My heart melted, hoping my affair would end, but it didn’t, Ghazal 168 by Hafez

By @hamed | poet: Hafez Shirazi | 6 4

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English Translation:

My heart melted, hoping my affair would end, but it didn’t
I burned in this vain desire, but it didn’t happen.

One night, I pleaded to become the master of your gathering,
I became his humble servant willingly, but it didn't happen.

I sent a message saying I wanted to sit with the revelers,
I became a reveller and a suffering wretch, but it didn't happen.

It is reasonable for the heart’s dove to flutter within my chest,
Having seen the trap’s twists and turns on its path, but it didn't happen.

With the hope of kissing those ruby lips in drunkenness,
How much blood fell in my heart, like wine in a cup, but it didn't happen.

Don't step into the path of love without a reason,
For I made countless efforts for myself, but it didn’t happen.

Alas, in search of the treasure of the intended goal,
I became completely ruined by the world's sorrow, but it didn't happen.

What a pity, and what pain, that in search of the treasure of presence,
I became a beggar at the door of the noble ones, but it didn't happen.

Hafez devised a thousand tricks from the depths of his mind,
In the hope that the beloved would become submissive, but it didn't happen.