If that moon's heart were kind

چه بودی ار دل آن ماه مهربان بودی؟

What would it be if that moon's heart were kind?

که حال ما نه چنین بودی ار چنان بودی

Our state would not be like this, if it were like that.

بگفتمی که «چه ارزد نسیم طره دوست؟»

I could tell what the breeze from the Friend's lock is worth

گرم به هر سر مویی هزار جان بودی

if I had a thousand lives for every hair.

برات خوش‌دلی ما چه کم شدی یا رب

Lord, what would our warrant of happiness have lost

گرش نشان امان از بد زمان بودی

if it had carried a seal of safety from the evils of time?

گرم زمانه سرافراز داشتی و عزیز

If the age had kept me raised up and dear,

سریر عزتم آن خاک آستان بودی

my throne of honour would have been the dust of that threshold.

ز پرده کاش برون آمدی چو قطره اشک

If only she would come out from behind the veil, like a tear,

که بر دو دیده ما حکم او روان بودی

so that her command could run over both our eyes.

اگر نه دایره عشق راه بربستی

If the circle of love had not closed off the road,

چو نقطه حافظ سرگشته در میان بودی

bewildered Hafez would be at the centre, like the point.