Ghazal 466: This cloak that I have is better in pawn for wine

این خرقه که من دارم در رهن شراب اولی
وین دفتر بی‌معنی غرق می ناب اولی

چون عمر تبه کردم چندان که نگه کردم
در کنج خراباتی افتاده خراب اولی

چون مصلحت اندیشی دور است ز درویشی
هم سینه پر از آتش هم دیده پرآب اولی

من حالت زاهد را با خلق نخواهم گفت
این قصه اگر گویم با چنگ و رباب اولی

تا بی سر و پا باشد اوضاع فلک زین دست
در سر هوس ساقی در دست شراب اولی

از همچو تو دلداری دل برنکنم آری
چون تاب کشم باری زان زلف به تاب اولی

چون پیر شدی حافظ از میکده بیرون آی
رندی و هوسناکی در عهد شباب اولی

This cloak that I have is better in pawn for wine,
and this meaningless notebook is better drowned in pure wine.

Since I have wasted my life, as far as I have looked into it,
it is better to lie ruined in a corner of a tavern.

Since prudent calculation is far from the dervish way,
it is better to have both a breast full of fire and an eye full of water.

I will not tell people about the state of the ascetic;
if I tell this story, it is better told to harp and rebec.

As long as the affairs of the sky go on like this, without head or foot,
it is better to have desire for the cupbearer in one's head and wine in one's hand.

I will not take my heart from a beloved like you; no,
if I must endure a twist, it is better from that twisting tress.

Since you have grown old, Hafez, come out of the tavern;
the libertine life and its desires are better in the time of youth.