From the Divan of Hafez · 9 couplets
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The king of boxwood-statured ones, the sovereign of the sweet-mouthed,
who with her eyelashes shatters the army of all warriors.
She passed by drunk and cast a glance at me, the dervish —
she said: O you, the eye and lamp of all sweet-speakers.
How long will your purse be empty of silver and gold?
Be my servant and enjoy all the silver-bodied ones.
You are no less than a mote — do not be low — show love,
that spinning you may reach the private chamber of the sun.
Do not lean on the world — and if you have a cup of wine,
drink to the joy of the Venus-browed and the delicate-bodied.
My old cup-bearing elder — may his spirit be happy —
said: Beware of the company of the covenant-breakers.
Seize the friend's hem and break from the enemy —
be a man of God and pass freely from the demons.
With the breeze in the tulip-meadow at dawn I was saying:
Whose martyrs are all these in blood-stained shrouds?
It said: Hafez! You and I are not privy to this secret —
tell the tale of ruby wine and sweet-mouthed beauties.
شاه شمشادقدان، خسرو شیریندهنان
که به مژگان شکند قلب همه صفشکنان
مست بگذشت و نظر بر من درویش انداخت
گفت: ای چشم و چراغ همه شیرینسخنان
تا کی از سیم و زرت کیسه تهی خواهد بود؟
بندهٔ من شو و برخور ز همه سیمتنان
کمتر از ذره نهای، پست مشو، مهر بورز
تا به خلوتگه خورشید رسی چرخزنان
بر جهان تکیه مکن ور قدحی مِی داری
شادی زهرهجبینان خور و نازکبدنان
پیر پیمانهکش من که روانش خوش باد
گفت: پرهیز کن از صحبت پیمانشکنان
دامن دوست به دست آر و ز دشمن بگسل
مرد یزدان شو و فارغ گذر از اهرمنان
با صبا در چمن لاله سحر میگفتم
که شهیدانِ کهاند این همه خونینکفنان
گفت: حافظ! من و تو محرم این راز نهایم
از می لعل حکایت کن و شیریندهنان
Source: Ganjoor.net
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