The minstrel of love

مطرب عشق عجب ساز و نوایی دارد

The minstrel of love has a wondrous instrument and song;

نقش هر نغمه که زد راه به جایی دارد

every note he strikes leads somewhere.

عالم از ناله عشاق مبادا خالی

May the world never be empty of the lovers' lament,

که خوش‌آهنگ و فرح‌بخش هوایی دارد

for it has a sweet-toned melody that brings delight.

پیر دردی‌کش ما گرچه ندارد زر و زور

Though our dreg-drinking elder has neither gold nor power,

خوش عطابخش و خطاپوش خدایی دارد

he has a God who gives freely and covers faults.

محترم دار دلم کاین مگس قندپرست

Hold my heart in honour, for this sugar-loving fly,

تا هواخواه تو شد فر همایی دارد

since it became your well-wisher, has the splendour of the huma.

از عدالت نبود دور گرش پرسد حال

It would not be far from justice if he asked after his state,

پادشاهی که به همسایه گدایی دارد

the king who has a beggar for a neighbour.

اشک خونین بنمودم به طبیبان گفتند

I showed my tears of blood to the physicians; they said,

درد عشق است و جگرسوز دوایی دارد

"It is the pain of love, and its remedy burns the heart."

ستم از غمزه میاموز که در مذهب عشق

Do not learn cruelty from the glance, for in the creed of love

هر عمل اجری و هر کرده جزایی دارد

every deed has its wage, and every act its return.

نغز گفت آن بت ترسابچه باده‌پرست

Finely said that wine-loving young Christian idol:

شادی روی کسی خور که صفایی دارد

"Drink to the joy of a face that has some purity."

خسروا حافظ درگاه‌نشین فاتحه خواند

O king, Hafez who sits at your door has recited the Fatiha,

وز زبان تو تمنای دعایی دارد

and from your tongue he hopes for a prayer in return.