غزل شمارهٔ 232

In desire of that I am that, if, forth from my hand, it come, I may fix my hand upon a work such that the end of grief may come.

The plain of vision of the heart is not a place of society of opponents : When the demon goeth out, the angel within may come.

The society of the Ruler is the darkness of night (of winter) : Ask light of the sun. Possibly, forth it may come.

At the door of the Lords of the world without manliness, How long (expectant) sittest thou saying : " In, at the door, when will the "Khwaja come?"

Beggary (seeking the murshid), abandon not. For thou mayst gain treasure From the (kind) glance of a (holy) traveller, who, into thy sight, may come.

Salih and Talah displayed obedience (to God) : Let us see to whom acceptance will fall ; and, into vision, who will come.

O bulbul lover ! ask for life. For, in the end, Green will become the garden ; and into the bosom, the red rose will come.

In this closet (the world like into the wine-house), Hafiz's carelessness is no wonder : To the wine-house, whoever went, will senseless (be)come.