O parrot who speaks secrets

الا ای طوطی گویا‌ی اسرار!

O parrot who speaks of secrets,

مبادا خالیت شکر ز منقار

may your beak never be empty of sugar!

سرت سبز و دلت خوش باد، جاوید

May your head stay green and your heart glad for ever,

که خوش نقشی نمودی از خط یار

for you drew a lovely picture of the beloved's down.

سخن سربسته گفتی با حریفان

You spoke to the companions in sealed words;

خدا را زین معما پرده بردار

for God's sake, lift the veil from this riddle.

به روی ما زن از ساغر گلابی

Splash a little rosewater from the cup on our faces,

که خواب‌آلوده‌ایم، ای بخت بیدار!

for we are drowsy, O wakeful fortune!

چه ره بود این که زد در پرده مطرب؟

What tune was this the minstrel struck in his melody,

که می‌رقصند با هم مست و هشیار

that the drunk and the sober are dancing together?

از آن افیون که ساقی در می افکند

From that opium the saqi dropped into the wine,

حریفان را نه سر ماند، نه دستار

the companions are left with neither head nor turban.

سکندر را نمی‌بخشند آبی

They do not grant Alexander a drink of that water;

به زور و زر میسر نیست این کار

this is not won by force or by gold.

بیا و حال اهل درد بشنو

Come and hear the state of those who suffer,

به لفظ اندک و معنی بسیار

in few words, with much meaning.

بت چینی عدوی دین و دل‌هاست

The Chinese idol is the enemy of faith and hearts;

خداوندا دل و دینم نگه دار

O Lord, keep my heart and my faith safe.

به مستور‌ان مگو اسرار مستی

Do not tell the secrets of drunkenness to the sober and veiled;

حدیث جان مگو با نقش دیوار

do not speak of the soul to a picture on a wall.

به یمن دولت منصور شاهی

By the blessing of the fortune of Mansur Shah,

علم شد حافظ اندر نظم اشعار

Hafez has become renowned for composing verse.

خداوندی به جای بندگان کرد

He has acted as a lord should to his servants;

خداوندا ز آفاتش نگه دار

O Lord, keep him safe from every harm.