Ghazal 185: Will it be that they put the coins to the test

نقدها را بود آیا که عیاری گیرند؟
تا همه صومعه‌داران، پی کاری گیرند

مصلحت‌دید من، آن است که یاران، همه، کار
بگذارند و خم طرهٔ یاری گیرند

خوش گرفتند حریفان، سر زلف ساقی
گر فلکشان بگذارد که قراری گیرند

قوت بازوی پرهیز به خوبان مفروش!
که در این خیل، حصاری به سواری گیرند

یا‌ رب! این بچهٔ ترکان چه دلیرند به خون
که به تیر مژه، هر لحظه، شکاری گیرند

رقص بر شعر تر و نالهٔ نی خوش باشد
خاصه، رقصی که در آن، دست نگاری گیرند

«حافظ»! ابنای زمان را غم مسکینان نیست
زین میان گر بتوان به که کناری گیرند

Will it be that they put the coins to the test,
so that all the keepers of cloisters go and find other work?

My considered view is that the friends should leave
all their affairs and take hold of the curl of a beloved's tress.

The companions have taken fine hold of the cupbearer's tress,
if the sky will let them keep any rest.

Do not sell the strength of abstinence's arm to the beautiful,
for in that company they take a fortress with a single rider.

Lord, how bold these children of the Turks are for blood,
that with the arrow of an eyelash they take a quarry every moment!

Dancing to fresh verse and the cry of the flute is sweet,
above all a dance in which one takes a beauty's hand.

Hafez, the people of this age have no care for the poor;
if one can, it is better to take oneself to one side.

Interpretation of the fal

A day is coming when the genuine will be separated from the false and empty claimants will be exposed. Do not be proud of your power to resist: the heart is captured sooner than you think. Value joy and good company. Do not expect help or sympathy from people nowadays; if you can, choose a quiet corner for yourself.