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Ghazal · 14th century

The new spring of beauty

Hafezحافظ

ای روی ماه‌منظر تو نوبهار حسن

O you whose moon-like face is the new spring of beauty,

خال و خط تو مرکز حسن و مدار حسن

your mole and down are beauty's centre and its orbit.

در چشم پرخمار تو پنهان فسون سحر

In your languid eye the spell of magic lies hidden;

در زلف بی‌قرار تو پیدا قرار حسن

in your restless curl the stillness of beauty shows.

ماهی نتافت همچو تو از برج نیکویی

No moon has shone like you from the tower of goodness;

سروی نخاست چون قدت از جویبار حسن

no cypress has risen like your stature from the stream-bank of beauty.

خرم شد از ملاحت تو عهد دلبری

Your charm has made the age of heart-stealing glad;

فرخ شد از لطافت تو روزگار حسن

your grace has made the times of beauty fortunate.

از دام زلف و دانه خال تو در جهان

From the snare of your curl and the bait of your mole, in all the world

یک مرغ دل نماند نگشته شکار حسن

not one bird of the heart is left that beauty has not caught.

دائم به لطف دایه طبع از میان جان

Always, with the kindness of nature's nurse, from the depth of the soul,

می‌پرورد به ناز، تو را در کنار حسن

she raises you tenderly in beauty's arms.

گرد لبت بنفشه از آن تازه و تر است

The violet around your lip is fresh and moist because

کآب حیات می‌خورد از جویبار حسن

it drinks the water of life from the stream of beauty.

حافظ طمع برید که بیند نظیر تو

Hafez has given up hope of seeing your equal;

دیار نیست جز رخت اندر دیار حسن

there is no one but your face in the land of beauty.

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

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