O you who have come with long, flowing locks, Ghazal 422 by Hafez

O you who have come with long, flowing locks
Blessed are you, for you have come to enchant the mad

For a moment, don't play hard to get, and change your habit
Since you have come to the court of the needy, seeking attention

I will go before your exalted one, whether in peace or war
Since in any case, you have come deserving of adoration

You have mixed water and fire with your ruby lips
May the evil eye be far, for you have come as a great magician

Praise be to your tender heart, which for the sake of reward
Has come to prayers as a victim of your own glance

How can my asceticism compare with yours, who have come,
Drunk and disheveled, to the sanctuary of secrets

Hafez said, "Your robe is stained with wine"
"Perhaps you have returned from the religion of this sect"

ای که با سلسلهٔ زلف دراز آمده‌ای

فرصتت باد که دیوانه‌نواز آمده‌ای

ساعتی ناز مفرما و بگردان عادت

چون به پرسیدن ارباب نیاز آمده‌ای

پیش بالای تو میرم چه به صلح و چه به جنگ

چون به هر حال برازندهٔ ناز آمده‌ای

آب و آتش به هم آمیخته‌ای از لب لعل

چشم بد دور که بس شَعبده‌باز آمده‌ای

آفرین بر دل نرم تو که از بهر ثواب

کشتهٔ غمزهٔ خود را به نماز آمده‌ای

زهد من با تو چه سنجد که به یغمای دلم

مست و آشفته به خلوتگه راز آمده‌ای

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