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Ghazal · 14th century

The image of your face

Hafezحافظ

خیال روی تو چون بگذرد به گلشن چشم

When the image of your face passes through the garden of my eye,

دل از پی نظر آید به سوی روزن چشم

my heart comes to the window of the eye to look.

سزای تکیه گهت منظری نمی‌بینم

I see no view worthy of your resting-place;

منم ز عالم و این گوشه معین چشم

there is only me in all the world, and this set corner of my eye.

بیا که لعل و گهر در نثار مقدم تو

Come, for to scatter rubies and pearls at your arrival

ز گنج‌خانه‌‌ دل می‌کشم به روزن چشم

I carry them from the treasury of my heart to the window of my eye.

سحر سرشک روانم سر خرابی داشت

At dawn my flowing tears had ruin in mind,

گرم نه خون جگر می‌گرفت دامن چشم

had my heart's blood not caught hold of the hem of my eye.

نخست روز که دیدم رخ تو دل می‌گفت

On the first day I saw your face, my heart said:

اگر رسد خللی، خون من به گردن چشم

"If any harm comes of this, my blood is on the eye's account."

به بوی مژده وصل تو تا سحر، شب دوش

Last night, in hope of good news of union with you, until dawn

به راه باد نهادم چراغ روشن چشم

I set the bright lamp of my eye in the path of the wind.

به مردمی که دل دردمند حافظ را

By your kindness, do not strike the aching heart of Hafez

مزن به ناوک دلدوز مردم افکن چشم

with the heart-piercing, people-felling arrow of your eye.

Translation
Persiahaus Editors
Source
Draft translation from the Ganjoor text (Qazvini–Ghani edition)

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