Ghazal 198

گفتم کی ام دهان و لبت کامران کنند؟
گفتا به چشم هر چه تو گویی چنان کنند

گفتم خراج مصر طلب می‌کند لبت
گفتا در این معامله کمتر زیان کنند

گفتم به نقطهٔ دهنت خود که برد راه؟
گفت این حکایتیست که با نکته‌دان کنند

گفتم صنم‌پرست مشو با صمد نشین
گفتا به کوی عشق هم این و هم آن کنند

گفتم هوای میکده غم می‌برد ز دل
گفتا خوش آن کسان که دلی شادمان کنند

گفتم شراب و خرقه نه آیین مذهب است
گفت این عمل به مذهب پیر مغان کنند

گفتم ز لعل نوش‌لبان پیر را چه سود؟
گفتا به بوسهٔ شکرینش جوان کنند

گفتم که خواجه کی به سر حجله می‌رود؟
گفت آن زمان که مشتری و مه قران کنند

گفتم دعای دولت او ورد حافظ است
گفت این دعا ملایک هفت آسمان کنند

I said: "When will your mouth and lip grant me my desire?"
He said: "Gladly; whatever you say, so they will do."

I said: "Your lip demands the tribute of Egypt."
He said: "In this bargain people lose very little."

I said: "Who has ever found the way to the point of your mouth?"
He said: "That is a tale told only to one who knows subtleties."

I said: "Do not worship idols; sit with the Eternal."
He said: "In the street of love they do both this and that."

I said: "The air of the tavern takes grief from the heart."
He said: "Happy are those who make one heart glad."

I said: "Wine and the cloak are not the rule of the faith."
He said: "This is practised in the creed of the Magian elder."

I said: "What use is the ruby of the sweet-lipped to an old man?"
He said: "With a sugared kiss they make him young."

I said: "When does the master go to the bridal chamber?"
He said: "At the hour when Jupiter and the Moon are in conjunction."

I said: "Prayer for his fortune is the litany of Hafez."
He said: "That prayer is said by the angels of the seven heavens."