The king's banner has arrived

بیا که رایت منصور پادشاه رسید

Come, for the king's victorious banner has arrived;

نوید فتح و بشارت به مهر و ماه رسید

the promise of conquest and good tidings has reached the sun and moon.

جمال بخت ز روی ظفر نقاب انداخت

The beauty of fortune has drawn the veil from victory's face;

کمال عدل به فریاد دادخواه رسید

perfect justice has come to the aid of the one who cries for redress.

سپهر، دور خوش اکنون کند که ماه آمد

Now heaven will turn sweetly, for the moon has come;

جهان به کام دل اکنون رسد که شاه رسید

now the world will go as the heart desires, for the king has arrived.

ز قاطعان طریق این زمان شوند ایمن

Now the caravans of heart and knowledge will be safe from highwaymen,

قوافل دل و دانش که مرد راه رسید

for the man of the road has come.

عزیز مصر به رغم برادران غیور

The dear one of Egypt, in spite of his jealous brothers,

ز قعر چاه برآمد به اوج ماه رسید

rose from the bottom of the well and reached the height of the moon.

کجاست صوفی دجال فعل ملحدشکل

Where is the Sufi of Antichrist deeds and heretic look?

بگو بسوز، که مهدی دین پناه رسید

Tell him: burn, for the Mahdi, refuge of the faith, has come.

صبا بگو که چه‌ها بر سرم در این غم عشق

Breeze, tell what has befallen me in this grief of love

ز آتش دل سوزان و دود آه رسید

from the fire of a burning heart and the smoke of sighs.

ز شوق روی تو شاها بدین اسیر فراق

In longing for your face, O king, this captive of separation suffered

همان رسید کز آتش به برگ کاه رسید

what the blade of straw suffers from the fire.

مرو به خواب که حافظ به بارگاه قبول

Do not go to sleep, for Hafez has reached the court of acceptance

ز ورد نیم شب و درس صبحگاه رسید

through the midnight litany and the lessons of dawn.