My pain is from my beloved, and my cure too
My heart and soul are sacrificed for him.
They say that is better than beauty
Our beloved has both.
May he be remembered who, with the intent to shed our blood
Broke his promise and covenant.
I speak to friends in veiled terms
It will be said openly in time.
When the reign of the nights of union ends
The days of separation will pass too.
Both worlds are a single gleam of his face
I have told you, both the seen and the unseen.
There is no trust in the affairs of the world
But rather in the revolving sky.
A lover should not fear the judge, bring wine
But rather the whip of the police.
The censor knows that Hafez is a lover
And so does the wise minister of Solomon's kingdom.