Last night a messenger of news from His Highness Asaf came. From His Highness Soleiman, the order of joy came.
With water of the wine, make clay of the dust of our existence: To the heart’s desolate mansion, the time of building came.
This endless explanation of the Beloved’s beauty, that they uttered, Is a word out of thousands, that, into example, came.
O thou wine-stained of garment! Take care; conceal my defect: For, to visit me, that one pure of skirt came.
The place of every one of the lovely ones becometh known to-day, When, to the chief seat, that moon, assembly-adorning, came.
On the throne of Jam, whose crown is the sun’s ladder of ascent, Behold the spirit! Notwithstanding this contemptibility, an ant came.
O heart! Keep thyself safe from His bold eye; Because, for plunder, that sorcerer, the archer, came.
Hafez! Stained, thou art. Ask a favor of the king; For, for purification, that foundation of liberality came.
The King’s assembly is a sea. Discover the time of pearl-gaining: Ho! O loss-stricken one! The time of barter and profit hath come.
