The meeting came

دیدار شد میسر و بوس و کنار هم

The meeting came within reach, and kisses and embrace too;

از بخت شکر دارم و از روزگار هم

I give thanks to fortune, and to the times too.

زاهد برو که طالع اگر طالع من است

Go away, ascetic: if my fortune is truly mine,

جامم به دست باشد و زلف نگار هم

my cup will be in my hand, and the beloved's curl too.

ما عیب کس به مستی و رندی نمی‌کنیم

We find no fault with anyone for drunkenness or rendi;

لعل بتان خوش است و می خوشگوار هم

the ruby lip of the fair ones is sweet, and smooth wine too.

ای دل بشارتی دهمت محتسب نماند

O heart, I bring you good news: the morals officer is gone,

و از می جهان پر است و بت میگسار هم

and the world is full of wine, and of wine-drinking beauties too.

خاطر به دست تفرقه دادن نه زیرکیست

To hand the mind over to scattering is not wise;

مجموعه‌ای بخواه و صراحی بیار هم

ask for a book of verse, and bring the flagon too.

بر خاکیان عشق فشان جرعه لبش

Scatter the draught of her lip on those who lie in love's dust,

تا خاک لعل‌گون شود و مشکبار هم

so the dust turns ruby-coloured and musk-scented too.

آن شد که چشم بد نگران بودی از کمین

Gone is the time when the evil eye kept watch from ambush;

خصم از میان برفت و سرشک از کنار هم

the enemy has left the scene, and the tears have left my eyes too.

چون کائنات جمله به بوی تو زنده‌اند

Since all creation lives by your fragrance,

ای آفتاب سایه ز ما برمدار هم

O sun, do not take your shade from us either.

چون آب روی لاله و گل، فیض حسن توست

Since the freshness of the tulip and the rose is the bounty of your beauty,

ای ابر لطف بر من خاکی ببار هم

O cloud of grace, rain on me, a thing of dust, too.

حافظ اسیر زلف تو شد از خدا بترس

Hafez has become the captive of your curl: fear God,

و از انتصاف آصف جم اقتدار هم

and fear the justice of the Asaf with Jamshid's power too.

برهان ملک و دین که ز دست وزارتش

Borhan of state and faith, by whose vizier's hand

ایام کان یمین شد و دریا یسار هم

the right hand has become a mine in our days, and the left a sea too.

بر یاد رای انور او آسمان به صبح

Remembering his radiant judgement, heaven at dawn

جان می‌کند فدا و کواکب نثار هم

offers up its soul, and scatters the stars as gifts too.

گوی زمین ربوده چوگان عدل اوست

The ball of the earth is carried off by the polo-stick of his justice,

وین برکشیده گنبد نیلی حصار هم

and this high-raised, blue-domed fortress too.

عزم سبک عنان تو در جنبش آورد

Your swift-reined resolve sets in motion

این پایدار مرکز عالی مدار هم

this steady centre and the high-circling sphere too.

تا از نتیجه فلک و طور دور اوست

As long as from the workings of heaven and the turning of its wheel come

تبدیل ماه و سال و خزان و بهار هم

the change of month and year, of autumn and of spring too,

خالی مباد کاخ جلالش ز سروران

may his glorious palace never be empty of great men,

و از ساقیان سروقد گلعذار هم

and of cypress-tall, rose-cheeked saqis too.