O heart, good fortune is companion enough

دلا، رفیق سفر بخت نیکخواهت بس

O heart, your well-wishing fortune is companion enough for the journey;

نسیم روضه شیراز، پیک راهت بس

the breeze from the garden of Shiraz is messenger enough for your road.

دگر ز منزل جانان سفر مکن درویش

Dervish, do not travel again from the beloved's dwelling,

که سیر معنوی و کنج خانقاهت بس

for the inner journey and the corner of your Sufi lodge are enough for you.

وگر کمین بگشاید غمی ز گوشه دل

And if some sorrow springs an ambush from a corner of the heart,

حریم درگه پیر مغان، پناهت بس

the sanctuary of the Magian elder's threshold is refuge enough for you.

به صدر مصطبه بنشین و ساغر می‌ نوش

Sit at the head of the tavern bench and drink a cup of wine,

که این قدر ز جهان، کسب مال و جاهت بس

for this much gain of wealth and rank from the world is enough for you.

زیادتی مطلب، کار بر خود آسان کن

Do not ask for more; make things easy for yourself:

صراحی می لعل و بتی چو ماهت بس

a flask of ruby wine and a beauty like the moon are enough for you.

فلک به مردم نادان دهد زمام مراد

The heavens hand the reins of desire to the ignorant;

تو اهل فضلی و دانش، همین گناهت بس

you are a person of merit and learning, and that is sin enough.

هوای مسکن مألوف و عهد یار قدیم

Love of a familiar home and your pledge to an old friend

ز رهروان سفرکرده، عذرخواهت بس

will be excuse enough to the travellers who have gone on.

به منت دگران خو مکن که در دو جهان

Do not grow used to owing favours to others, for in both worlds

رضای ایزد و انعام پادشاهت بس

God's good pleasure and the King's bounty are enough for you.

به هیچ ورد دگر نیست حاجت ای حافظ

You need no other litany, Hafez:

دعای نیم‌شب و درس صبحگاهت بس

your midnight prayer and your morning lesson are enough.