You who keep the lovers apart
Hafezحافظ
ای که مهجوری عشاق روا میداری
O you who think it right that lovers be kept apart,
عاشقان را ز بر خویش جدا میداری
you keep the lovers far from your side.
تشنه بادیه را هم به زلالی دریاب
Reach the thirsty one in the desert with clear water,
به امیدی که در این ره به خدا میداری
for the sake of the hope you hold in God on this road.
دل ببردی و بحل کردمت ای جان لیکن
You have taken my heart, and I forgive you, my soul, but
به از این دار نگاهش که مرا میداری
keep it better than you keep me.
ساغر ما که حریفان دگر مینوشند
Our cup, from which other companions are drinking:
ما تحمل نکنیم ار تو روا میداری
we will not bear it, even if you allow it.
ای مگس حضرت سیمرغ نه جولانگه توست
O fly, the court of the Simurgh is no place for your flight;
عرض خود میبری و زحمت ما میداری
you only lose your honour and give us trouble.
تو به تقصیر خود افتادی از این در محروم
It was by your own fault that you were shut out from this door;
از که مینالی و فریاد چرا میداری؟
whom are you blaming, and why are you crying out?
حافظ از پادشهان پایه به خدمت طلبند
Hafez, people seek rank from kings by serving them;
سعی نابرده چه امید عطا میداری؟
without making any effort, what reward do you hope for?
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مرغی دیدم نشسته بر باره طوس
در پیش نهاده کله کیکاووس
I saw a bird perched on the ramparts of Tus,
with the skull of Kay Kavus set down before it.
A Bird on the Walls of Tus
یکی قطره باران ز ابری چکید
خجل شد چو پهنای دریا بدید
A drop of rain fell from a cloud;
it was ashamed when it saw the breadth of the sea.
A Drop of Rain
ابتدای کار سیمرغ ای عجب
جلوهگر بگذشت بر چین نیمشب
The beginning of the Simorgh’s story, how wonderful:
in all his splendour he passed over China at midnight.