Ghazal 74: The yield of the workshop of existence and space is not so much

حاصل کارگه کون و مکان این همه نیست
باده پیش آر که اسباب جهان این همه نیست

از دل و جان شرف صحبت جانان غرض است
غرض این است، وگرنه دل و جان این همه نیست

منت سدره و طوبی ز پی سایه مکش
که چو خوش بنگری ای سرو روان، این همه نیست

دولت آن است که بی خون دل آید به کنار
ور نه با سعی و عمل باغ جنان این همه نیست

پنج روزی که در این مرحله مهلت داری
خوش بیاسای زمانی که زمان این همه نیست

بر لب بحر فنا منتظریم ای ساقی
فرصتی دان که ز لب تا به دهان این همه نیست

زاهد ایمن مشو از بازی غیرت، زنهار
که ره از صومعه تا دیر مغان این همه نیست

دردمندی‌ من سوختهٔ زار و نزار
ظاهرا حاجت تقریر و بیان این همه نیست

نام حافظ رقم نیک پذیرفت ولی
پیش رندان رقم سود و زیان این همه نیست

The yield of the workshop of existence and space is not so much;
bring wine, for the goods of the world are not so much.

The aim of heart and soul is the honour of the beloved's company;
that is the aim, otherwise heart and soul are not so much.

Do not put yourself in debt to the Lote Tree and Tuba for shade,
for when you look well, O walking cypress, they are not so much.

Fortune is what comes to your side without the heart's blood;
otherwise, with effort and labour, the garden of paradise is not so much.

The five days of respite you have at this stage,
rest pleasantly a while, for time is not so much.

We are waiting on the shore of the sea of extinction, cupbearer;
count it a chance, for from lip to mouth is not so much.

Ascetic, do not feel safe from the game of jealous honour; beware,
for the road from the cloister to the Magian temple is not so much.

The affliction of me, burned out, wretched and thin,
it seems, needs no stating or explaining so much.

The name of Hafez has taken a good mark, but
among the rends the mark of profit and loss is not so much.

Interpretation of the fal

What you are worrying over is not worth much when set against a short life. Of everything in the world, only the company of those you love remains; value it. Do not put yourself in anyone's debt, and do not think too much about profit and loss. Spend these few days at ease, and do not grow proud of your own virtue.