Ghazal 23: The image of your face is our companion on every road
خیال روی تو در هر طریق همره ماست
نسیم موی تو، پیوند جان آگه ماست
به رغم مدعیانی که منع عشق کنند
جمال چهرهٔ تو، حجت موجه ماست
ببین که سیب زنخدان تو چه میگوید
هزار یوسف مصری، فتاده در چه ماست
اگر به زلف دراز تو، دست ما نرسد
گناه بخت پریشان و دست کوته ماست
به حاجب در خلوتسرای خاص بگو
فلان ز گوشهنشینان خاک درگه ماست
به صورت از نظر ما اگر چه محجوب است
همیشه در نظر خاطر مرفه ماست
اگر به سالی حافظ دری زند، بگشای
که سالهاست که مشتاق روی چون مه ماست
The image of your face is our companion on every road;
the scent of your hair is bound to our wakeful soul.
In spite of the claimants who forbid love,
the beauty of your face is our sound proof.
See what the apple of your chin is saying:
a thousand Josephs of Egypt have fallen into our well.
If our hand does not reach your long tresses,
the fault is our tangled fortune and our short reach.
Say to the chamberlain at the door of the private chamber:
so-and-so is among those who sit in the dust of our threshold.
Though in form he is veiled from our sight,
he is always before the eye of our contented mind.
If Hafez knocks at a door after a year, open it,
for he has longed for years for our moon-like face.
Interpretation of the fal
The one you are thinking of is always in your mind, though out of sight. If you have not reached them yet, it is bad luck, not a sign that your love is worth less. Ignore the people who disapprove. The door will not stay closed: knock humbly, and after long waiting it will open.