Ghazal 132: With the bright water of wine a gnostic made his ablution

به آب روشن می، عارفی طهارت کرد
علی الصباح، که میخانه را زیارت کرد

همین که ساغر زرین خور، نهان گردید
هلال عید به دور قدح اشارت کرد

خوشا نماز و نیاز کسی که از سر درد
به آب دیده و خون جگر طهارت کرد

امام خواجه، که بودش سر نماز دراز
به خون دختر رز، خرقه را قصارت کرد

دلم ز حلقهٔ زلفش به جان خرید آشوب
چه سود دید؟ ندانم، که این تجارت کرد

اگر امام جماعت طلب کند امروز
خبر دهید که حافظ به می طهارت کرد

With the bright water of wine a gnostic made his ablution
early in the morning, when he visited the tavern.

As soon as the golden cup of the sun was hidden,
the crescent of the festival signalled for the round of the cup.

Happy the prayer and pleading of one who, from true pain,
made his ablution with tears and his liver's blood.

The master imam, who had a mind for long prayers,
washed his cloak clean in the blood of the daughter of the vine.

My heart bought turmoil with its life from the ring of her tress;
what profit it saw I do not know, that it made this trade.

If the leader of the congregation asks for him today,
let it be known that Hafez made his ablution with wine.