It is the feast, and the rose is ending

عید است و آخر گل و یاران در انتظار

It is the feast, the rose season is ending, and the friends are waiting;

ساقی به روی شاه ببین ماه و می بیار

saqi, see the moon in the king's face, and bring wine.

دل برگرفته بودم از ایام گل، ولی

I had given up hope of the days of the rose, but

کاری بکرد همت پاکان روزه دار

the high prayers of the pure who fasted have done their work.

دل در جهان مبند و به مستی سؤال کن

Do not bind your heart to the world; when you are drunk, ask

از فیض جام و قصه جمشید کامگار

about the bounty of the cup and the tale of Jamshid, who had his wish.

جز نقد جان به دست ندارم شراب کو؟

I hold nothing in my hand but the coin of my soul; where is the wine?

کان نیز بر کرشمه ساقی کنم نثار

For I would scatter that too before the saqi's glance.

خوش دولتیست خرم و خوش خسروی کریم

It is a happy, flourishing reign, and a generous, gracious king;

یا رب ز چشم زخم زمانش نگاه دار

O Lord, keep him from the evil eye of time.

می خور به شعر بنده که زیبی دگر دهد

Drink wine to your servant's poetry, for it lends another beauty

جام مرصع تو بدین در شاهوار

to your jewelled cup with this royal pearl.

گر فوت شد سحور چه نقصان صبوح هست

If the meal before dawn was missed, what loss? There is the morning cup;

از می کنند روزه گشا طالبان یار

those who seek the beloved break their fast with wine.

زانجا که پرده پوشی عفو کریم توست

Since your generous forgiveness covers every fault,

بر قلب ما ببخش که نقدیست کم عیار

pardon our heart, for it is a coin of poor alloy.

ترسم که روز حشر عنان بر عنان رود

I fear that on the day of resurrection they will ride rein to rein,

تسبیح شیخ و خرقه رند شرابخوار

the shaykh's rosary and the wine-drinking rend's cloak.

حافظ چو رفت روزه و گل نیز می‌رود

Hafez, since the fast has gone and the rose is going too,

ناچار باده نوش که از دست رفت کار

there is nothing for it but to drink, for the moment is slipping away.