Hafez · Ghazal 350 · At dawn I sought an omen
به عزم توبه سحر گفتم استخاره کنمبهار توبه‌شکن می‌رسد چه چاره کنم؟
سخن درست بگویم نمی‌توانم دیدکه می خورند حریفان و من نظاره کنم
چو غنچه با لب خندان به یاد مجلس شاهپیاله گیرم و از شوق، جامه پاره کنم
به دور لاله دماغ مرا علاج کنیدگر از میانه بزم طرب کناره کنم
ز روی دوست مرا چون گل مراد شکفتحواله سر دشمن به سنگ خاره کنم
گدای میکده‌ام، لیک وقت مستی بینکه ناز بر فلک و حکم بر ستاره کنم
مرا که نیست ره و رسم لقمه‌پرهیزیچرا ملامت رند شراب‌خواره کنم
به تخت گل بنشانم بتی چو سلطانیز سنبل و سمنش، ساز طوق و یاره کنم
ز باده خوردن پنهان ملول شد حافظبه بانگ بربط و نی، رازش آشکاره کنم
Hafez sat down at dawn to seek an omen, just as you have, and found that spring had already answered for him. This is a ghazal of joy and openness. Do not withdraw from the feast while the tulips are in bloom, and do not judge others for pleasures you share. If you have been hiding a happiness, or holding yourself apart, the verse invites you to step into the gathering and let your gladness be known. The rose of your wish is opening; welcome it.
At dawn, intending to repent, I said I would seek an omen;
spring, the breaker of repentance, is arriving; what am I to do?
I will tell the honest truth: I cannot bear to see
my companions drinking wine while I only look on.
Like the rosebud, with laughing lips, remembering the king's gathering,
I will take up the cup and, in longing, tear my robe.
In the season of the tulip, have my head examined
if I withdraw from the middle of the feast of joy.
Since the rose of my desire has bloomed from the Friend's face,
I will send the enemy's head against the hard granite.
I am a beggar of the tavern, but see me when I am drunk:
I play the proud one with the sky and give orders to the stars.
I, who have no habit of refusing doubtful morsels,
why should I blame the wine-drinking rend?
I will seat an idol like a sultan on a throne of roses,
and make her collar and bracelets of hyacinth and jasmine.
Hafez has grown weary of drinking wine in secret;
to the sound of lute and reed I will make his secret known.