Ghazal 469

أتت روائح رند الحمی و زاد غرامی
فدای خاک در دوست باد جان گرامی

پیام دوست شنیدن سعادت است و سلامت
من المبلغ عنی إلی سعاد سلامی؟

بیا به شام غریبان و آب دیدهٔ من بین
به سان بادهٔ صافی در آبگینهٔ شامی

إذا تغرد عن ذی الأراک طائر خیر
فلا تفرد عن روضها أنین حمامي

بسی نماند که روز فراق یار سر آید
رأیت من هضبات الحمی قباب خیام

خوشا دمی که درآیی و گویمت به سلامت
قدمت خیر قدوم نزلت خیر مقام

بعدت منک و قد صرت ذائبا کهلال
اگر چه روی چو ماهت ندیده‌ام به تمامی

و إن دعیت بخلد و صرت ناقض عهد
فما تطیب نفسی و ما استطاب منامی

امید هست که زودت به بخت نیک ببینم
تو شاد گشته به فرماندهی و من به غلامی

چو سلک در خوشاب است شعر نغز تو حافظ
که گاه لطف سبق می‌برد ز نظم نظامی

The scents of the bay tree of the sanctuary have come, and my passion has grown;
may my dear life be the ransom of the dust of the friend's door.

To hear a message from the friend is happiness and well-being;
who will carry my greeting from me to Suad?

Come to the evening of strangers and see the water of my eyes,
like clear wine in a Syrian glass.

If a bird of good omen sings from the place of the arak trees,
do not keep the moaning of my dove apart from its gardens.

Not much remains before the day of separation from the friend is over;
from the hills of the sanctuary I have seen the domes of the tents.

Happy the moment when you come in and I say to you in welcome:
"You have come a blessed coming; you have alighted in the best of places."

I have been far from you and have wasted away like the crescent,
although I have not seen your moon-like face in its fullness.

Even if I were called to paradise and broke the covenant,
my soul would not be glad nor would my sleep be sweet.

There is hope that by good fortune I shall see you soon,
you made glad in command, and I in service.

Your fine verse, Hafez, is like a string of lustrous pearls,
which in its grace takes the prize from the verse of Nizami.