of home is messenger enough. Do not be troubled if the world seems to reward others more easily; it often does. Keep things simple, ask for no more than you need, and keep faith with old friends and familiar ground. When sorrow ambushes you, there is shelter near at hand. Your quiet prayer at night and your work each morning are enough.
O heart, your well-wishing fortune is companion enough for the journey;
the breeze from the garden of Shiraz is messenger enough for your road.
Dervish, do not travel again from the beloved's dwelling,
for the inner journey and the corner of your Sufi lodge are enough for you.
And if some sorrow springs an ambush from a corner of the heart,
the sanctuary of the Magian elder's threshold is refuge enough for you.
Sit at the head of the tavern bench and drink a cup of wine,
for this much gain of wealth and rank from the world is enough for you.
Do not ask for more; make things easy for yourself:
a flask of ruby wine and a beauty like the moon are enough for you.
The heavens hand the reins of desire to the ignorant;
you are a person of merit and learning, and that is sin enough.
Love of a familiar home and your pledge to an old friend
will be excuse enough to the travellers who have gone on.
Do not grow used to owing favours to others, for in both worlds
God's good pleasure and the King's bounty are enough for you.
You need no other litany, Hafez:
your midnight prayer and your morning lesson are enough.