غزل شمارهٔ 208

Those shattered, when they are in search (of thee) and (theirs) power is not, If thou vex, the condition of manliness , is not.

From thee, we experienced no tyranny ; and thou thyself approvest not What, in the Order of the Shaikhs of the Path, is not.

Blind that eye, whose water (of lustre) love's fire took not : Dark that heart, wherein love's light is not.

From the auspicious bird (the prosperous one, or the perfect 'Arif) seek fortune, and his shadow, For the reason that with the (ugly) crow and the (mean) kite, the long wing. feather (of flight) of fortune is not.

If, from the wine-house, I seek blessing, carp not : Our Pir spake saying : " In the Christian cloister, blessing is not."

When there is no purity (of heart from infidelity), one are the Ka'ba and the idol-house : Well, it is not when, in the house (of the heart), chastity is not.

Hafiz ! practise knowledge and manners. For, in the king's assembly Who manners worthy of society hath not is not.