Hafez · Ghazal 368 · Rise, let us seek an opening
خیز تا از در میخانه گشادی طلبیمبه ره دوست نشینیم و مرادی طلبیم
زاد راه حرم وصل نداریم مگربه گدایی ز در میکده زادی طلبیم
اشک آلوده ما گرچه روان است ولیبه رسالت سوی او پاک‌نهادی طلبیم
لذت داغ غمت بر دل ما باد حراماگر از جور غم عشق تو دادی طلبیم
نقطه خال تو بر لوح بصر نتوان زدمگر از مردمک دیده مدادی طلبیم
عشوه‌ای از لب شیرین تو دل خواست به جانبه شکرخنده لبت گفت مزادی طلبیم
تا بود نسخه عطری دل سودازده رااز خط غالیه‌سای تو سوادی طلبیم
چون غمت را نتوان یافت مگر در دل شادما به امید غمت خاطر شادی طلبیم
بر در مدرسه تا چند نشینی حافظ؟خیز تا از در میخانه گشادی طلبیم
Hafez invites you to stop waiting at a door that has not opened and to try another. Rise, he says, and seek your opening where life is warmer and more generous. He admits he has no provisions for the journey, yet he does not hold back; he asks humbly for what he needs. Even sorrow, he says, is best carried by a glad heart. Hold your wish with lightness and good humour, ask for help without shame, and look for the door that is ready to open.
Rise, let us seek an opening at the tavern door,
sit on the friend's road, and seek our heart's wish.
We have no provision for the road to the sanctuary of union, unless
we beg some provision at the tavern door.
Though our blood-stained tears run freely, still,
to carry our message to him, we seek someone pure of nature.
Let the sweetness of your sorrow's brand be forbidden to our hearts
if we seek justice against the cruelty of your love's sorrow.
The dot of your mole cannot be drawn on the tablet of sight,
unless we seek ink from the pupil of the eye.
The heart begged, with its life, for one coquettish word from your sweet lip;
with a sugar-laugh your lip said: “Let us look for a higher bid.”
So that the frenzied heart may keep a perfumed copy,
we seek a draft of the script of your ambergris-scented down.
Since your sorrow can be found only in a glad heart,
in hope of your sorrow we seek a glad mind.
How long will you sit at the college door, Hafez?
Rise, let us seek an opening at the tavern door.