The heart is love's pavilion

دل سراپرده محبت اوست

The heart is the pavilion of her love;

دیده آیینه‌دار طلعت اوست

the eye is the mirror held up to her face.

من که سر در نیاورم به دو کون

I, who will not bow my head to the two worlds,

گردنم زیر بار منت اوست

carry on my neck the weight of her kindness.

تو و طوبی و ما و قامت یار

You and the Tuba tree, we and the beloved's stature:

فکر هر کس به قدر همت اوست

each one's thought is in measure with their aspiration.

گر من آلوده‌دامنم چه عجب

If my hem is stained, what wonder?

همه عالم گواه عصمت اوست

The whole world is witness to her purity.

من که باشم در آن حرم که صبا

Who am I, in that sanctuary where the breeze

پرده‌دار حریم حرمت اوست

keeps the curtain of the precinct of her honour?

بی خیالش مباد منظر چشم

May the window of my eye never be without her image,

زآن که این گوشه جای خلوت اوست

for this corner is the place of her retreat.

هر گل نو که شد چمن‌آرای

Every fresh rose that came to adorn the meadow

ز اثر رنگ و بوی صحبت اوست

bears the colour and scent of her company.

دور مجنون گذشت و نوبت ماست

Majnun's time has passed, and now it is our turn;

هر کسی پنج روز، نوبت اوست

each has a turn of five days.

ملکت عاشقی و گنج طرب

The kingdom of loverhood and the treasure of joy:

هر چه دارم ز یمن همت اوست

all I have comes from the blessing of her grace.

من و دل گر فدا شدیم چه باک؟

If I and my heart are given up, what of it?

غرض اندر میان سلامت اوست

The aim in it all is her well-being.

فقر ظاهر مبین که حافظ را

Do not look at the outward poverty, for Hafez's

سینه گنجینه محبت اوست

breast is the treasure-house of her love.