Hafez · Ghazal 463 · God's peace
سلام الله ما کر اللیاليو جاوبت المثاني و المثالي
علی وادي الأراک و من علیهاو دار باللوی فوق الرمال
دعاگوی غریبان جهانمو أدعو بالتواتر و التوالي
به هر منزل که رو آرد خدا رانگه دارش به لطف لایزالی
منال ای دل که در زنجیر زلفشهمه جمعیت است آشفته حالی
ز خطت صد جمال دیگر افزودکه عمرت باد صد سال جلالی
تو می‌باید که باشی ور نه سهل استزیان مایه جاهی و مالی
بر آن نقاش قدرت آفرین بادکه گرد مه کشد خط هلالی
فحبک راحتي في کل حینو ذکرک مونسي في کل حال
سویدای دل من تا قیامتمباد از شوق و سودای تو خالی
کجا یابم وصال چون تو شاهیمن بدنام رند لاابالی
خدا داند که حافظ را غرض چیستو علم الله حسبي من سؤالي
This ghazal is a blessing sent out across a great distance, a prayer for travellers and for everyone far from home. Perhaps someone you love is on a road of their own, or you are. Hafez places them, and you, in the keeping of a grace that does not end. He also reminds you what truly matters: as long as the one you love remains, the loss of position or money is a small thing. Let love be your rest, and trust that what your heart needs is already known.
God's peace, as long as the nights return
and the lute strings answer one another,
upon the valley of Arak and those who dwell there,
and a house at Liwa, above the sands.
I am one who prays for the strangers of the world,
and I pray again and again, without ceasing.
To whatever stage he turns his face, O God,
keep him safe with your everlasting grace.
Do not lament, O heart, for in the chain of her curl
all disarray becomes a gathered calm.
Your line of down has added a hundred other beauties;
may your life last a hundred years of glory.
It is you who must remain; otherwise, it is a small thing,
the loss of the capital of rank and wealth.
Praise to that painter of power
who draws a crescent line around the moon.
Your love is my rest at every moment,
and your remembrance my companion in every state.
May the black core of my heart, until the Resurrection,
never be empty of longing and passion for you.
Where shall I find union with a king like you,
I, the ill-famed and carefree rend?
God knows what Hafez is seeking,
and God's knowing is enough; I need not ask.