Hafez · Ghazal 446 · Breeze, you carry her scent
صبا تو نکهت آن زلف مشک بو داریبه یادگار بمانی که بوی او داری
دلم که گوهر اسرار حسن و عشق در اوستتوان به دست تو دادن گرش نکو داری
در آن شمایل مطبوع هیچ نتوان گفتجز این قدر که رقیبان تندخو داری
نوای بلبلت ای گل کجا پسند افتدکه گوش و هوش به مرغان هرزه گو داری
به جرعه تو سرم مست گشت نوشت بادخود از کدام خم است این که در سبو داری
به سرکشی خود ای سرو جویبار منازکه گر بدو رسی از شرم سر فروداری
دم از ممالک خوبی چو آفتاب زدنتو را رسد که غلامان ماه رو داری
قبای حسن فروشی تو را برازد و بسکه همچو گل همه آیین رنگ و بو داری
ز کنج صومعه حافظ مجوی گوهر عشققدم برون نه اگر میل جست و جو داری
Hafez closes this ghazal with plain advice: the pearl of love is not found by sitting in a corner. If you want to find it, step outside and search. Be careful, too, about the voices you listen to; a true song can go unheard when the ear is full of chatter. Give your heart only to someone who will keep it well. What you are looking for is real, and it carries a fragrance you will recognise; go out and meet it.
Breeze, you carry the fragrance of that musk-scented curl;
may you remain as her keepsake, since you carry her scent.
My heart, which holds the jewel of the secrets of beauty and love,
can be put into your hands, if you will keep it well.
Against that lovely form nothing at all can be said
except this much: that you keep hot-tempered rivals.
O rose, how could your nightingale's song please you,
when you give your ear and mind to chattering birds?
My head is drunk on your dregs; may they do you good.
From which great jar is this, that you have in your pitcher?
O cypress by the stream, do not boast of your proud height,
for if you came near her you would bow your head in shame.
To boast, like the sun, of the kingdoms of beauty
is your right, for you have moon-faced slaves.
The robe of selling beauty suits you, and you alone,
for like the rose you have every grace of colour and scent.
Hafez, do not look for the pearl of love in the corner of the cloister;
step outside, if you have the wish to search.