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Love-playing and youthfulness ; and wine of ruby hue (love) ; The assembly (of love) kindly, and the companion concordant, and ever the drinking of wine (love's bounties) :

The Saki sweet of mouth, and the minstrel sweet of speech (the perfect murshid) ; Fellow-sitters (friends) of good repute ; and companions of good fame :

The lovely one (the true Beloved who is peerless), with grace and with purity, the envy of the water of life ; A heart-ravisher, in beauty and goodness, the envy of the full moon :

A banquet-place (the assembly of the circle of zikr), heart-alluring, like the palace of loftiest paradise, Arose-bed, its borders like the garden of the mansion of peace :

The ranks of sitters (the assembly of the circle of zikr), well wishing (to each other) ; and the attendants, with respect : Friends possessed of mysteries (and of divine knowledge), and companions friendly of desire :

The cup of rose-hue (true love, that, at first is) very bitter (and strong ; and afterwards), pleasant tasting, light ; Its sweetmeat, (the kiss of) the ruby (lip) of the idol ; its tale, (wine of) the ruby cup :

The Saki's glance (the glory, and the splendour, of the true Beloved, that from all things, is manifest) for the plunder of wisdom, sword-drawn ; The (true) Beloved's tress (the world's strange forms that, from all things make manifest the true Beloved, splendour-kindling) for the capture of the heart (of Arifs), snare spread :

(None is) a subtlety-understander, jest-utterer, like Hafiz sweet of speech ; (None is) a liberality-teacher, world-kindling, like Haji Kivam.

Who, this society desireth not, to him be heart-happiness, ruined : Who, this pleasure seeketh not, to him (be) life unlawful !