If wine did not carry off our grief

اگر نه باده غم دل ز یاد ما ببرد

If wine did not carry the heart's grief from our memory,

نهیب حادثه بنیاد ما ز جا ببرد

the shock of events would sweep our foundations away.

اگر نه عقل به مستی فروکشد لنگر

If reason did not lower its anchor in drunkenness,

چگونه کشتی از این ورطه بلا ببرد

how would the boat come through this whirlpool of trouble?

فغان که با همه کس غایبانه باخت فلک

Alas, the heavens have played behind everyone's back,

که کس نبود که دستی از این دغا ببرد

and there was no one who could win a hand against this cheat.

گذار بر ظلمات است، خضر راهی کو؟

The way leads through the darkness; where is a Khizr to guide us?

مباد کآتش محرومی آب ما ببرد

May the fire of deprivation not take away our honour.

دل ضعیفم از آن می‌کشد به طرف چمن

My weak heart draws me to the edge of the meadow

که جان ز مرگ به بیماری صبا ببرد

because the soul escapes from death through the languid breeze.

طبیب عشق منم باده ده که این معجون

I am love's physician: give wine, for this remedy

فراغت آرد و اندیشه خطا ببرد

brings ease and carries away mistaken thoughts.

بسوخت حافظ و کس حال او به یار نگفت

Hafez burned, and no one told the beloved of his state;

مگر نسیم پیامی خدای را ببرد

perhaps the breeze, for God's sake, will carry a message.