غزل شمارهٔ 250

(O beloved !) display thy face and my existence from my mind take : And the harvest of those consumed, (lovers) say : " O wind ! all take."

When to the deluge of calamity, we gave our heart and eye, Say: "Come grief's torrent, and up, from its foundation, our house take."

His tress, like pure ambergris, who may smell ? Alas ! O heart! raw of greed, from thy memory this matter (of smelling His tress) take.

Tell the heart : " (By thy own great fire), slay (quench) the flame of the (great) fire-temple of Fars ; " Tell the eye: " (By thy great weeping), lustre from the face of the mighty Tigris of Baghdad take."

Be the fortune (wherein is no decline) of the" Fir of the Magians, because (the travelling of) the rest is easy. (If) another (go), say : " Go : and out from thy memory (for easy is this) our name, take."

In this path (of divine knowledge), effort not borne, thou reachest not to place (of rank) : If thou seek the reward, the service of the teacher (the murshid) take.

On the day of (my) death, give me, one moment, the promise of seeing Thee : Then to the tomb me, free and independent, take.

Last night, He (the Beloved) said : " With my long dark eye-lashes, I will slay thee : " O Lord ! from His heart, the thought of injustice take.

Hafiz ! think of the delicacy of the (true) Beloved's heart : From His court, go ; and this ; thy wailing and lamenting, take.