What would you be if your heart, O moon, had been kind?
Our state would not be like this if it had been so
I would say how precious is the breeze of your beloved's hair
If for every hair, there were a thousand lives
O Lord, what would be lacking from our happiness?
If you had been a sign of safety from the evil time
If fortune had exalted you and made you precious
The dust of your threshold would have been my throne of honor
If only you had come out from behind the curtain like a drop of tear
Which would have been the ruling decree upon our two eyes
If the circle of love had not blocked the way
Like a lost dot, Hafez would have been in the middle