When the weary have longing but no strength

خستگان را چو طلب باشد و قوت نبود

When the weary have longing but no strength,

گر تو بیداد کنی شرط مروت نبود

to be unjust to them is not the way of generosity.

ما جفا از تو ندیدیم و تو خود نپسندی

We have seen no cruelty from you, and you yourself would not approve

آنچه در مذهب ارباب طریقت نبود

of anything not found in the creed of the masters of the Path.

خیره آن دیده که آبش نبرد گریه عشق

Dim is the eye whose water love's weeping has not carried away;

تیره آن دل که در او شمع محبت نبود

dark is the heart in which there is no candle of love.

دولت از مرغ همایون طلب و سایه او

Seek fortune from the auspicious Homa and its shadow,

زان که با زاغ و زغن شهپر دولت نبود

for the crow and the kite have no feathers of fortune.

گر مدد خواستم از پیر مغان عیب مکن

If I sought help from the Magian elder, do not blame me;

شیخ ما گفت که در صومعه همت نبود

our shaykh himself said there was no aspiration in the cloister.

چون طهارت نبود کعبه و بتخانه یکیست

Without purity, the Kaaba and the idol-house are one;

نبود خیر در آن خانه که عصمت نبود

there is no good in a house where there is no innocence.

حافظا علم و ادب ورز که در مجلس شاه

Hafez, practise learning and courtesy, for in the king's gathering

هر که را نیست ادب لایق صحبت نبود

whoever has no courtesy is not fit for company.