Whoever became the confidant of his own heart, in the sacred fold of the Beloved remained: He, who knew not this matter, in ignorance remained.
If, forth from the screen, went my heart censure not: Thanks to God, that not, in the screen of thought, it remained.
Out from pawn for wine, the Sufis took their khirka: Our darvish-habit, it was that, in the vintner’s house, remained.
Mohtaseb became Sheikh and forgot his own sin. Our tale is that which, at the head of every market, remained.
Every red wine that, from that crystal hand, I took, Became the water of regret; and, in my eye, the jewel of rain remained.
Save my heart, that, from eternity without beginning to eternity without end, proceeded Thy lover, I have heard of none, who ever in the work remained.
That, like Thy eye, it might become, the narcissus became sick: Its habit was not gained by it; and, sick, it remained.
More pleasant than the sound of love’s speech, naught I heard: A great token, that, in this revolving dome remained.
A darvish garment, I had; and it concealed a hundred faults: For wine and the minstrel, the khirka was pawned; and the mystical cord remained.
The Chinese painter became astonished of Your face, Such that its story on very door and wall, remained.
One day, to the spectacle-place of Thy tress, Hafez’s heart Went that it would return; but, ever, captive to Thy tress, it remained.
