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Ghazal · 14th centuryDraft

Remember the day of union

Hafezحافظ

روز وصل دوستداران یاد باد

Remember the day of union with the friends; remember;

یاد باد آن روزگاران یاد باد

remember those times; remember.

کامم از تلخی غم چون زهر گشت

My mouth has become like poison with the bitterness of grief:

بانگ نوش شادخواران یاد باد

remember the cheerful cry of the happy drinkers.

گر چه یاران فارغند از یاد من

Though the friends are free of any thought of me,

از من ایشان را هزاران یاد باد

a thousand times may I remember them.

مبتلا گشتم در این بند و بلا

I have been caught in this bondage and trial;

کوشش آن حق گزاران یاد باد

remember the efforts of those who honoured what is due.

گر چه صد رود است در چشمم مدام

Though a hundred rivers flow constantly in my eyes,

زنده رود باغ کاران یاد باد

remember the Zayandeh-rud of the garden-makers.

راز حافظ بعد از این ناگفته ماند

Hafez's secret will remain unspoken from now on;

ای دریغا رازداران یاد باد

alas, remember the keepers of secrets.

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

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