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Good tidings have arrived that the days of sorrow will not endure, Ghazal 179 by Hafez
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Good tidings have arrived that the days of sorrow will not endure,
Such as it is, it will not remain so, nor will it remain that way.
Although I have become humble in my beloved's eyes,
Even my rival will not remain so respected.
Like a curtain-drawer who strikes everyone with a sword,
No one will remain abiding in the sanctuary's sacred precinct.
What is the point of gratitude or complaint about the good and bad of fate?
For whatever is written on the tablet of existence will not remain.
The song of Jamshid's assembly, they say, was this:
"Bring the cup of wine, for Jam will not remain."
Count it a treasure, O moth of the candle of union,
For this transaction will not last until dawn.
O wealthy one, gain the heart of the poor,
For the treasury of gold and heaps of wealth will not remain.
On this emerald portico, it is written in gold,
That nothing but the kindness of the generous will remain.
Do not despair of your beloved's kindness, O Hafez,
For the mark of tyranny and the sign of oppression will not remain.