We hoped for friendship from friends

ما ز یاران چشم یاری داشتیم

We looked to our friends for friendship;

خود غلط بود آنچه ما پنداشتیم

what we supposed was itself mistaken.

تا درخت دوستی بر کی دهد

Who knows when the tree of friendship will bear fruit?

حالیا رفتیم و تخمی کاشتیم

For now we have gone our way, having planted a seed.

گفت و گو آیین درویشی نبود

Talk and quarrel were not the dervish's custom;

ور نه با تو ماجراها داشتیم

otherwise we had many a story to settle with you.

شیوهٔ چشمت فریب جنگ داشت

The manner of your eye held the deceit of war;

ما غلط کردیم و صلح انگاشتیم

we were wrong, and took it for peace.

گلبن حسنت نه خود شد دلفروز

The rose-bush of your beauty did not delight hearts by itself;

ما دم همت بر او بگماشتیم

we set the breath of our devotion upon it.

نکته‌ها رفت و شکایت کس نکرد

Many fine points were made, and no one complained;

جانب حرمت فرونگذاشتیم

we never abandoned the side of respect.

گفت خود دادی به ما دل حافظا

The beloved said, "Hafez, you gave us your heart yourself;

ما محصل بر کسی نگماشتیم

we set no bailiff on anyone."