What has become of the friends?

یاری اندر کس نمی‌بینیم، یاران را چه شد؟

We see friendship in no one; what has become of the friends?

دوستی کی آخر آمد؟ دوست‌دار‌ان را چه شد؟

When did friendship end? What has become of those who loved?

آب حیوان تیره‌گون شد، خضر فرخ‌پی کجاست؟

The water of life has turned murky; where is Khezr of the blessed step?

خون چکید از شاخ گل، باد بهار‌ان را چه شد؟

Blood drips from the rose branch; what has become of the spring breezes?

کس نمی‌گوید که «یاری داشت حق دوستی»

No one says, "There was a friend who kept the rights of friendship";

حق‌شناسان را چه حال افتاد؟ یاران را چه شد؟

what has befallen the grateful? What has become of the friends?

لعلی از کان مروت برنیامد سال‌هاست

For years no ruby has come out of the mine of kindness;

تابش خورشید و سعی باد و باران را چه شد؟

what has become of the sun's warmth and the work of wind and rain?

شهر یاران بود و خاک مهر‌بانان این دیار

This land was a city of friends, the soil of the kind-hearted;

مهربانی کی سر آمد؟ شهر یار‌ان را چه شد؟

when did kindness come to an end? What has become of its princes?

گوی توفیق و کرامت، در میان افکنده‌اند

The ball of grace and favour has been thrown onto the field;

کس به میدان در نمی‌آید، سوار‌ان را چه شد؟

no one rides out into the field; what has become of the horsemen?

صدهزاران گل شکفت و بانگ مرغی برنخاست

A hundred thousand roses opened, and not one bird's cry rose;

عندلیبان را چه پیش آمد؟ هزاران را چه شد؟

what has happened to the nightingales? What has become of the songbirds?

زهره سازی خوش نمی‌سازد، مگر عود‌ش بسوخت؟

Venus plays no sweet music; has her lute been burned?

کس ندارد ذوق مستی، می‌گسار‌ان را چه شد؟

No one has a taste for drunkenness; what has become of the wine-drinkers?

حافظ اسرار الهی کس نمی‌داند، خموش

Hafez, no one knows the secrets of God; be silent.

از که می‌پرسی که دور روزگار‌ان را چه شد؟

Whom are you asking what has become of the turning of the times?