By the light of wine

صوفی از پرتو می راز نهانی دانست

By the light of wine the Sufi came to know the hidden secret;

گوهر هر کس از این لعل، توانی دانست

by this ruby you can know the true worth of anyone.

قدر مجموعه گل، مرغ سحر داند و بس

Only the bird of dawn knows the worth of the rose's book of petals,

که نه هر کو ورقی خواند، معانی دانست

for not everyone who reads a page has grasped its meanings.

عرضه کردم دو جهان بر دل کارافتاده

I offered the two worlds to my heart, fallen on hard times;

به جز از عشق تو باقی همه فانی دانست

except your love, it knew all the rest to be passing.

آن شد اکنون که ز ابنای عوام اندیشم

The time is gone when I worried about the common crowd;

محتسب نیز در این عیش نهانی دانست

the morals officer too has come to know of this secret pleasure.

دل‌بر، آسایش ما مصلحت وقت ندید

The beloved did not see our ease as fitting for the time;

ور نه از جانب ما دل‌نگرانی دانست

otherwise, he knew of our anxious heart.

سنگ و گل را کند از یمن نظر لعل و عقیق

He turns stone and clay to ruby and agate by the blessing of his gaze,

هر که قدر نفس باد یمانی دانست

whoever has known the worth of the breath of the Yemeni wind.

ای که از دفتر عقل، آیت عشق آموزی

O you who learn the verse of love from the book of reason,

ترسم این نکته به تحقیق ندانی دانست

I fear you will never truly know this subtle point.

می بیاور که ننازد به گل باغ جهان

Bring wine, for he will take no pride in the rose of the world's garden,

هر که غارت‌گری باد خزانی دانست

whoever has known the plundering of the autumn wind.

حافظ این گوهر منظوم که از طبع انگیخت

Hafez knew that this strung pearl of verse that rose from his nature

ز اثر تربیت آصف ثانی دانست

came from the care and patronage of the second Asaf.