At dawn they set me free

دوش وقت سحر از غصه نجاتم دادند

Last night, at dawn, they set me free from sorrow,

واندر آن ظلمت شب آب حیاتم دادند

and in that darkness of night they gave me the water of life.

بیخود از شعشعه پرتو ذاتم کردند

They made me lose myself in the blaze of the light of the Essence;

باده از جام تجلی صفاتم دادند

they gave me wine from the cup of the Attributes' unveiling.

چه مبارک سحری بود و چه فرخنده شبی

What a blessed dawn it was, what an auspicious night —

آن شب قدر که این تازه براتم دادند

that Night of Power when they gave me this new decree.

بعد از این روی من و آینه وصف جمال

From now on, my face and the mirror of beauty's praise,

که در آن جا خبر از جلوه ذاتم دادند

for there they gave me tidings of the Essence's radiance.

من اگر کامروا گشتم و خوشدل چه عجب

If I have won my wish and am glad, what wonder?

مستحق بودم و این‌ها به زکاتم دادند

I was deserving, and they gave me these as alms.

هاتف آن روز به من مژده این دولت داد

That day the voice from the Unseen brought me news of this fortune

که بدان جور و جفا صبر و ثباتم دادند

when, against such cruelty and harshness, they gave me patience and constancy.

این همه شهد و شکر کز سخنم می ریزد

All this honey and sugar that flows from my words

اجر صبریست کز آن شاخ نباتم دادند

is the wage of patience, for which they gave me that stalk of sugar-cane.

همت حافظ و انفاس سحرخیزان بود

It was Hafez's resolve and the breaths of those who rise at dawn

که ز بند غم ایام نجاتم دادند

that freed me from the bonds of the world's grief.