Ghazal 337: Why should I not set my mind on returning to my own land?

چرا نه در پی عزم دیار خود باشم
چرا نه خاک سر کوی یار خود باشم

غم غریبی و غربت چو بر نمی‌تابم
به شهر خود روم و شهریار خود باشم

ز محرمان سراپردهٔ وصال شوم
ز بندگان خداوندگار خود باشم

چو کار عمر نه پیداست باری آن اولی
که روز واقعه پیش نگار خود باشم

ز دست بخت گران‌خواب و کار بی‌سامان
گرم بود گله‌ای، رازدار خود باشم

همیشه پیشهٔ من عاشقی و رندی بود
دگر بکوشم و مشغول کار خود باشم

بود که لطف ازل رهنمون شود حافظ
وگرنه تا به ابد شرمسار خود باشم

Why should I not set my mind on returning to my own land?
Why should I not be the dust at the head of my own friend's street?

Since I cannot bear the grief of being a stranger in exile,
I will go to my own city and be my own king.

I will become one of the intimates of the pavilion of union;
I will be one of the servants of my own lord.

Since the business of life is uncertain, it is better at least
that on the day of my death I should be in the presence of my own beloved.

Of fortune sunk in heavy sleep and of affairs without order,
if I have a complaint, I will keep my own secret.

My trade has always been love and the way of the rend;
I will strive again and be busy with my own work.

It may be that eternal kindness will be my guide, Hafez;
otherwise I shall be ashamed of myself for ever.

Interpretation of the fal

The fal speaks plainly of return: go back to your own city, home or place, where you are master of your own affairs. Staying away is of no further use to you. Life is uncertain: it is better to be near those you love. Do not complain of your luck, and do not share the complaint with anyone either. Return to your own work and your own way, and ask God for guidance.