Dil miiravad zi dastam
saahib dilaan khudaaraa
Dardaa ki raaz-e pinhaan
khwaahad shud aashkaaraa
Kashtii shikastagaaniim
ai bbad-e shurt barakhez
Baashad kibaaz biinam aan
yaar-e aashnaaraa
Asaaish-e dogetii tafsiir-e iin do harf ast
Baa dostaan talaftuff
baa dushmanaan mudaaraa
Dar kooay neknaami
maara guzar na dadand
Gar tu nami pasandi
tagheer kun qaza raa
Hafiz bakhud na posheed
een khirqa-e mai aalood
Ai shekh-e paakdaaman
mazoor daar maraa
My heart slips away from me;
Help O' people with a heart,
The pain, buried as a secret
is about to be exposed.
We are shipwrecked.
Arise, O' favourable wind!
Perhaps once more I shall see
the friend I knew so well.
The tranquillity of this world
rests on these two phrases:
'Be kind to your friends and
merciful to your enemies.'
We were forbidden from walking
the path of righteousness,
If you condemn us
then change the course of nature.
Hafiz, I haven't myself put on
this wine-drenched cloak,
O' Sheikh of the spotless gard,
pardon me my condition.
Translated by David Matthews