غزل شمارهٔ 205

As long as name and trace of the tavern '(the existence of the traveller), and of wine (of love) shall be, The dust of the path of the Pir of the Magians (the murshid of love who is the King of seekers), our head, shall be.

From eternity without beginning, the ring (of obedience) of the Pir of the magians was in my ear : In this way, we are as we were ; thus it (the ring) shall be.

(O Saki of Alast !) when, by the head of our tomb thou passest, ask for grace (for me), For, the pilgrimage-place of the profligates (perfect lovers, comprehenders of the stages of love) of the world, (the tomb of Hafiz) shall be.

O Zahid, self-seeing ! go. For, from eye of mine and of thine, Hidden is the mystery of this veil ; and hidden shall be.

To-day, my Bold one, lover-slayer, went forth intoxicated, Let us see again from whose eye, blood-flowing shall be.

That night, when, through desire for thee, my eye placeth its desire on the tomb, Till the breath of the moon of resurrection, downward cast it shall be.

If, in this way, Hafiz's fortune shall aid (by drawing him into effacement), In the hand of others, the Beloved's tress (the twist) of the vicissitudes of Time, (the traitor) shall be.