Ghazal No. 364: As long as the image of the friend's imagination is with us

غزل شماره ۳۶۴: تا نقش خیال دوست با ماست

As long as the image of the friend's thought is with us

Our whole life is a spectacle for us

تا نقش خیال دوست با ماست

ما را همه عمر خود تماشاست

Where there is the union of friends

By God, the middle of the house is a desert

آن جا که وصال دوستانست

والله که میان خانه صحراست

And where the heart's desire is fulfilled

One thorn is better than a thousand dates

وان جا که مراد دل برآید

یک خار به از هزار خرماست

When we sleep at the head of the beloved's street

Our pillow and quilt are the Pleiades

چون بر سر کوی یار خسبیم

بالین و لحاف ما ثریاست

When we twist in the head of the beloved's hair

In the night of Qadr, our worth is upright

چون در سر زلف یار پیچیم

اندر شب قدر قدر ما راست

When the reflection of his beauty shines

The mountains and the earth are silk and brocade

چون عکس جمال او بتابد

کهسار و زمین حریر و دیباست

When we ask the wind for his scent

In the wind is the sound of the harp and the oboe

از باد چو بوی او بپرسیم

در باد صدای چنگ و سرناست

When we write his name on the earth

Every piece of earth is a houri and a houri

بر خاک چو نام او نویسیم

هر پاره خاک حور و حوراست

When we read an incantation over the fire from him

From him, the fire is acid-faced

بر آتش از او فسون بخوانیم

زو آتش تیزاب سیماست

What story shall I tell that even on non-existence

When we take his name, it increases existence

قصه چه کنم که بر عدم نیز

نامش چو بریم هستی افزاست

That point where his love is

Is more full of essence than a thousand walnuts

آن نکته که عشق او در آن جاست

پرمغزتر از هزار جوزاست

And that moment when love showed its face

All these arose from the middle

وان لحظه که عشق روی بنمود

این‌ها همه از میانه برخاست

Be silent, for the end is completely finished

The universal will is God Almighty's

خامش که تمام ختم گشته‌ست

کلی مراد حق تعالاست