غزل شمارهٔ 378

Evil (of any) we utter not ; inclination to the injustice (of any) we make not : Black, the face of any one ; and blue, our own religious garment, we make not,

Evil, it is (to show) in deficiency or in excess the defect of the poor man, or of the rich man : The counsel is that evil work at all, we do not.

On the book of knowledge, fallacious writing (like worldly sages) we write not : Confounded with the page of magic, God's mystery, we make not.

If with dignity, the draught of profligates, the king drink not. That to his wine, pure and refined, attention, we make not.

In the sight of way-farers, we happily urge the world (of our time) : Thought of the (precious) black steed, or of the golden saddle, we make not,

The sky shattereth the bark of the Lords of skill : Best, that, on this suspended ocean (the sky), reliance we make not.

If an envious one spake evilness ; and thereon a friend grieved, (To the friend) say : " Happy, be : for to the fool, the ear (of attention) we make not.

Hafiz ! if the enemy utter falsehood as regards him, (exception) we take not ; If, with truth, he spake contention with the speech of truth, we make not.