The Sufi laid his snare

صوفی نهاد دام و سر حقه، باز کرد

The Sufi laid his snare and opened his box of tricks;

بنیاد مکر با فلک حقه‌باز کرد

he began a scheme of deceit against the trickster sky.

بازی چرخ بشکندش بیضه در کلاه

The sky's game will break the egg in his cap,

زیرا که عرض شعبده با اهل راز کرد

because he displayed his conjuring to those who know the secret.

ساقی! بیا! که شاهد رعنای صوفیان

Saqi, come, for the lovely beloved of the Sufis

دیگر به جلوه آمد و آغاز ناز کرد

has come once more to show herself and has begun her coquetry.

این مطرب از کجاست که ساز عراق ساخت؟

Where is this minstrel from, who played in the mode of Iraq

وآهنگ بازگشت به راه حجاز کرد؟

and then turned his tune back along the road of Hejaz?

ای دل! بیا! که ما به پناه خدا رویم

O heart, come, let us go to God's refuge

زآنچ آستین کوته و دست دراز کرد

from the one with short sleeves and long hands.

صنعت مکن که هرکه محبت، نه راست باخت

Do not use artifice, for whoever did not play at love honestly,

عشقش به روی دل، در معنی، فراز کرد

love shut the door of meaning in the face of his heart.

فردا که پیشگاه حقیقت شود پدید

Tomorrow, when the court of truth appears,

شرمنده رهروی که عمل بر مجاز کرد

ashamed will be the traveller whose work was built on illusion.

ای کبک خوش‌خرام! کجا می‌روی؟ بایست!

O graceful-stepping partridge, where are you going? Stop!

غره مشو! که گربه زاهد، نماز کرد

Do not be deceived because the zahid's cat has begun to pray.

«حافظ»! مکن ملامت رندان! که در ازل

Hafez, do not reproach the rends, for in pre-eternity

ما را خدا ز زهد ریا، بی‌نیاز کرد

God made us free of the need for hypocritical piety.