At dawn, good news

سحر ز هاتف غیبم رسید مژده به گوش

At dawn the good news reached my ear from the voice of the unseen:

که دور شاه‌شجاع است، می دلیر بنوش

"It is the reign of Shah Shoja; drink your wine boldly."

شد آن که اهل نظر بر کناره می‌رفتند

Gone is the time when the people of vision kept to the margins,

هزار گونه سخن در دهان و لب خاموش

a thousand kinds of words in their mouths and their lips silent.

به صوت چنگ بگوییم آن حکایت‌ها

To the sound of the harp we will tell those stories

که از نهفتن آن دیگ سینه می‌زد جوش

whose hiding set the cauldron of the breast boiling.

شراب خانگی ترس محتسب‌خورده

The home-made wine that lived in fear of the inspector,

به روی یار بنوشیم و بانگ نوشانوش

we will drink to the beloved's face, with cries of "Drink! Drink!"

ز کوی میکده دوشش به دوش می‌بردند

Last night they carried shoulder-high from the tavern's lane

امام شهر که سجاده می‌کشید به دوش

the city's imam, who used to carry his prayer-mat on his shoulder.

دلا! دلالت خیرت کنم به راه نجات

O heart, let me guide you well to the road of salvation:

مکن به فسق مباهات و زهد هم مفروش

do not boast of your sins, and do not sell your piety either.

محل نور تجلی‌ست رای انور شاه

The King's bright judgement is the seat of the light of revelation;

چو قرب او طلبی در صفای نیت کوش

if you seek to be near him, strive for purity of intention.

به جز ثنای جلالش مساز ورد ضمیر

Make nothing but praise of his majesty your heart's litany,

که هست گوش دلش محرم پیام سروش

for the ear of his heart is a confidant of the angel's message.

رموز مصلحت ملک خسروان دانند

The secrets of the kingdom's welfare are known to kings;

گدای گوشه‌نشینی تو حافظا مخروش

you are a beggar sitting in a corner, Hafez: do not cry out.