غزل شمارهٔ 273

If thou be the compassionate friend, true of covenant, be: The companion of the closet (in grief) ; and of the hot bath and of the rose-garden (in ease) be.

To the power of wine, the curl of thy dishevelled tress give not (so that its perfume may not agitate lovers) : Speak not saying : " Say, lovers' hearts agitated be."

If thine be desire to be (in exaltation) fellow-sitter with Khizr, Hidden from Sikandar's eye, like the water of life, be.

Not the work of every bird is the power of love-playing Come ; and of the bulbul, ghazal singing (Hafiz), the new rose (beloved) be.

The path of service, and the usage of attendance-making For God's sake, let go to us ; and Sultan be.

On the prey (the lovers of God) of the sacred fold, again draw not forth the sword. Take care ! Of what thou hast done with our heart, penitent, be

(O true Beloved !) the candle of the assembly Thou art ; one of tongue, one of heart, be The fancy of the moth's effort (in sparing not its own life), behold ; and laughing (consuming like the candle), be.

In glance-playing, is the perfection of heart-ravishingness and beauty (of beloved ones) Of (the crowd of) the rare ones of the age, in the art of viewing (and comprehending others) be.

Hafiz ! silence ; and of the Beloved's violence, bewail not : Who spake to thee saying : "At the lovely face (of the Beloved) astonied be?"