Remember when I lived at your lane

یاد باد آن که سر کوی توام منزل بود

Remember when my dwelling was at the head of your lane,

دیده را روشنی از خاک درت حاصل بود

and my eye took its light from the dust of your door.

راست چون سوسن و گل از اثر صحبت پاک

Just like the lily and the rose, through pure companionship,

بر زبان بود مرا آن‌چه تو را در دل بود

what was in your heart was on my tongue.

دل چو از پیر خرد نقل معانی می‌کرد

When the heart was learning meanings from the elder of reason,

عشق می‌گفت به شرح آن‌چه بر او مشکل بود

love would explain whatever he found hard.

آه از آن جور و تطاول که در این دامگه است

Ah, the cruelty and oppression in this house of snares!

آه از آن سوز و نیازی که در آن محفل بود

Ah, the burning and the longing in that gathering!

در دلم بود که بی‌دوست نباشم هرگز

It was in my heart never to be without the Friend;

چه توان کرد؟ که سعی من و دل باطل بود

what can be done? My striving and my heart's were in vain.

دوش بر یاد حریفان به خرابات شدم

Last night, remembering my companions, I went to the tavern;

خم می دیدم، خون در دل و پا در گل بود

I saw the wine-jar, its heart full of blood, its feet in the clay.

بس بگشتم که بپرسم سبب درد فراق

I wandered long, to ask the cause of the pain of separation;

مفتی عقل در این مسأله لایعقل بود

the mufti of reason was out of his reason on this question.

راستی خاتم فیروزه بواسحاقی

Truly, the turquoise ring of Bu Eshaq

خوش درخشید ولی دولت مستعجل بود

shone beautifully, but its fortune was brief.

دیدی آن قهقهه کبک خرامان حافظ؟

Did you see the laughter of the strutting partridge, Hafez,

که ز سرپنجه شاهین قضا غافل بود

that never noticed the claw of the falcon of fate?