غزل شمارهٔ 473

Time consider plunder to that degree that thou canst ; O soul ! the out-come of life is (only) this moment if thou knowest.

The desire-giving of the sphere hath life in barter, Strive that, from fortune, the justice of ease thou mayst take.

Gardener! when hence I pass, be it unlawful to thee, If, in my place, a cypress other than the beloved thou plant !

The wine's delight will slay the penitent zahid ; O sage ! do not a deed, that bringeth penitence.

The jar-shatterer knoweth not this value that to the sufi, Is a household chattel like a pomegranate ruby.

O sweet mouth ! with the prayer of the night-risers, strive not ; In the shelter of the one (ineffable) name (of God) is the seal having the quality of a Sulaiman.

The counsel of lovers, hear and out from the door of joy come ; For all this is not worth the occupation of a transitory world.

O brothers ! compassion. Went my precious Yusuf, For grief for whom, wonderful (in wretchedness) I beheld the state of the old man (Y'akub) of Kin'an.

Before the zahid, boast not of profligacy. For one cannot utter To the physician, not the confidant, the state of a hidden pain.

Thou goest ; and, the people's blood, thy eye-lashes shed : O soul ! fiercely (impetuously) thou goest ; fear is, behind, thou wilt remain.

Aside from the glance of Thy eye, my heart, I kept. But, Thy eyebrow, bow-possessor, taketh (the heart) by its forehead.

With kindness, tranquillise Hafiz's heart, O Thou, whose (beauteous) tress-coil (is) the assembly-place (perfection) of dispersion !

O idol, stony of heart ! if of me careless thou be, My own state, I will utter before Asaf the second.