Poem #494
English Translation
Persian
O heart, if from the dimple's well you struggle to get free
Wherever else you go, you’ll find but sad regret and plea.
ای دل گر از آن چاهِ زَنَخدان به درآیی
هر جا که روی زود پشیمان به درآیی
Beware! If you give ear to what the whispering Reason says
Like Adam, you’ll be driven forth from Eden’s garden ways.
هُش دار که گر وسوسهٔ عقل کنی گوش
آدم‌صفت از روضهٔ رضوان به درآیی
Perhaps your fortune will not lead to where the waters flow
If from the Spring of Life itself you thirsty turn and go.
شاید که به آبی فلکت دست نگیرد
گر تشنه‌لب از چشمهٔ حیوان به درآیی
I give my soul in yearning for the sight of your dear face
When like the sun you rise at dawn to light the world with grace.
جان می‌دهم از حسرتِ دیدارِ تو چون صبح
باشد که چو خورشید درخشان به درآیی
I breathe my spirit on you like the breeze of early morn
That you may blossom from the bud, a laughing rose new-born.
چندان چو صبا بر تو گمارم دم همّت
کز غنچه چو گل خرّم و خندان به درآیی
In separation's darkest night my soul is at my lip
'Tis time you rose up like the moon, and let the darkness slip.
در تیره شبِ هجرِ تو جانم به لب آمد
وقت است که همچون مَهِ تابان به درآیی
I’ve shed two hundred streams of tears upon your path today
Hoping that like the cypress tree you’ll walk along this way.
بر رهگذرت بسته‌ام از دیده دو صد جوی
تا بو که تو چون سرو خرامان به درآیی
Hafez, despair not! Think that moon-faced Joseph shall return
And from the Hut of Sorrows you shall go, and cease to mourn.
حافظ مکن اندیشه که آن یوسفِ مَه‌رو
بازآید و از کلبهٔ احزان به درآیی
Cultural Context
US Interest Rank: 8/10. This poem expresses longing and hope. The reference to Joseph adds cultural depth. The verse about 'in the dark night of separation of yours, my soul came to the lip, it is time that you come out like the shining moon' is a powerful statement. The observation that Hafez is told 'don't think, that that moon-faced Joseph returns and you come out from the hut of sorrows' is a striking statement. The poem's combination of longing and hope makes it very engaging.
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