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Hafez · Do not fault the rends

عیب رندان مکن ای زاهد پاکیزه سرشتکه گناه دگران بر تو نخواهند نوشت

من اگر نیکم و گر بد تو برو خود را باشهر کسی آن درود عاقبت کار که کشت

همه کس طالب یارند چه هشیار و چه مستهمه جا خانه عشق است چه مسجد چه کنشت

سر تسلیم من و خشت در میکده‌هامدعی گر نکند فهم سخن گو سر و خشت

ناامیدم مکن از سابقه لطف ازلتو پس پرده چه دانی که که خوب است و که زشت

نه من از پرده تقوا به درافتادم و بسپدرم نیز بهشت ابد از دست بهشت

حافظا روز اجل گر به کف آری جامییک سر از کوی خرابات برندت به بهشت

The faal · acceptance

This verse asks you to set down a burden of judgement, whether it is judgement of others or of yourself. Each of us tends our own field and will reap what we have sown, so look after your own garden with care. Hafez reminds you that everyone, in every place, is seeking love in their own way. No one can see behind the veil to know who is truly good. Do not lose hope in the grace that was there before you began; you are held more kindly than you think.

The ghazal in English

Do not find fault with the rends, O ascetic of pure nature,
for the sins of others will not be written against you.

Whether I am good or bad, go and look to yourself:
in the end each person reaps what he has sown.

Everyone seeks the Beloved, sober or drunk;
everywhere is the house of love, mosque or synagogue.

My head in submission, and the brick on the tavern's threshold:
if the pretender does not grasp my words, tell him, "Head and brick!"

Do not make me despair of the grace decreed before time:
behind the veil, what do you know of who is good and who is bad?

It is not only I who fell from the veil of piety;
my father too let eternal paradise slip from his hand.

Hafez, if on the day of death you bring a cup to hand,
they will carry you straight from the tavern lane to paradise.

Translation: Persiahaus Editors [Draft]