Whoever keeps the Friend in view

کسی که حسن و خط دوست در نظر دارد

Whoever keeps the Friend's beauty and down before his eyes

محقق است که او حاصل بصر دارد

has surely gained the true harvest of sight.

چو خامه در ره فرمان او، سر طاعت

Like the pen on the path of his command, we have laid down

نهاده‌ایم مگر او به تیغ بردارد

our head in obedience, unless he lifts it off with the sword.

کسی به وصل تو چون شمع یافت پروانه

Only he found union with you, as the moth does with the candle,

که زیر تیغ تو هر دم سری دگر دارد

who, like the candle, grows a new head every moment beneath your blade.

به پای‌بوس تو دست کسی رسید که او

Only his hand reached your feet to kiss them

چو آستانه بدین در، همیشه سر دارد

who, like the threshold, keeps his head always at this door.

ز زهد خشک ملولم‌، کجاست باده ناب‌؟

I am weary of dry asceticism; where is pure wine?

که بوی باده مدامم دماغ تر دارد

For the scent of wine keeps my mind ever fresh.

ز باده هیچت اگر نیست، این نه بس که تو را

Even if wine gives you nothing else, is it not enough

دمی ز وسوسه عقل بی‌خبر دارد؟

that for a moment it frees you from the whispering of reason?

کسی که از ره تقوا قدم برون ننهاد

The one who never set a foot outside the road of piety

به عزم میکده اکنون ره سفر دارد

is now packing for a journey, bound for the tavern.

دل‌ شکسته حافظ به خاک خواهد برد

The broken heart of Hafez will carry into the dust

چو لاله، داغ هوایی‌، که بر جگر دارد

the brand of longing it bears within, like the tulip.