I laid my face on her path

رو بر رهش نهادم و بر من گذر نکرد

I laid my face upon her path, and she did not pass my way;

صد لطف چشم داشتم و یک نظر نکرد

I hoped for a hundred kindnesses, and she did not cast a single glance.

سیل سرشک ما ز دلش کین به در نبرد

The flood of our tears did not wash the rancour from her heart;

در سنگ خاره قطره باران اثر نکرد

on hard granite the raindrop left no mark.

یا رب تو آن جوان دلاور نگاه‌دار

O Lord, protect that bold young one

کز تیر آه گوشه‌نشینان حذر نکرد

who did not beware the arrow of the recluses' sighs.

ماهی و مرغ دوش ز افغان من نخفت

Last night fish and bird could not sleep for my lament,

وان شوخ‌دیده بین که سر از خواب برنکرد

yet see that saucy-eyed one, who did not lift her head from sleep.

می‌خواستم که میرمش اندر قدم چو شمع

I wanted to die at her feet like a candle;

او خود گذر به ما چو نسیم سحر نکرد

but she never passed our way, like the dawn breeze.

جانا کدام سنگدل بی‌کفایت است

My soul, who is so stony-hearted and so worthless

کاو پیش زخم تیغ تو جان را سپر نکرد؟

as not to make his life a shield before the blow of your sword?

کلک زبان‌بریده حافظ در انجمن

The tongue-cut pen of Hafez never told your secret

با کس نگفت راز تو تا ترک سر نکرد

to anyone in company, until it gave up its head.