غزل شمارهٔ 207

Mine be recollection of that time, when my dwelling, the head of thy street was. (When) from the dust of thy door, to my eye the acquisition of luminosity was.

From the effects of pure society, upright I became like the lily and the rose : On my tongue was, whatever in thy heart was.

When, from the Pir of wisdom, my heart made transcription of (inquired about) divine significations, In explanation, Love uttered what to him (the Pir of wisdom), difficult was.

Alas, this tyranny and oppression that is in this snare-place (the world) : Alas that grace and favour that in that assembly (the world of souls) was

In my heart, it was : " I will never be without the Friend (God)." What can one do ! For my effort and the effort of my heart, vain was.

Last night, in recollection of friends (to see them), I went to the tavern : The jar of wine, I beheld. In the heart, blood (was) ; and in the clay (of astonishment), the foot was.

Much, I wandered to ask the cause of the pain of separation : In this matter, void of wisdom, the Mufti of wisdom was.

The truth of the end of the Abu Ishak turquoise (is this that) Well it gleamed ; but (its) the lot of the hastener was.

Hafiz! thou sawest (all) that chatter of the strutting partridge (Amir Abu Is'hak) : Careless of the grasp of the falcon of Fate, he was.