Ghazal 227

گر چه بر واعظ شهر این سخن آسان نشود
تا ریا ورزد و سالوس مسلمان نشود

رندی آموز و کرم کن که نه چندان هنر است
حیوانی که ننوشد می و انسان نشود

گوهر پاک بباید که شود قابل فیض
ور نه هر سنگ و گلی، لؤلؤ و مرجان نشود

اسم اعظم بکند کار خود ای دل! خوش باش
که به تلبیس و حیل، دیو مسلمان نشود

عشق می‌ورزم و امید که این فن شریف
چون هنرهای دگر، موجب حرمان نشود

دوش می‌گفت که «فردا بدهم کام دلت»
سببی ساز خدایا که پشیمان نشود

حسن خلقی ز خدا می‌طلبم خوی تو را
تا دگر خاطر ما از تو پریشان نشود

ذره را تا نبود همت عالی حافظ
طالب چشمهٔ خورشید درخشان نشود

Though these words will not come easy to the preacher of the city:
as long as he practises hypocrisy and sham, he will not become a Muslim.

Learn the way of the rend and be generous, for it is no great merit
to be an animal that drinks no wine and does not become human.

A pure essence is needed to become fit to receive grace;
otherwise not every stone and clod turns into pearl and coral.

The Greatest Name does its work, O heart; be glad,
for by trickery and guile the demon does not become a Solomon.

I practise love, and I hope that this noble art
will not, like the other arts, be a cause of deprivation.

Last night he was saying: "Tomorrow I will grant your heart's desire."
O God, contrive some means that he does not change his mind.

I ask God for sweetness of temper in your nature,
so that our mind is never again distressed by you.

Until the mote has a lofty resolve, Hafez,
it does not go in search of the spring of the shining sun.