Good news: safety has come

بشری اذ السلامة حلت بذی سلم

Good news! For safety has come to rest at Dhu Salam;

لله حمد معترف غایة النعم

praise be to God, from one who confesses the fullness of His gifts.

آن خوش خبر کجاست؟ که این فتح، مژده داد

Where is that bearer of good tidings who brought word of this victory,

تا جان فشانمش چو زر و سیم در قدم

so I may scatter my life like gold and silver at his feet?

از بازگشت شاه در این طرفه منزل است

Since the King's return to this delightful dwelling,

آهنگ خصم او به سراپرده عدم

his enemy's march is toward the pavilion of nothingness.

پیمان شکن هرآینه گردد شکسته حال

The breaker of pledges will surely come to a broken state:

ان العهود عند ملیک النهی ذمم

pledges, with a king of wisdom, are sacred bonds.

می‌جست از سحاب امل رحمتی ولی

He sought some mercy from the cloud of hope, but

جز دیده‌اش معاینه بیرون نداد نم

nothing gave out moisture before his sight except his own eyes.

در نیل غم فتاد؛ سپهرش به طنز گفت

He fell into the Nile of sorrow, and the sky said to him in mockery:

الآن قد ندمت و ما ینفع الندم؟

"Now you are sorry, but what good is sorrow now?"

ساقی چو یار مه رخ و از اهل راز بود

Since the saqi was a moon-faced friend and one who knew the secret,

حافظ بخورد باده و شیخ و فقیه هم

Hafez drank the wine, and so did the shaykh and the jurist.