Remember when you secretly gazed at us

The mark of your love was evident on our face

Remember when your eyes would kill me with reproach

The miracle of Jesus was in your sweet lips

Remember when, having drunk at dawn, we sat in the gathering of friends

There was no one but my friend and I, and God was with us

Remember when your face would light the candle of joy

And this burned heart was an indifferent moth

Remember when in that gathering of politeness and grace

The one who laughed drunkenly was wine

Remember when you laughed like a ruby goblet

Between me and your ruby lips there were many stories

Remember when my beloved girded her waist

In her stirrup, the new moon was a world-traveling messenger

Remember when I was a tavern dweller and drunk

And what is missing in my mosque today was there

Remember when your correction would straighten

The order of every unpolished gem that Hafez had