From the Divan of Hafez · 10 couplets
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You who have all that you desire in the world —
what care have you for the state of the weak and feeble?
Ask for life and heart from the servant and take the soul —
for you have a command that runs over the free.
You have no waist, and I marvel that every hour
you hold the center among the assembly of beauties.
The whiteness of your face has no fitting design — because
you have a darkness of musky script upon the Judas-tree.
Drink wine — for you are always light-spirited and delicate —
especially at that moment when your head is heavy.
Do not reproach and oppress our heart any more —
do not do all that you can, for you have the right.
By your choice, if a hundred thousand arrows of cruelty
are aimed at my weary life in your bow.
Bear the cruelty of rivals always and the oppression of the envious —
for it will be easy if you have a kind beloved.
If the hand of union with the friend is given to you for one moment,
go — for you have all that you desire in the world.
Like the rose, you carry roses in your hem from this garden, Hafez —
what care have you for the cry and lament of the gardener?
تو را که هر چه مراد است در جهان داری
چه غم ز حال ضعیفان ناتوان داری؟
بخواه جان و دل از بنده و روان بستان
که حکم بر سر آزادگان روان داری
میان نداری و دارم عجب که هر ساعت
میان مجمع خوبان کنی میانداری
بیاضِ رویِ تو را، نیست نقشِ دَرخور از آنک
سوادی از خط مشکین بر ارغوان داری
بنوش می که سبکروحی و لطیف مدام
علی الخصوص در آن دم که سر گران داری
مکن عتاب از این بیش و جور بر دل ما
مکن هر آن چه توانی که جای آن داری
به اختیارت اگر صد هزار تیر جفاست
به قصد جانِ منِ خسته در کمان داری
بکِش جفای رقیبان مدام و جور حسود
که سهل باشد اگر یارِ مهربان داری
به وصل دوست گرت دست میدهد یک دم
برو که هر چه مراد است در جهان داری
چو گل به دامن از این باغ میبری حافظ
چه غم ز ناله و فریاد باغبان داری؟
Source: Ganjoor.net
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