Ruler of the world

دارای جهان نصرت دین خسرو کامل

Ruler of the world, Nusrat al-Din, the perfect king,

یحیی بن مظفر ملک عالم عادل

Yahya ibn Muzaffar, the just sovereign of the world:

ای درگه اسلام پناه تو گشاده

O you whose court, the refuge of Islam, stands open,

بر روی زمین روزنه جان و در دل

a window for the soul and a door for the heart upon the face of the earth,

تعظیم تو بر جان و خرد واجب و لازم

reverence for you is a duty binding on soul and reason;

انعام تو بر کون و مکان فایض و شامل

your bounty flows over all being and place and embraces them.

روز ازل از کلک تو یک قطره سیاهی

On the first day a single drop of ink from your pen

بر روی مه افتاد که شد حل مسائل

fell on the face of the moon, and every question was solved.

خورشید چو آن خال سیه دید، به دل گفت

When the sun saw that black mole, it said in its heart:

ای کاج که من بودمی آن هندوی مقبل

"If only I were that fortunate dark one."

شاها فلک از بزم تو در رقص و سماع است

O King, the sky is dancing and whirling at your banquet;

دست طرب از دامن این زمزمه مگسل

do not let the hand of joy let go of the hem of this music.

می نوش و جهان بخش که از زلف کمندت

Drink wine and bestow the world, for by the lasso of your curl

شد گردن بدخواه گرفتار سلاسل

the ill-wisher's neck has been caught in chains.

دور فلکی یکسره بر منهج عدل است

The turning of the heavens runs wholly on the path of justice;

خوش باش که ظالم نبرد راه به منزل

be glad, for the oppressor will not find the way to his goal.

حافظ قلم شاه جهان مقسم رزق است

Hafez, the pen of the world's King apportions everyone's daily bread;

از بهر معیشت مکن اندیشه باطل

do not trouble yourself with idle thoughts about your living.