The pearl of the treasury of secrets

گوهر مخزن اسرار همان است که بود

The pearl in the treasury of secrets is just as it was;

حقه مهر بدان مهر و نشان است که بود

the casket of love bears the same seal and the same sign as it did.

عاشقان زمره ارباب امانت باشند

Lovers belong to the company of those who keep a trust,

لاجرم چشم گهربار همان است که بود

and so the pearl-shedding eye is just as it was.

از صبا پرس که ما را همه شب تا دم صبح

Ask the morning breeze: all night, until the breath of dawn,

بوی زلف تو همان مونس جان است که بود

the scent of your curl is my soul's companion, just as it was.

طالب لعل و گهر نیست وگرنه خورشید

No one is seeking rubies and pearls, or else the sun

هم‌چنان در عمل معدن و کان است که بود

is at work in the mine and the quarry, just as it was.

کشته غمزه خود را به زیارت دریاب

Come and visit the one your glance has slain,

زانکه بیچاره همان دل‌نگران است که بود

for the poor heart is as anxious as it was.

رنگ خون دل ما را که نهان می‌داری

The colour of our heart's blood, which you keep hidden,

همچنان در لب لعل تو عیان است که بود

still shows on your ruby lip, just as it did.

زلف هندوی تو گفتم که دگر ره نزند

I said your dark Hindu curl would not waylay me again;

سال‌ها رفت و بدان سیرت و سان است که بود

years have gone, and it keeps the same habits as it did.

حافظا بازنما قصه خونابه چشم

Hafez, tell once more the tale of the eye's bloody tears,

که بر این چشمه همان آب روان است که بود

for at this spring the same water flows as it did.