Whoever leaves your lane in weariness

از سر کوی تو هر کو به ملالت برود

Whoever leaves your lane in weariness

نرود کارش و آخر به خجالت برود

will find his affairs do not prosper, and will leave in shame at last.

کاروانی که بود بدرقه‌اش حفظ خدا

A caravan whose escort is the protection of God

به تجمل بنشیند، به جلالت برود

rests in splendour and travels in majesty.

سالک از نور هدایت ببرد راه به دوست

The wayfarer finds the road to the Friend by the light of guidance,

که به جایی نرسد گر به ضلالت برود

for he will reach nowhere if he travels in error.

کام خود آخر عمر از می و معشوق بگیر

Take what you desire from wine and the beloved before life ends;

حیف اوقات که یک سر به بطالت برود

what a pity if your time should pass entirely in idleness.

ای دلیل دل گم‌گشته! خدا را مددی

O guide of the lost heart, for God's sake, some help!

که غریب ار نبرد ره، به دلالت برود

For if the stranger cannot find the way, he goes by a guide.

حکم مستوری و مستی همه بر خاتمت است

The verdict on the sober and the drunk rests on how they end;

کس ندانست که آخر به چه حالت برود

no one knows in what state he will leave at the last.

حافظ از چشمه حکمت به کف آور جامی

Hafez, take a cup in your hand from the fountain of wisdom;

بو که از لوح دلت نقش جهالت برود

perhaps the image of ignorance will be washed from the tablet of your heart.