Whoever keeps faith with God's people

هر آن که جانب اهل خدا نگه دارد

Whoever keeps watch over the people of God,

خداش در همه حال از بلا نگه دارد

God keeps him from misfortune in every state.

حدیث دوست نگویم مگر به حضرت دوست

I will not speak of the Friend except in the Friend's presence,

که آشنا سخن آشنا نگه دارد

for a familiar keeps the familiar's words safe.

دلا معاش چنان کن که گر بلغزد پای

O heart, live in such a way that if your foot should slip,

فرشته ات به دو دست دعا نگه دارد

your angel will hold you up with both hands of prayer.

گرت هواست که معشوق نگسلد پیمان

If you wish that the beloved should not break the pact,

نگاه دار سر رشته تا نگه دارد

keep hold of the end of the thread, so that she keeps it.

صبا بر آن سر زلف ار دل مرا بینی

O breeze, if you see my heart on the tip of that curl,

ز روی لطف بگویش که جا نگه دارد

tell it, kindly, to keep its place.

چو گفتمش که دلم را نگاه دار چه گفت

When I said to her, "Keep my heart safe," what did she say?

ز دست بنده چه خیزد خدا نگه دارد

"What can come from a servant's hand? May God keep it."

سر و زر و دل و جانم فدای آن یاری

My head and gold, my heart and soul, are an offering for the friend

که حق صحبت مهر و وفا نگه دارد

who keeps the due of companionship, love and faith.

غبار راهگذارت کجاست تا حافظ

Where is the dust of your path, so that Hafez

به یادگار نسیم صبا نگه دارد

may keep it as a keepsake of the morning breeze?