A heart that holds the cup of Jamshid

دلی که غیب‌نمای است و جام جم دارد

A heart that reveals the unseen and holds the cup of Jamshid,

ز خاتمی که دمی گم شود، چه غم دارد؟

why should it grieve over a ring that is lost for a moment?

به خط و خال گدایان مده خزینه دل

Do not give the treasury of your heart to the down and moles of beggars;

به دست شاهوشی ده که محترم دارد

give it into the hand of a kingly one who will hold it in honour.

نه هر درخت تحمل کند جفای خزان

Not every tree can bear the cruelty of autumn;

غلام همت سروم که این قدم دارد

I am the slave of the cypress's resolve, for it stands so firm.

رسید موسم آن کز طرب چو نرگس مست

The season has come when, from joy, like the drunken narcissus,

نهد به پای قدح هر که شش درم دارد

whoever has six dirhams will lay them at the foot of the cup.

زر از بهای می اکنون چو گل دریغ مدار

Now, like the rose, do not hold back your gold from the price of wine,

که عقل کل به صدت عیب متهم دارد

for universal reason charges you with a hundred faults.

ز سر غیب، کس آگاه نیست؛ قصه مخوان

No one knows the secret of the unseen; do not recite tales:

کدام محرم دل ره در این حرم دارد؟

what confidant of the heart has a way into this sanctuary?

دلم که لاف تجرد زدی، کنون صد شغل

My heart, which used to boast of solitude, now has a hundred affairs

به بوی زلف تو با باد صبحدم دارد

with the morning wind, for the scent of your curl.

مراد دل ز که پرسم؟ که نیست دلداری

Whom shall I ask for my heart's desire? For there is no beloved

که جلوه نظر و شیوه کرم دارد

with both the grace of a glance and the way of generosity.

ز جیب خرقه حافظ چه طرف بتوان بست

What profit can be had from the pocket of Hafez's cloak?

که ما صمد طلبیدیم و او صنم دارد

For we sought the Eternal, and he keeps an idol.