My pain comes from the friend

دردم از یار است و درمان نیز هم

My pain comes from the friend, and the cure as well;

دل فدای او شد و جان نیز هم

the heart was given for him, and the soul as well.

این که می‌گویند آن خوشتر ز حسن

That 'something' which they say is finer than beauty,

یار ما این دارد و آن نیز هم

our friend has this, and has that as well.

یاد باد آن کاو به قصد خون ما

Remember the one who, set on shedding our blood,

عهد را بشکست و پیمان نیز هم

broke the promise, and the covenant as well.

دوستان در پرده می‌گویم سخن

Friends, I speak behind a veil;

گفته خواهد شد به دستان نیز هم

it will be told in songs and stories as well.

چون سر آمد دولت شب‌های وصل

Since the fortune of the nights of union came to an end,

بگذرد ایام هجران نیز هم

the days of separation will pass as well.

هر دو عالم یک فروغ روی اوست

Both worlds are a single gleam of his face;

گفتمت پیدا و پنهان نیز هم

I have told you: the seen and the hidden as well.

اعتمادی نیست بر کار جهان

There is no trusting the work of the world,

بلکه بر گردون گردان نیز هم

nor, for that matter, the turning sky as well.

عاشق از قاضی نترسد می بیار

The lover does not fear the judge; bring wine,

بلکه از یرغوی دیوان نیز هم

nor, for that matter, the court's tribunal as well.

محتسب داند که حافظ عاشق است

The morals officer knows that Hafez is a lover,

و آصف ملک سلیمان نیز هم

and the Asaf of Solomon's realm as well.