Ghazal 350: At dawn, meaning to repent, I said: "I will seek guidance by a casting of lots."

به عزم توبه سحر گفتم استخاره کنم
بهار توبه‌شکن می‌رسد چه چاره کنم؟

سخن درست بگویم نمی‌توانم دید
که می خورند حریفان و من نظاره کنم

چو غنچه با لب خندان به یاد مجلس شاه
پیاله گیرم و از شوق، جامه پاره کنم

به دور لاله دماغ مرا علاج کنید
گر از میانهٔ بزم طرب کناره کنم

ز روی دوست مرا چون گل مراد شکفت
حوالهٔ سر دشمن به سنگ خاره کنم

گدای میکده‌ام، لیک وقت مستی بین
که ناز بر فلک و حکم بر ستاره کنم

مرا که نیست ره و رسم لقمه‌پرهیزی
چرا ملامت رند شراب‌خواره کنم

به تخت گل بنشانم بتی چو سلطانی
ز سنبل و سمنش، ساز طوق و یاره کنم

ز باده خوردن پنهان ملول شد حافظ
به بانگ بربط و نی، رازش آشکاره کنم

At dawn, meaning to repent, I said: "I will seek guidance by a casting of lots."
Spring, the breaker of repentance, is arriving: what am I to do?

Let me speak the plain truth: I cannot bear to see
my companions drinking wine while I look on.

Like the bud, with a laughing lip, in memory of the king's gathering
I will take up the cup and tear my garment for joy.

In the season of the tulip, give my brain some treatment
if I withdraw from the midst of the feast of joy.

Since the rose of my desire has opened from the face of the friend,
I will hand the enemy's head over to the hard rock.

I am a beggar of the tavern, but see me in the hour of drunkenness,
when I put on airs before the sky and give orders to the stars.

I, who have neither the way nor the habit of watching what I eat,
why should I blame the rend who drinks wine?

I will seat an idol, like a sultan, on a throne of roses;
of hyacinth and jasmine I will make him collar and bracelet.

Hafez has grown weary of drinking wine in secret;
with the sound of lute and flute I will make his secret plain.

Interpretation of the fal

You were hesitating between a strict decision and what your heart wants, and you sought to find the way by consulting the lots; the answer of this fal is that in a season of joy and spring, standing aside is not right. Join your friends and make use of these days. Your wish has come about, and those who wish you ill can do nothing. And do not blame others for what you do yourself. Give up secrecy.