From the Divan of Hafez · 9 couplets
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May your beauty be forever increasing,
and may your face all year long be tulip-bright.
Within our head, the fancy of your love —
each day that comes, may it be increasing.
Every cypress that enters the garden —
may it bow down in service to your stature.
An eye that is not bewitched by you —
like a teardrop's pearl, may it drown in blood.
May your eye, for the sake of stealing hearts,
be skilled in every art of sorcery.
Every heart that grieves for you —
may it be without patience, rest, or peace.
The statures of all the world's beauties —
before the alif of your form, may they be curved like nun.
Every heart that is empty of your love —
may it remain outside the circle of your union.
Your ruby lip, which is the soul of Hafez —
may it stay far from the lips of the unworthy.
حُسن تو همیشه در فزون باد
رویت همه ساله لالهگون باد
اندر سرِ ما خیالِ عشقت
هر روز که باد در فزون باد
هر سرو که در چمن درآید
در خدمتِ قامتت نگون باد
چشمی که نه فتنهٔ تو باشد
چون گوهرِ اشک غرقِ خون باد
چشمِ تو ز بهرِ دلربایی
در کردنِ سحر ذوفنون باد
هر جا که دلیست در غمِ تو
بی صبر و قرار و بی سکون باد
قَدِّ همه دلبرانِ عالم
پیشِ الفِ قَدَت چو نون باد
هر دل که ز عشقِ توست خالی
از حلقهٔ وصلِ تو برون باد
لعلِ تو که هست جانِ حافظ
دور از لبِ مردمانِ دون باد
Source: Ganjoor.net
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