I will not cease from seeking until my desire is fulfilled, Ghazal 233 by Hafez

By @hamed | poet: Hafez Shirazi

دست از طلب ندارم تا کامِ من برآید

یا تن رسد به جانان یا جان ز تن برآید

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بگشای تربتم را بعد از وفات و بنگر

کز آتش درونم دود از کفن برآید

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بنمای رخ که خَلقی والِه شَوَند و حیران

بگشای لب که فریاد از مرد و زن برآید

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جان بر لب است و حسرت در دل که از لبانش

نگرفته هیچ کامی جان از بدن برآید

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از حسرتِ دهانش آمد به تنگ جانم

خود کامِ تنگدستان کی زان دهن برآید

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گویند ذکرِ خیرش در خیلِ عشقبازان

هر جا که نامِ حافظ در انجمن برآید

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English Translation:

I will not cease from seeking until my desire is fulfilled,
Either my body reaches my beloved, or my soul leaves my body.

After my death, open my grave and see,
How smoke rises from my shroud from the fire within.

Reveal your face so that people may be bewildered and astonished,
Open your lips so that a cry may rise from men and women.

My life is at my lips and regret in my heart, for from your lips
No delight has ever come to take my soul from my body.

My soul is weary from longing for your mouth,
For how can the desire of the needy ever be satisfied by that mouth?

They say that your remembrance is mentioned among lovers,
Wherever the name of Hafez is mentioned in a gathering.