The beloved has lifted the veil

ساقی بیا که یار ز رخ پرده برگرفت

Saqi, come, for the beloved has lifted the veil from her face;

کار چراغ خلوتیان باز درگرفت

the lamp of those in seclusion has caught fire once again.

آن شمع سرگرفته دگر چهره برفروخت

That snuffed-out candle has lit up its face once more,

وین پیر سال‌خورده جوانی ز سر گرفت

and this aged old man has taken up his youth again.

آن عشوه داد عشق که مفتی ز ره برفت

Love gave such a charm that the mufti lost his way,

وان لطف کرد دوست که دشمن حذر گرفت

and the Friend showed such kindness that the enemy took care.

زنهار از آن عبارت شیرین دل‌فریب

Beware of those sweet, heart-beguiling words!

گویی که پسته تو سخن در شکر گرفت

It is as if your pistachio mouth had wrapped its speech in sugar.

بار غمی که خاطر ما خسته کرده بود

The burden of grief that had wearied our mind,

عیسی‌دمی خدا بفرستاد و برگرفت

God sent one with the breath of Jesus, and he lifted it away.

هر سروقد که بر مه و خور حسن می‌فروخت

Every cypress-tall one who once outshone the moon and sun in beauty,

چون تو درآمدی پی کاری دگر گرفت

when you came in, went off to find some other work.

زین قصه هفت گنبد افلاک پرصداست

The seven domes of heaven are ringing with this story;

کوته‌نظر ببین که سخن مختصر گرفت

see how the short-sighted have taken it to be brief.

حافظ تو این سخن ز که آموختی؟ که بخت

Hafez, from whom did you learn these words? For fortune

تعویذ کرد شعر تو را و به زر گرفت

has made your verse an amulet and set it in gold.