From the Divan of Hafez · 10 couplets
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The true witness of beauty is not the one with mere hair and waist —
be a slave to the radiance of the one who has that certain something.
The ways of houris and fairies, though delicate,
true beauty and refinement are what such-and-such a one has.
O laughing rose, attend to the spring of my eye,
for in hope of you it has a pleasant flowing stream.
Who can take the ball of beauty from you? For even the sun there
is no rider who holds the reins.
My words struck the heart's target once you accepted them —
yes, yes — the speech of love has a certain mark.
The curve of your brow, in the craft of archery,
has outdone everyone who holds a bow.
On the path of love, no one has become privy to the secret with certainty —
each person has a guess according to his thought.
Do not boast of miracles before the tavern-dwellers —
every word has its time, and every point its place.
The clever bird does not sing in a garden
whose every spring has an autumn trailing after it.
Tell the pretender: Do not try to sell riddles and subtleties to Hafez —
our pen also has a tongue and an eloquence.
شاهد آن نیست که موییّ و میانی دارد
بندهٔ طلعتِ آن باش که آنی دارد
شیوهٔ حور و پری گرچه لطیف است ولی
خوبی آن است و لطافت که فُلانی دارد
چشمهٔ چشمِ مرا ای گلِ خندان دریاب
که به امّیدِ تو خوش آبِ روانی دارد
گوی خوبی که بَرَد از تو؟ که خورشید آن جا
نه سواریست که در دست عِنانی دارد
دل نشان شد سخنم تا تو قبولش کردی
آری آری سخنِ عشق نشانی دارد
خَمِ ابرویِ تو در صنعتِ تیراندازی
بُرده از دستِ هر آن کس که کمانی دارد
در رَهِ عشق نشد کَس به یقین محرمِ راز
هر کسی بر حَسَبِ فکر، گُمانی دارد
با خرابات نشینان ز کَرامات مَلاف
هر سخن وقتی و هر نکته مکانی دارد
مرغِ زیرک نزند در چمنش پرده سرای
هر بهاری که به دنباله، خزانی دارد
مدعی گو لُغَز و نکته به حافظ مفروش
کِلکِ ما نیز زبانی و بیانی دارد
Source: Ganjoor.net
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