Last night I dreamt of a moon

دیدم به خواب دوش که ماهی برآمدی

Last night I dreamt that a moon was rising,

کز عکس روی او شب هجران سر آمدی

whose shining face brought the night of separation to an end.

تعبیر رفت «یار سفرکرده می‌رسد»

The dream was read: "The beloved who went travelling is coming."

ای کاج هر چه زودتر از در درآمدی

If only she would come in through the door as soon as can be.

ذکرش به خیر ساقی فرخنده‌فال من

Bless the memory of my saqi of happy omen,

کز در مدام با قدح و ساغر آمدی

who always came in through the door with goblet and cup.

خوش بودی ار به خواب بدیدی دیار خویش

How good it would be if she saw her home in a dream,

تا یاد صحبتش سوی ما رهبر آمدی

so that the memory of its company might guide her back to us.

فیض ازل به زور و زر ار آمدی به دست

If eternal grace could be won with force and gold,

آب خضر نصیبه اسکندر آمدی

the water of Khezr would have fallen to Alexander's lot.

آن عهد یاد باد که از بام و در مرا

May that time be remembered, when from roof and door

هر دم پیام یار و خط دلبر آمدی

every moment the beloved's messages and letters came to me.

کی یافتی رقیب تو چندین مجال ظلم؟

When would your rival have found so much room for cruelty,

مظلومی ار شبی به در داور آمدی

if the wronged had gone just one night to the judge's door?

خامان ره نرفته چه دانند ذوق عشق

The raw, who have never walked the road, what do they know of love's delight?

دریادلی بجوی دلیری سرآمدی

Seek one with a heart like the sea, a brave one beyond the rest.

آن کو تو را به سنگ‌دلی کرد رهنمون

As for the one who led you into hardness of heart,

ای کاشکی که پاش به سنگی برآمدی

I wish his foot had struck a stone.

گر دیگری به شیوه حافظ زدی رقم

If anyone else had written in the manner of Hafez,

مقبول طبع شاه هنرپرور آمدی

he would have pleased the king who cherishes art.