Last night she came, her face aflame

دوش می‌آمد و رخساره برافروخته بود

Last night she came with her face aflame;

تا کجا باز دل غمزده‌ای سوخته بود

whose grieving heart, I wonder, had she burned this time?

رسم عاشق‌کشی و شیوه شهرآشوبی

The custom of slaying lovers and the art of stirring up the city

جامه‌ای بود که بر قامت او دوخته بود

were a robe that had been tailored to her stature.

جان عشاق سپند رخ خود می‌دانست

She held the souls of lovers to be wild rue for her face,

و آتش چهره بدین کار برافروخته بود

and had kindled the fire of her cheek for this very work.

گر‌چه می‌گفت که زارت بکشم می‌دیدم

Though she kept saying, "I will kill you wretchedly," I saw

که نهانش نظری با من دلسوخته بود

that secretly she had a tender glance for me, the burned at heart.

کفر زلفش ره دین می‌زد و آن سنگین‌ دل

The unbelief of her curl waylaid the road of faith, and that stone-hearted one

در پی‌اش مشعلی از چهره برافروخته بود

had lit a torch from her face along its way.

دل بسی خون به کف آورد ولی دیده بریخت

The heart gathered much blood in its hands, but the eye poured it out;

الله الله، که تلف کرد و که اندوخته بود؟

God, God, who squandered it, and who had stored it up?

یار مفروش به دنیا که بسی سود نکرد

Do not sell the beloved for the world, for he made little profit

آن که یوسف به زر ناسره بفروخته بود

who sold Joseph for counterfeit gold.

گفت و خوش گفت برو خرقه بسوزان حافظ

She said, and said it well: "Go, burn your cloak, Hafez."

یا رب این قلب‌شناسی ز که آموخته بود؟

O Lord, from whom had she learned to tell true coin from false?