Last night a messenger of good news

دوش از جناب آصف، پیک بشارت آمد

Last night a messenger of good news came from the presence of Asaf:

کز حضرت سلیمان، عشرت اشارت آمد

from the court of Solomon the signal for joy had come.

خاک وجود ما را، از آب دیده گل کن

Make the dust of our being into clay with the water of the eyes;

ویران‌سرای دل را، گاه عمارت آمد

for the ruined house of the heart, the time of rebuilding has come.

این شرح بی‌نهایت، کز زلف یار گفتند

This endless commentary they have given on the beloved's curl

حرفی‌ست از هزاران، کاندر عبارت آمد

is one word in a thousand that has come into speech.

عیبم بپوش زنهار، ای خرقه می‌آلود

Cover my faults, I beg you, O wine-stained cloak,

کآن پاک پاک‌دامن، بهر زیارت آمد

for that pure one, pure of hem, has come to visit.

امروز جای هر کس، پیدا شود ز خوبان

Today each one's rank among the fair will be plain to see,

کآن ماه مجلس‌افروز، اندر صدارت آمد

for that moon who lights the gathering has taken the seat of honour.

بر تخت جم که تاجش، معراج آسمان است

To the throne of Jamshid, whose crown is the ladder of heaven,

همت نگر که موری، با آن حقارت آمد

see the aspiration: an ant has come, for all its smallness.

از چشم شوخش ای دل! ایمان خود نگه دار

O heart, guard your faith from that bold eye,

کآن جادوی کمانکش، بر عزم غارت آمد

for that bow-drawing sorceress has come intent on plunder.

آلوده‌ای تو حافظ، فیضی ز شاه درخواه

You are stained, Hafez; ask for grace from the king,

کآن عنصر سماحت، بهر طهارت آمد

for that essence of generosity has come to make things pure.

دریاست مجلس او، دریاب وقت و در یاب

His gathering is a sea; seize the moment and gather its pearl;

هان ای زیان‌رسیده وقت تجارت آمد

look, you who have suffered loss, the time for trading has come.