The new moon of the feast

بیا که ترک فلک خوان روزه غارت کرد

Come, for the Turk of the sky has plundered the table of the fast;

هلال عید به دور قدح اشارت کرد

the new moon of the feast has signalled for the cup to go round.

ثواب روزه و حج قبول آن کس برد

The reward of fasting and of an accepted pilgrimage went to the one

که خاک میکده عشق را زیارت کرد

who made his pilgrimage to the dust of love's tavern.

مقام اصلی ما گوشه خرابات است

Our true home is a corner of the tavern;

خداش خیر دهاد آن که این عمارت کرد

may God reward the one who built it.

بهای باده چون لعل چیست؟ جوهر عقل

What is the price of ruby-coloured wine? The jewel of reason.

بیا که سود کسی برد، کاین تجارت کرد

Come, for whoever made this trade has made a profit.

نماز در خم آن ابروان محرابی

Only he can pray within the curve of those mihrab-like brows

کسی کند که به خون جگر طهارت کرد

who has made his ablution in the blood of his heart.

فغان که نرگس جماش شیخ شهر امروز

Alas, today the roving narcissus eye of the city's sheikh

نظر به دردکشان از سر حقارت کرد

looked upon the dreg-drinkers with contempt.

به روی یار نظر کن ز دیده منت دار

Look upon the beloved's face, and be grateful to my eye,

که کاردیده، نظر از سر بصارت کرد

for the experienced one looks with true insight.

حدیث عشق ز حافظ شنو نه از واعظ

Hear the tale of love from Hafez, not from the preacher,

اگر چه صنعت بسیار در عبارت کرد

though the preacher worked much artifice into his phrasing.