Ghazal No. 487: O unaware one, strive to become the one who knows.
غزل شماره ۴۸۷: ای بیخبر بکوش که صاحبخبر شوی
O unaware one, strive to become aware
Until you are a follower, how can you become a guide
ای بیخبر بکوش که صاحب خبر شوی
تا راهرو نباشی کی راهبر شوی
In the school of truths before the master of love
O son, strive to one day become a father
در مکتب حقایق پیش ادیب عشق
هان ای پسر بکوش که روزی پدر شوی
Wash your existence of its brass like the men of the path
So that you find the alchemy of love and turn to gold
دست از مس وجود چو مردان ره بشوی
تا کیمیای عشق بیابی و زر شوی
Sleep and food distanced you from your rank
You will reach yourself when you are without sleep and food
خواب و خورت ز مرتبه خویش دور کرد
آن گه رسی به خویش که بی خواب و خور شوی
If the light of divine love falls into your heart and soul
By God, you will become more beautiful than the celestial sun
گر نور عشق حق به دل و جانت اوفتد
بالله کز آفتاب فلک خوبتر شوی
For a moment, drown in the sea of God, do not think
That from the water of seven seas, a single hair will become wet
یک دم غریق بحر خدا شو گمان مبر
کز آب هفت بحر به یک موی تر شوی
From your head to toe, all will become God's light
In the path of the Majestic One, when you are without head and feet
از پای تا سرت همه نور خدا شود
در راه ذوالجلال چو بی پا و سر شوی
If God's face becomes your view of sight
From then on, there will be no doubt that you will become insightful
وجه خدا اگر شودت منظر نظر
زین پس شکی نماند که صاحب نظر شوی
When the foundation of your being is overturned
Do not keep anything in your heart so that you will be overturned
بنیاد هستی تو چو زیر و زبر شود
در دل مدار هیچ که زیر و زبر شوی
If in your head is the desire for union, Hafez
You must become the dust of the threshold of the people of art
گر در سرت هوای وصال است حافظا
باید که خاک درگه اهل هنر شوی
Ghazal No. 487: O unaware one, strive to become the one who knows.
Book: Divan of Hafez