From the Divan of Hafez · 7 couplets
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Like the wind, I intend to head for the beloved's lane —
I will make each breath musk-laden with her sweet scent.
In vain, without wine and beloved, life has been passing —
enough idleness! From today I will set to work.
All the honor I have gathered from learning and religion
I will scatter as an offering at the feet of that beauty.
Like the candle at dawn, her love has made me clear —
I will spend my life in this affair and calling.
In memory of your eyes, I will make myself a ruin —
I will make the foundation of our ancient vow secure.
Where is the breeze? For this blood-stained soul, like a rose,
I will sacrifice to the fragrance of the beloved's tresses.
Hypocrisy and deceit do not bring the heart clarity, Hafez —
I will choose the way of the rend and of love.
چو باد، عزمِ سرِ کویِ یار خواهم کرد
نفس به بویِ خوشش مُشکبار خواهم کرد
به هرزه بی می و معشوق عمر میگذرد
بِطالتم بس از امروز کار خواهم کرد
هر آبروی که اندوختم ز دانش و دین
نثارِ خاکِ رهِ آن نگار خواهم کرد
چو شمعِ صبحدمم شد ز مهر او روشن
که عمر در سر این کار و بار خواهم کرد
به یادِ چشم تو خود را خراب خواهم ساخت
بنایِ عهدِ قدیم استوار خواهم کرد
صبا کجاست؟ که این جانِ خون گرفته چو گُل
فدای نَکهَتِ گیسویِ یار خواهم کرد
نفاق و زَرق نبخشد صفایِ دل حافظ
طریقِ رندی و عشق اختیار خواهم کرد
Source: Ganjoor.net
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