Ghazal 404: Cast on the ranks of the rends a glance better than this
میفکن بر صف رندان نظری بهتر از این
بر در میکده میکن گذری بهتر از این
در حق من لبت این لطف که میفرماید
سخت خوب است ولیکن قدری بهتر از این
آن که فکرش گره از کار جهان بگشاید
گو در این کار بفرما، نظری بهتر از این؟
ناصحم گفت که جز غم چه هنر دارد عشق
برو ای خواجهٔ عاقل هنری بهتر از این؟!
دل بدان رود گرامی چه کنم گر ندهم؟
مادر دهر ندارد پسری بهتر از این
من چو گویم که قدح نوش و لب ساقی بوس
بشنو از من که نگوید دگری بهتر از این
کلک حافظ شکرین میوه نباتیست، بچین
که در این باغ نبینی ثمری بهتر از این
Cast on the ranks of the rends a glance better than this;
pass by the door of the tavern in a way better than this.
This kindness that your lip shows towards me
is very good, but let it be a little better than this.
He whose thought unties the knot of the world's affairs:
tell him to give this matter a view better than this.
My adviser said: what skill has love except grief?
Go, wise master: is there a skill better than this?
If I do not give my heart to that dear child, what am I to do?
Mother Time has no son better than this.
When I say: drink the cup and kiss the lip of the cupbearer,
hear it from me, for no one else will say better than this.
The pen of Hafez is a sweet fruit on a sugar cane: pick it,
for in this garden you will not see a fruit better than this.
Interpretation of the fal
What you have is good, but you may ask for a little better: say what you want politely. Ask for more attention from someone who is able to untie the knot. Do not listen to those who think love is useless. You have given your heart to someone who deserves it. Offer your skill and your words: they bear a sweet fruit.