We have tested our fortune

ما آزموده‌ایم در این شهر بخت خویش

We have tested our fortune in this city;

بیرون کشید باید از این ورطه رخت خویش

we must drag our belongings out of this whirlpool.

از بس که دست می‌گزم و آه می‌کشم

From so much biting my hands and sighing,

آتش زدم چو گل به تن لخت لخت خویش

like the rose I have set fire to my body, torn to pieces.

دوشم ز بلبلی چه خوش آمد که می‌سرود

Last night how sweet it was to hear a nightingale singing,

گل گوش پهن کرده ز شاخ درخت خویش

while the rose, on the branch of her tree, opened wide her ear:

کای دل تو شاد باش که آن یار تندخو

"O heart, be glad, for that harsh-tempered friend

بسیار تند روی نشیند ز بخت خویش

will often sit frowning at her own fortune."

خواهی که سخت و سست جهان بر تو بگذرد

If you want the world's hard and soft to pass you by,

بگذر ز عهد سست و سخن‌های سخت خویش

give up your own weak promises and hard words.

وقت است کز فراق تو وز سوز اندرون

It is time, from your absence and the burning within,

آتش درافکنم به همه رخت و پخت خویش

to set fire to all my goods and gear.

ای حافظ ار مراد میسر شدی مدام

Hafez, if every wish were always granted,

جمشید نیز دور نماندی ز تخت خویش

Jamshid would not have been parted from his throne.