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Ghazal · 14th century

Life is in a hurry

Hafezحافظ

آن که از سنبل او، غالیه تابی دارد

She whose hyacinth curls give the musk-dark perfume its twist

باز با دلشدگان ناز و عتابی دارد

is once again coy and reproachful with the lovesick.

از سر کشته خود می‌گذری همچون باد

You pass over the head of the one you slew, like the wind;

چه توان کرد؟ که عمر است و شتابی دارد

what can be done? It is life, and life is in a hurry.

ماه خورشید نمایش ز پس پرده زلف

Her moon, which shines like the sun behind the veil of her curl,

آفتابیست که در پیش سحابی دارد

is a sun with a cloud before it.

چشم من کرد به هر گوشه روان سیل سرشک

My eye has set a flood of tears running into every corner

تا سهی سرو تو را تازه‌تر آبی دارد

so that your slender cypress may have fresher water.

غمزه شوخ تو خونم به خطا می‌ریزد

Your playful glance spills my blood in error;

فرصتش باد که خوش فکر صوابی دارد

may it be given time, for it has a fine sense of what is right.

آب حیوان اگر این است که دارد لب دوست

If the water of life is what the Friend's lip holds,

روشن است این که خضر بهره سرابی دارد

then it is clear that Khizr has only a share in a mirage.

چشم مخمور تو دارد ز دلم قصد جگر

Your languid eye has designs on my heart and liver;

ترک مست است مگر میل کبابی دارد

it is a drunken Turk; perhaps it has a taste for kebab.

جان بیمار مرا نیست ز تو روی سؤال

My ailing soul has no face to ask anything of you;

ای خوش آن خسته که از دوست جوابی دارد

how fortunate the wounded one who has an answer from the Friend.

کی کند سوی دل خسته حافظ نظری

When will it cast a glance towards the wounded heart of Hafez,

چشم مستش که به هر گوشه خرابی دارد

her drunken eye, which leaves ruin in every corner?

Translation
Persiahaus Editors
Source
Draft translation from the Ganjoor text (Qazvini–Ghani edition)

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