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Ghazal · 14th century

The tulip field of life

Hafezحافظ

ای خرم از فروغ رخت لاله زار عمر

O you, by whose radiant face the tulip field of life is glad,

بازآ که ریخت بی گل رویت بهار عمر

come back, for without the rose of your face the spring of life has fallen.

از دیده گر سرشک چو باران چکد رواست

If tears like rain drip from my eyes, it is fitting,

کاندر غمت چو برق بشد روزگار عمر

for in grief for you the days of life have passed like lightning.

این یک دو دم که مهلت دیدار ممکن است

In these one or two breaths in which seeing you is still possible,

دریاب کار ما که نه پیداست کار عمر

take care of our affair, for the course of life is uncertain.

تا کی می صبوح و شکرخواب بامداد

How long the morning wine and the sweet sleep of dawn?

هشیار گرد، هان که گذشت اختیار عمر

Wake up; take care, for the prime of life has passed.

دی در گذار بود و نظر سوی ما نکرد

Yesterday she passed by and did not look towards us;

بیچاره دل که هیچ ندید از گذار عمر

poor heart, which saw nothing of life's passing.

اندیشه از محیط فنا نیست هر که را

Whoever's life turns around the point of your mouth

بر نقطه دهان تو باشد مدار عمر

has no fear of the ocean of annihilation.

در هر طرف ز خیل حوادث کمین‌گهیست

On every side the troops of chance lie in ambush;

زان رو عنان‌گسسته دواند سوار عمر

that is why the rider of life gallops with broken reins.

بی عمر زنده‌ام من و این بس عجب مدار

I am alive without life, and do not think it strange:

روز فراق را که نهد در شمار عمر

who counts the days of separation as part of life?

حافظ سخن بگوی که بر صفحه جهان

Hafez, speak, for on the page of the world

این نقش ماند از قلمت یادگار عمر

this picture from your pen will remain as life's keepsake.

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

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