Ghazal 262: Who will tell again the state of those whose hearts are bleeding?
حال خونین دلان که گوید باز؟
وز فلک خون خم که جوید باز؟
شرمش از چشم می پرستان باد
نرگس مست اگر بروید باز
جز فلاطون خم نشین شراب
سر حکمت به ما که گوید باز؟
هر که چون لاله کاسه گردان شد
زین جفا رخ به خون بشوید باز
نگشاید دلم چو غنچه اگر
ساغری از لبش نبوید باز
بس که در پرده چنگ گفت سخن
ببرش موی تا نموید باز
گرد بیت الحرام خم حافظ
گر نمیرد به سر بپوید باز
Who will tell again the state of those whose hearts are bleeding?
And who will demand again from the sky the blood of the wine jar?
May it be ashamed before the eyes of those who worship wine,
the drunken narcissus, if it should grow again.
Apart from the Plato of wine who sits in the jar,
who will tell us again the secret of wisdom?
Whoever, like the tulip, went about with a cup in hand
will wash his face in blood again because of this cruelty.
My heart will not open like the bud unless
it breathes again the scent of a cup from his lip.
The harp has said so much behind the veil;
cut its hair, so that it does not lament again.
Around the sacred house of the wine jar, Hafez,
if he does not die, will be running again on his head.
Interpretation of the fal
These are times in which joy has been taken from you and your heart is bleeding, and there is no one to speak of it. What used to give you peace and insight has been put out of reach. Even so, if life allows, you will return to it. Until then, keep your heart alight with its memory and do not give up.