From the Divan of Hafez · 9 couplets
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What intoxication is this? I do not know what has turned its face toward us —
who was the cupbearer, and from where did this wine come?
You too — take wine in hand and head for the open plain,
for the singing bird has tuned its sweet-voiced instrument.
O heart, like the rosebud, do not complain of your closed affairs,
for the morning wind has brought a knot-loosening breeze.
May the coming of the rose and eglantine be blessed —
the violet came cheerful and elegant, the jasmine brought purity.
The breeze, with its glad tidings, is Solomon's hoopoe,
bringing news of joy from the rosegarden of Sheba.
The cure for our heart's weakness is the cupbearer's wink —
lift your head, for the physician has come and brought the remedy.
I am a disciple of the Old Magian — do not be offended, O sheikh,
for you made the promise, and he fulfilled it.
I admire the narrow-eyedness of that warrior Turk
who charged upon me, the dervish of a single robe.
The sky will now willingly serve Hafez,
for he has taken refuge at the door of your fortune.
چه مستی است؟ ندانم که رو به ما آورد
که بود ساقی و این باده از کجا آورد؟
تو نیز باده به چنگ آر و راهِ صحرا گیر
که مرغ نغمهسُرا سازِ خوشنوا آورد
دلا چو غنچه شکایت ز کارِ بسته مَکُن
که بادِ صبح نسیمِ گرهگشا آورد
رسیدنِ گل و نسرین به خیر و خوبی باد
بنفشه شاد و کَش آمد، سَمَن صفا آورد
صبا به خوشخبری هُدهُدِ سلیمان است
که مژدهٔ طرب از گلشنِ سبا آورد
علاج ضعف دل ما کرشمهٔ ساقیست
برآر سر که طبیب آمد و دوا آورد
مریدِ پیرِ مُغانم ز من مرنج ای شیخ
چرا که وعده تو کردیّ و او به جا آورد
به تنگچشمیِ آن تُرکِ لشکری نازم
که حمله بر منِ درویشِ یک قبا آورد
فلک غلامی حافظ کنون به طوع کُنَد
که اِلتِجا به درِ دولتِ شما آورد
Source: Ganjoor.net
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