Ghazal 426

از خون دل نوشتم، نزدیک دوست نامه
«انی رأیت دهرا، من هجرک القیامه»

دارم من از فراقش، در دیده صد علامت
لیست دموع عینی، هذا لنا العلامه؟

هر چند کآزمودم، از وی نبود سودم
من جرب المجرب، حلت به الندامه

پرسیدم از طبیبی، احوال دوست گفتا
«فی بعدها عذاب، فی قربها السلامه»

گفتم «ملامت آید، گر گرد دوست گردم»
و الله ما رأینا، حبا بلا ملامه

حافظ چو طالب آمد، جامی به جان شیرین
حتی یذوق منه، کأسا من الکرامه

With the blood of my heart I wrote a letter to the friend:
"Through separation from you I have seen in time the day of resurrection."

From being parted from him I bear a hundred signs in my eyes;
are not the tears of my eyes the sign we have?

However much I tried, I had no profit from him;
whoever tests what has been tested is overtaken by regret.

I asked a physician how it stood with the friend; he said:
"In being far from her is torment, in being near her is safety."

I said: "Blame will come if I go about the friend."
By God, we have never seen a love without blame.

Hafez has come seeking a cup at the price of his sweet life,
so that he may taste from it a cup of grace.