Hafez · Ghazal 349 · Last night I said
دوش سودای رخش گفتم ز سر بیرون کنمگفت کو زنجیر؟ تا تدبیر این مجنون کنم
قامتش را سرو گفتم، سر کشید از من به خشمدوستان از راست می‌رنجد نگارم، چون کنم؟
نکته ناسنجیده گفتم دلبرا معذور دارعشوه‌ای فرمای تا من طبع را موزون کنم
زردرویی می‌کشم زان طبع نازک، بی‌گناهساقیا جامی بده تا چهره را گلگون کنم
ای نسیم منزل لیلی خدا را تا به کیربع را برهم زنم، اطلال را جیحون کنم
من که ره بردم به گنج حسن بی‌پایان دوستصد گدای همچو خود را بعد از این قارون کنم
ای مه صاحب قران، از بنده حافظ یاد کنتا دعای دولت آن حسن روزافزون کنم
There is gentle humour in this ghazal: Hafez praises his beloved, says the wrong thing, and must ask forgiveness for a careless word. If a small misunderstanding has come between you and someone dear, the verse encourages a light and humble apology. One kind glance can restore the measure of things. Hafez also finds that the treasure he has discovered is so great he can share it with a hundred others. Let your good fortune overflow, and keep the bond tender.
Last night I said I would put the passion for her face out of my head;
she said, "Where is the chain, so I can deal with this madman?"
I called her stature a cypress; she turned her head from me in anger.
Friends, my beloved is offended by the truth; what shall I do?
I spoke a careless word; my heart-stealer, forgive me;
grant me one playful glance, so I can bring my verse back into measure.
I bear a pale face, through no fault of mine, from that delicate temper;
saqi, give me a cup, so I can make my face the colour of roses.
O breeze from Leyli's dwelling, for God's sake, how long
shall I overturn the camp and turn its ruins into the Oxus?
I, who have found my way to the treasure of the Friend's endless beauty,
will make a hundred beggars like me as rich as Qarun from now on.
O moon of the auspicious conjunction, remember your servant Hafez,
so that I may pray for the fortune of that ever-growing beauty.