If in your creed

اگر به مذهب تو خون عاشق است مباح

If in your creed the blood of the lover is lawful,

صلاح ما همه آن است کآن تو راست صلاح

then all our good lies in whatever is good to you.

سواد زلف سیاه تو جاعل الظلمات

The blackness of your dark curl is the Maker of Darkness;

بیاض روی چو ماه تو، فالق الأصباح

the whiteness of your moon-like face, the Cleaver of Dawns.

ز چین زلف کمندت کسی نیافت خلاص

No one has found release from the twist of your lasso curl,

از آن کمانچه ابرو و تیر چشم، نجاح

nor any success against that little bow of your brow and the arrow of your eye.

ز دیده‌ام شده یک چشمه در کنار روان

From my eyes a fountain flows at my side,

که آشنا نکند در میان آن، ملاح

so deep that even a sailor could not swim in it.

لب چو آب حیات تو هست قوت جان

Your lip, like the water of life, is the nourishment of the soul;

وجود خاکی ما را از اوست ذکر رواح

from it our earthly being keeps the memory of wine.

بداد لعل لبت بوسه‌ای به صد زاری

Your ruby lip gave a kiss after a hundred laments;

گرفت کام دلم زو به صد هزار الحاح

my heart had its wish from it after a hundred thousand pleas.

دعای جان تو ورد زبان مشتاقان

Prayer for your soul is the daily litany of those who yearn,

همیشه تا که بود متصل مسا و صباح

for ever, as long as evening is joined to morning.

صلاح و توبه و تقوی ز ما مجو حافظ

Do not look for good conduct, repentance or piety from us, Hafez:

ز رند و عاشق و مجنون کسی نیافت صلاح

no one ever found good conduct in a rend, a lover, or a madman.