غزل شمارهٔ 231

To the (true Beloved), I said : " Grief for Thee, I have." He said : " To an end (when union is attained), thy grief cometh:" I spake saying: "Be my moon (make luminous like the moon my eye and bosom)." He said : " (I will be thy moon), if forth, (the chance) cometh."

I said : " From kind ones (lovers), learn the usage of fidelity :" He said : " From those moon of face (lovely women), this work (of fidelity) seldom cometh."

I spake saying: "On Thy image, I bind the path of my vision (away from the direction of others ; and glance on naught save Thee) :" He spake saying: "The night-prowler is that one, who, by another (unclosed) path, cometh."

I spake saying : " Road-lost in the world, the perfume of Thy tress hath made me:" He said : " If thou knowest, thy guide also it (the perfume) becometh."

I said : " O happy the air that, from love's garden, ariseth :" He said : " More pleasant (is) that breeze that from the heart-ravisher's street cometh."

I spake saying: "With desire, the sweet drink of Thy ruby lip slayeth me." He said : " Perform thou service (of the lip) ; for He, soul-cherishing cometh."

I said : "When hath Thy kind heart the resolution of peace?" He said : " To none, speak of this (our violence against thee) till that time (of peace) cometh."

I said : " Thou sawest how quickly the time of ease to an end cometh." He said : " Hafiz ! silence. For to an end this grief also cometh."