From the Divan of Hafez · 9 couplets
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A heart that reveals the unseen and holds the Cup of Jam —
if a ring goes missing for a moment, what cause for grief?
Do not give the treasury of the heart to the script and mole of beggars —
place it in the hand of a sovereign one who holds it honored.
Not every tree can endure the cruelty of autumn —
I am the slave of the cypress's resolve, which holds this step.
The season has come when, from joy, like the drunken narcissus,
everyone who has six coins lays his head at the cup's foot.
Do not withhold gold for the price of wine now, like the rose,
for Universal Reason accuses you of a hundred faults.
No one is privy to the secrets of the unseen — tell no tales.
Which intimate of the heart holds a path into this sanctuary?
My heart, which boasted of detachment, now has a hundred affairs
with the scent of your tresses, carried on the morning breeze.
From whom shall I ask the heart's desire? For there is no beloved
who holds the grace of a glance and the manner of generosity.
What profit can be tied from the pocket of Hafez's cloak? —
for we sought the Eternal, yet it holds an idol.
دلی که غیب نمای است و جامِ جم دارد
ز خاتمی که دمی گم شود، چه غم دارد؟
به خَطُّ و خالِ گدایان مده خزینهٔ دل
به دستِ شاهوَشی دِه که محترم دارد
نه هر درخت تحمّل کند جفایِ خزان
غلامِ همتِ سروم که این قدم دارد
رسید موسمِ آن کز طرب چو نرگسِ مست
نهد به پایِ قدح هر که شش درم دارد
زر از بهایِ می اکنون چو گل دریغ مدار
که عقلِ کل به صدت عیب متّهم دارد
ز سِرِّ غیب کس آگاه نیست، قصّه مخوان
کدام مَحرمِ دل ره در این حرم دارد؟
دلم که لافِ تَجَرُّد زدی، کنون صد شغل
به بویِ زلفِ تو با بادِ صبحدم دارد
مرادِ دل ز که پرسم؟ که نیست دلداری
که جلوهٔ نظر و شیوهٔ کرم دارد
ز جَیبِ خرقهٔ حافظ چه طَرف بِتوان بست
که ما صمد طلبیدیم و او صَنم دارد
Source: Ganjoor.net
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