Ghazal 231: I said: "I grieve for you." He said: "Your grief will come to an end."

گفتم غم تو دارم گفتا غمت سرآید
گفتم که ماه من شو گفتا اگر برآید

گفتم ز مهرورزان رسم وفا بیاموز
گفتا ز خوب‌رویان این کار کمتر آید

گفتم که بر خیالت راه نظر ببندم
گفتا که شب‌رو است او از راه دیگر آید

گفتم که بوی زلفت گمراه عالمم کرد
گفتا اگر بدانی هم اوت رهبر آید

گفتم خوشا هوایی کز باد صبح خیزد
گفتا خنک نسیمی کز کوی دلبر آید

گفتم که نوش لعلت ما را به آرزو کشت
گفتا تو بندگی کن کاو بنده‌پرور آید

گفتم دل رحیمت کی عزم صلح دارد؟
گفتا مگوی با کس تا وقت آن درآید

گفتم زمان عشرت دیدی که چون سر آمد؟
گفتا خموش حافظ کاین غصه هم سر آید

I said: "I grieve for you." He said: "Your grief will come to an end."
I said: "Be my moon." He said: "If it should rise."

I said: "Learn the custom of faithfulness from those who love."
He said: "From the fair of face this seldom comes."

I said: "I will bar the road of my sight against your image."
He said: "It travels by night; it will come by another road."

I said: "The scent of your tress has led me astray in the world."
He said: "If you only knew, that same scent will be your guide."

I said: "Happy the air that rises with the morning wind."
He said: "Fresh is the breeze that comes from the street of the beloved."

I said: "The sweetness of your ruby lip has killed us with longing."
He said: "Be a servant, for it takes care of those who serve."

I said: "When does your merciful heart mean to make peace?"
He said: "Tell no one, until the time for it arrives."

I said: "Did you see how the season of pleasure came to an end?"
He said: "Hush, Hafez, for this sorrow too will come to an end."