The eyebrow of the Friend

خط عذار یار که بگرفت ماه از او

The down on the beloved's cheek, which has eclipsed the moon,

خوش حلقه‌ای‌ست لیک به در نیست راه از او

is a lovely ring, but there is no way out of it.

ابروی دوست گوشه محراب دولت است

The Friend's eyebrow is the corner of the prayer-niche of fortune:

آن جا بمال چهره و حاجت بخواه از او

rub your face there and ask it for what you need.

ای جرعه‌نوش مجلس جم! سینه پاک دار

O you who drink the dregs at Jamshid's feast, keep your breast clean,

کآیینه‌ای‌ست جام جهان‌بین که آه از او

for the world-seeing cup is a mirror, and a sigh will cloud it.

کردار اهل صومعه‌ام کرد می‌پرست

The deeds of the cloister folk have made me a wine-worshipper;

این دود بین که نامه من شد سیاه از او

see this smoke, which has turned my record black.

سلطان غم هر آن چه تواند بگو بکن

Let the sultan of grief do all he can;

من برده‌ام به باده‌فروشان پناه از او

I have taken refuge from him with the wine-sellers.

ساقی چراغ می به ره آفتاب دار

Saqi, hold up the lamp of wine in the path of the sun;

گو بر فروز مشعله صبحگاه از او

tell it to light the morning torch from that.

آبی به روزنامه اعمال ما فشان

Sprinkle a little water on the record of our deeds;

باشد توان سترد حروف گناه از او

perhaps it will wash away the letters of sin.

حافظ که ساز مطرب عشاق ساز کرد

Hafez, who has tuned the minstrel's lute for lovers:

خالی مباد عرصه این بزمگاه از او

may the floor of this feast never be empty of him.

آیا در این خیال که دارد گدای شهر

In this fancy that the city's beggar holds,

روزی بود که یاد کند پادشاه از او؟

will there come a day when the king remembers him?