Hafez · Ghazal 422 · With the long chain of your curl
ای که با سلسله زلف دراز آمده‌ایفرصتت باد که دیوانه‌نواز آمده‌ای
ساعتی ناز مفرما و بگردان عادتچون به پرسیدن ارباب نیاز آمده‌ای
پیش بالای تو میرم چه به صلح و چه به جنگچون به هر حال برازنده ناز آمده‌ای
آب و آتش به هم آمیخته‌ای از لب لعلچشم بد دور که بس شعبده‌باز آمده‌ای
آفرین بر دل نرم تو که از بهر ثوابکشته غمزه خود را به نماز آمده‌ای
زهد من با تو چه سنجد که به یغمای دلممست و آشفته به خلوتگه راز آمده‌ای
گفت حافظ دگرت خرقه شراب آلوده‌ستمگر از مذهب این طایفه باز آمده‌ای
Someone or something you longed for has come looking for you, perhaps when you least expected it. Hafez greets the visitor with delight and a little teasing: set pride aside for an hour, since you have come to ask after the one who needs you. If a reconciliation or a kindness is on its way, receive it gracefully. Old caution and careful rules may not count for much in this moment. Let the soft heart win.
O you who have come with the long chain of your curl,
may your chance be good, for you have come to comfort the madman.
For one hour do not be proud; change your habit,
since you have come to ask after the needy.
I would die before your tall figure, in peace or in war,
since either way you were made to be proud.
With your ruby lip you have mixed water and fire;
may the evil eye stay far, for you are a great conjurer.
Bravo to your soft heart, that to earn some merit
you have come to pray over the one your glance has killed.
What does my piety weigh against you, who, to plunder my heart,
have come drunk and dishevelled into the chamber of secrets?
She said, "Hafez, your cloak is stained with wine again;
have you turned back from the creed of this company?"