The news has come that spring is here

رسید مژده که آمد بهار و سبزه دمید

The good news has come that spring is here and the grass has sprung;

وظیفه گر برسد، مصرفش گل است و نبید

if my allowance arrives, it will be spent on roses and wine.

صفیر مرغ برآمد، بط شراب کجاست؟

The bird's whistle has risen: where is the duck-shaped flask of wine?

فغان فتاد به بلبل، نقاب گل که کشید؟

The nightingale has cried out: who drew back the rose's veil?

ز میوه‌های بهشتی چه ذوق دریابد

What delight can he find in the fruits of paradise

هر آن که سیب زنخدان شاهدی نگزید

who has never bitten the apple of a beauty's chin?

مکن ز غصه شکایت که در طریق طلب

Do not complain of sorrow, for on the road of seeking

به راحتی نرسید آن که زحمتی نکشید

no one reached ease who did not bear some hardship.

ز روی ساقی مه‌وش گلی بچین امروز

Pick a rose today from the moonlike saqi's face,

که گرد عارض بستان خط بنفشه دمید

for the violet down has sprung around the garden's cheek.

چنان کرشمه ساقی دلم ز دست ببرد

The saqi's glance has carried off my heart so completely

که با کسی دگرم نیست برگ گفت و شنید

that I have no heart left to talk or listen to anyone else.

من این مرقع رنگین چو گل، بخواهم سوخت

I will burn this patched cloak, many-coloured as a rose,

که پیر باده‌فروشش به جرعه‌ای نخرید

for the elder who sells the wine would not buy it for a single sip.

بهار می‌گذرد دادگسترا دریاب

Spring is passing; O dispenser of justice, take note,

که رفت موسم و حافظ هنوز می نچشید

for the season has gone, and Hafez has not yet tasted wine.