Come back, saqi

بازآی ساقیا که هواخواه خدمتم

Come back, saqi, for I am eager to serve you,

مشتاق بندگی و دعاگوی دولتم

longing to be your servant and praying for your fortune.

زان جا که فیض جام سعادت فروغ توست

Since the grace of the cup of happiness is your radiance,

بیرون شدی نمای ز ظلمات حیرتم

show me the way out of the darkness of my bewilderment.

هرچند غرق بحر گناهم ز صد جهت

Though I am drowned in a sea of sin in a hundred ways,

تا آشنای عشق شدم ز اهل رحمتم

since I came to know love I am among the people of mercy.

عیبم مکن به رندی و بدنامی ای حکیم

Do not blame me for rendi and ill repute, O wise man,

کاین بود سرنوشت ز دیوان قسمتم

for this was my lot, written in the court of allotment.

می خور که عاشقی نه به کسب است و اختیار

Drink wine, for being a lover is not earned or chosen;

این موهبت رسید ز میراث فطرتم

this gift came to me as the inheritance of my nature.

من کز وطن سفر نگزیدم به عمر خویش

I, who in all my life never chose to leave my homeland,

در عشق دیدن تو هواخواه غربتم

for love of seeing you now long to be a stranger far away.

دریا و کوه در ره و من خسته و ضعیف

Sea and mountain lie on the road, and I am tired and weak;

ای خضر پی خجسته مدد کن به همتم

O Khezr of blessed footsteps, help me with your grace.

دورم به صورت از در دولتسرای تو

In outward form I am far from the door of your house of fortune,

لیکن به جان و دل ز مقیمان حضرتم

but in heart and soul I am one of those who dwell in your presence.

حافظ به پیش چشم تو خواهد سپرد جان

Hafez will give up his life before your eyes;

در این خیالم ار بدهد عمر مهلتم

this is my hope, if life allows me the time.