غزل شمارهٔ 441

If, kind (on our state), the heart of that Beloved had been, how well it would have been ; For, if (kind) like that, He had been, not like this our state would have been.

I would have said : "The breeze of the Friend's tress, what is it worth?" If, for every hair-tip, mine a thousand lives had been.

O Lord ! the order of our heart-happiness, less how would it have been, If, from the evil of time, its the mark of safety had been ?

If, me, head exalting and dear, time had kept, That dust of His threshold, my throne of honour would have been.

Would to God ! forth from the screen, like a tear-drop, He had come, So that, on my two eyes, His order current would have been.

If the Path, love's circle had not closed, Not like a point, in the midst, heart-bereft Hafiz would have been.