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Ghazal · 14th century

May your beauty be the sun

Hafezحافظ

جمالت آفتاب هر نظر باد

May your beauty be the sun of every eye;

ز خوبی روی خوبت خوب‌تر باد

may your fair face be fairer than fairness itself.

همای زلف شاهین شهپرت را

Beneath the wing of the huma of your curl, with its falcon's pinions,

دل شاهان عالم زیر پر باد

may the hearts of the kings of the world be sheltered.

کسی کو بسته زلفت نباشد

Whoever is not bound by your curl,

چو زلفت درهم و زیر و زبر باد

may he be, like your curl, tangled and turned upside down.

دلی کو عاشق رویت نباشد

Any heart that is not in love with your face,

همیشه غرقه در خون جگر باد

may it always be drowned in its own blood.

بتا چون غمزه‌ات ناوک فشاند

Idol, when your glance scatters its arrows,

دل مجروح من پیشش سپر باد

may my wounded heart be a shield before it.

چو لعل شکرینت بوسه بخشد

When your sugared ruby lip grants a kiss,

مذاق جان من زو پرشکر باد

may the palate of my soul be filled with sugar from it.

مرا از توست هر دم تازه عشقی

From you, every moment, I have a fresh love;

تو را هر ساعتی حسنی دگر باد

may you have, every hour, a new beauty.

به جان، مشتاق روی توست حافظ

With all his soul, Hafez longs for your face:

تو را در حال مشتاقان نظر باد

may you look kindly on the state of those who long.

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

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