If that holy bird returns

اگر آن طایر قدسی ز درم بازآید

If that holy bird comes back to my door,

عمر بگذشته به پیرانه سرم بازآید

my lost life will come back to me in my old age.

دارم امید بر این اشک چو باران که دگر

With these tears like rain, I have hope that once more

برق دولت که برفت از نظرم بازآید

the lightning of fortune that vanished from my sight will return.

آن که تاج سر من خاک کف پایش بود

She the dust of whose feet was the crown on my head,

از خدا می‌طلبم تا به سرم بازآید

I pray to God that she may come back to me.

خواهم اندر عقبش رفت به یاران عزیز

I will go after her to the dear friends;

شخصم ار بازنیاید خبرم بازآید

if I myself do not come back, news of me will.

گر نثار قدم یار گرامی نکنم

If I do not scatter the jewel of my soul before the precious friend's feet,

گوهر جان به چه کار دگرم بازآید؟

for what other use would it come back to me?

کوس نو دولتی از بام سعادت بزنم

I will beat the drum of new fortune from the roof of happiness

گر ببینم که مه نوسفرم بازآید

if I see my new moon, my traveller, come back.

مانعش غلغل چنگ است و شکرخواب صبوح

What keeps her is the harp's sound and the sweet sleep after morning wine;

ور نه گر بشنود آه سحرم بازآید

otherwise, if she heard my sigh at dawn, she would return.

آرزومند رخ شاه چو ماهم حافظ

Hafez, I long for the face of the moonlike king;

همتی تا به سلامت ز درم بازآید

pray that he may come back safely through my door.