Ghazal 483: At dawn, a wayfarer in a certain land
سحرگه ره روی در سرزمینی
همی گفت این معما با قرینی
که ای صوفی شراب آن گه شود صاف
که در شیشه برآرد اربعینی
خدا زان خرقه بیزار است صد بار
که صد بت باشدش در آستینی
مروت گر چه نامی بینشان است
نیازی عرضه کن بر نازنینی
ثوابت باشد ای دارای خرمن
اگر رحمی کنی بر خوشهچینی
نمیبینم نشاط عیش در کس
نه درمان دلی نه درد دینی
درونها تیره شد باشد که از غیب
چراغی برکند خلوتنشینی
گر انگشت سلیمانی نباشد
چه خاصیت دهد نقش نگینی؟
اگر چه رسم خوبان تندخوییست
چه باشد گر بسازد با غمینی؟
ره میخانه بنما تا بپرسم
مآل خویش را از پیشبینی
نه حافظ را حضور درس خلوت
نه دانشمند را علم الیقینی
At dawn, a wayfarer in a certain land
was putting this riddle to a companion:
"O Sufi, wine becomes clear only
when it has passed forty days in the flask.
God is a hundred times disgusted with the cloak
that has a hundred idols in its sleeve.
Though generosity is a name with nothing left behind it,
present your need to one of the fair.
You will have a reward, O owner of the harvest,
if you show mercy to one who gleans.
I do not see the gladness of pleasure in anyone,
neither a cure for a heart nor a pain for the faith.
Hearts have grown dark within; perhaps, out of the unseen,
some recluse will raise a lamp.
If the finger of Solomon is not there,
what virtue is there in the engraving on a seal?
Though it is the way of the beautiful to be sharp of temper,
what would it matter if one of them bore with a sorrowful man?
Show me the road to the tavern, that I may ask
one who sees ahead about my own end.
Hafez has neither presence of mind for the lesson nor solitude,
and the man of learning has no knowledge that is certain."
Interpretation of the fal
Everything needs time to ripen: be patient. Put hypocrisy aside. Share your need with someone who is kind, and if you have means yourself, help those in need. The times are dark and few people are glad at heart, yet there is hope of an opening from the unseen. Ask someone knowledgeable and experienced about how your affair will end.