Ghazal No. 420: What does it mean that you suddenly reveal the veil?
غزل شماره ۴۲۰: ناگهان پرده برانداختهای یعنی چه؟
Suddenly, you have lifted the veil, what does it mean?
Drunk, you have rushed out of the house, what does it mean?
ناگهان پرده برانداختهای یعنی چه
مست از خانه برون تاختهای یعنی چه
With hair in the hands of the breeze, listening to the rival
In this manner, you have made peace with everyone, what does it mean?
زلف در دست صبا گوش به فرمان رقیب
این چنین با همه درساختهای یعنی چه
You are the king of the beautiful, and you have become the desire of beggars
You have not recognized the value of this status, what does it mean?
شاه خوبانی و منظور گدایان شدهای
قدر این مرتبه نشناختهای یعنی چه
Was it not you who first gave the end of your hair into my hands
Now you have made me fall, what does it mean?
نه سر زلف خود اول تو به دستم دادی
بازم از پای درانداختهای یعنی چه
Your words spoke of the mouth's secret and the waist's tie
And from between, you have drawn a sword against us, what does it mean?
سخنت رمز دهان گفت و کمر سر میان
و از میان تیغ به ما آختهای یعنی چه
Everyone is occupied with an image from your love's bead
In the end, you have played unfairly with everyone, what does it mean?
هر کس از مهره مهر تو به نقشی مشغول
عاقبت با همه کج باختهای یعنی چه
O Hafez, when the beloved entered your narrow heart
You have not emptied the house of others, what does it mean?
حافظا در دل تنگت چو فرود آمد یار
خانه از غیر نپرداختهای یعنی چه
Ghazal No. 420: What does it mean that you suddenly reveal the veil?
Book: Divan of Hafez