A charming point

نکته‌ای دلکش بگویم خال آن مه‌رو ببین

Let me tell you a charming point: look at that moon-face's mole;

عقل و جان را بسته زنجیر آن گیسو ببین

see reason and soul bound in the chain of that hair.

عیب دل کردم که وحشی‌وضع و هرجایی مباش

I reproached my heart: “Do not be wild and wander everywhere”;

گفت چشم شیرگیر و غنج آن آهو ببین

it said: “Look at the lion-catching eye and the coyness of that gazelle.”

حلقه زلفش تماشاخانه باد صباست

The ring of his curl is the breeze's place of wonder;

جان صد صاحب‌دل آن جا بسته یک مو ببین

see there the souls of a hundred people of heart bound to a single hair.

عابدان آفتاب از دلبر ما غافل‌اند

The sun-worshippers know nothing of our heart-stealer;

ای ملامت‌گو خدا را رو مبین آن رو ببین

O blamer, for God's sake, do not look at that face; look at this one.

زلف دل‌دزدش صبا را بند بر گردن نهاد

His heart-stealing curl has put a halter on the neck of the breeze;

با هواداران ره رو حیله هندو ببین

see the dark one's tricks on those who walk the road in devotion.

این‌که من در جست‌وجوی او ز خود فارغ شدم

That in searching for him I have become free of myself,

کس ندیده‌ست و نبیند مثلش از هر سو ببین

no one has seen the like, nor will see; look in every direction.

حافظ ار در گوشه محراب می‌نالد رواست

If Hafez laments in the corner of the prayer-niche, it is right;

ای نصیحت‌گو خدا را آن خم ابرو ببین

O counsellor, for God's sake, look at the curve of that eyebrow.

از مراد شاه منصور ای فلک سر برمتاب

O sky, do not turn your head from King Mansur's wishes;

تیزی شمشیر بنگر قوت بازو ببین

see the sharpness of his sword, see the strength of his arm.