Take heed, O cupbearer! Pass the cup around, invite the guests to drink, for, behold, love first seemed to us an easy thing, but afterward, how many difficulties arose!
By virtue of that delicious fragrance which the zephyr draws from that fair tress, from those musk-scented locks, twisted every which way, all hearts are flooded with blood!
Soak the prayer carpet with wine, if it is the master of the tavern who invites thee there, for he who travels a road is not ignorant either of his way or of the state of the stages through which he passes.
What joy, what rest would they have me enjoy in the dwelling of my beloved, when at every moment the caravan’s bells summon me to prepare for departure!
The night is deep, the peril of the waves and whirlpools of life is imminent. What conception can those who, freed of all burdens, rest upon the shore of this sea form of our pitiable plight?
By virtue of that delicious fragrance which the zephyr draws from that fair tress, from those musk-scented locks, twisted every which way, all hearts are flooded with blood!
Soak the prayer carpet with wine, if it is the master of the tavern who invites thee there, for he who travels a road is not ignorant either of his way or of the state of the stages through which he passes.
What joy, what rest would they have me enjoy in the dwelling of my beloved, when at every moment the caravan’s bells summon me to prepare for departure!
The night is deep, the peril of the waves and whirlpools of life is imminent. What conception can those who, freed of all burdens, rest upon the shore of this sea form of our pitiable plight?
All my actions, performed of my own free will, have brought me into disrepute. Oh! how could this secret of my heart have remained concealed, when it is now the subject of every conversation?
Wouldst thou enjoy the divine Presence, O Hafiz? Be not absent for a moment from that of thy beloved. As soon as thine eyes meet hers, renounce the world, forsake it to follow her.
Wouldst thou enjoy the divine Presence, O Hafiz? Be not absent for a moment from that of thy beloved. As soon as thine eyes meet hers, renounce the world, forsake it to follow her.