Without the light of your face, my day has no light: Ghazal 38 by Hafez

By @admin | poet: Hafez Shirazi

بی مِهرِ رُخَت روزِ مرا نور نماندست

وز عمر، مرا جز شبِ دیجور نماندست

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هنگامِ وداعِ تو ز بس گریه که کردم

دور از رخِ تو، چشمِ مرا نور نماندست

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می‌رفت خیالِ تو ز چشمِ من و می‌گفت

هیهات از این گوشه که معمور نماندست

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وصلِ تو اَجَل را ز سرم دور همی‌داشت

از دولتِ هجرِ تو کنون دور نماندست

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نزدیک شد آن دم که رقیب تو بگوید

دور از رُخَت این خستهٔ رنجور نماندست

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صبر است مرا چارهٔ هجرانِ تو لیکن

چون صبر توان کرد که مقدور نماندست؟

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در هِجرِ تو گر چشمِ مرا آبِ روان است

گو خونِ جگر ریز که معذور نماندست

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حافظ، ز غم از گریه نپرداخت به خنده

ماتم زده را داعیهٔ سور نماندست

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English Translation:

Without the light of your face, my day has no light,
And of my life, only the darkest night remains.

At the time of our farewell, I cried so much,
Far from your face, my eye has no light.

Your image would leave my eye and say,
"Alas, for this corner that will remain deserted."

Your union would keep death far from my head,
Now, from the fortune of your separation, no distance remains.

The time is near when your rival will say,
"Far from your face, this weary and suffering one will no longer remain."

Patience is my remedy for your separation, but
How can I be patient when it is no longer possible?

If my eye is flowing with tears in your absence,
Say that my liver is pouring out blood, for there is no excuse.

Hafez, from sorrow, he did not change from crying to laughter,
A mourner has no desire for celebration.