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Ghazal · 14th century

My pleasure is constant

Hafezحافظ

عیشم مدام است، از لعل دل‌خواه

My pleasure is constant, from the longed-for ruby;

کارم به کام است، الحمدلله

my affairs go as I wish, praise be to God.

ای بخت سرکش! تنگش به بر کش

O unruly fortune, hold her close in your arms;

گه جام زرکش، گه لعل دل‌خواه

now drain the golden cup, now the longed-for ruby.

ما را به رندی، افسانه کردند

They have made a legend of us for our rendi,

پیران جاهل، شیخان گمراه

those ignorant elders, those misguided sheikhs.

از دست زاهد، کردیم توبه

We have repented of the zahid's ways,

و از فعل عابد، استغفرالله

and of the worshipper's deeds, God forgive us!

جانا چه گویم؟ شرح فراقت

My soul, what can I say? The story of your absence:

چشمی و صد نم، جانی و صد آه

one eye and a hundred tears, one soul and a hundred sighs.

کافر مبیناد، این غم که دیده‌ست

May no unbeliever see the grief that has been seen

از قامتت سرو، از عارضت ماه

by the cypress from your stature and the moon from your cheek.

شوق لبت برد، از یاد حافظ

Longing for your lip has driven from Hafez's memory

درس شبانه، ورد سحرگاه

the lesson of the night and the litany of dawn.

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

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