Hafez · Ghazal 399 · Cast one glance
کرشمه‌ای کن و بازار ساحری بشکنبه غمزه رونق و ناموس سامری بشکن
به باد ده سر و دستار عالمی یعنیکلاه گوشه به آیین سروری بشکن
به زلف گوی که آیین دلبری بگذاربه غمزه گوی که قلب ستمگری بشکن
برون خرام و ببر گوی خوبی از همه کسسزای حور بده رونق پری بشکن
به آهوان نظر شیر آفتاب بگیربه ابروان دوتا قوس مشتری بشکن
چو عطرسای شود زلف سنبل از دم بادتو قیمتش به سر زلف عنبری بشکن
چو عندلیب فصاحت فروشد ای حافظتو قدر او به سخن گفتن دری بشکن
This ghazal celebrates a beauty and a gift so strong that it outshines every rival. Hafez urges the beloved to step out and let that radiance be seen. Perhaps you too have a gift you have been keeping half hidden. This may be a moment to stop deferring to others' cleverness and to let your own true quality show, gently and without cruelty. And as Hafez tells himself in the last couplet: when others are displaying their eloquence, answer simply in your own voice. That is enough.
Cast one glance and break the market of sorcery;
with a wink, break the splendour and the fame of the Samaritan.
Give the heads and turbans of a whole world to the wind; that is,
tilt the corner of your cap in the manner of a lord.
Tell your curl: give up the ways of stealing hearts;
tell your glance: break the heart of tyranny's army.
Step out, and carry off the ball of beauty from everyone;
give the houri her due, and break the splendour of the fairies.
With the gazelles of your eyes, capture the lion of the sun;
with your twin eyebrows, break the bow of Jupiter.
When the hyacinth's curl grows fragrant from the breath of the wind,
break its price with the tip of your ambergris curl.
When the nightingale peddles its eloquence, O Hafez,
break its worth by speaking in Dari.