At the time of beholding His f...

At the time of beholding His face which is better than the sward retirement from the sward , our heart hath

For , like the cypress , foot - binding it is and like the streaked tulip , stain it hath . *** To the bow of any one's eye - brow , our head descendeth not

For , retirement from the world , the heart of corner - takers lovers of God hath . *** Torment on account of the dark violet , I have because it boasteth of equality with , or love for His dark tress

Behold thou what conceit in the brain , the black slave violet of little value hath . *** In the night of darkness the world and in the desert of its vicissitudes where can one arrive ,

Unless , in my path , the lamp of manifestations of glories the luminous candle of His face hath *** I and the candle of the morning , 'tis fit if we went together :

For , in love for the Beloved we consumed and no solicitude for us , our idol hath . *** O true Beloved saunter into the sward and gaze at the rose's throne . For the tulip

Resembleth the King's servant , that , in the hand , a cup hath . *** 'Tis fit that , in this sward , I should weep like the winter cloud of January

The joy of the bulbul's nest , behold the filthy crow hath . *** All night , with the splendour of Thy face , the tress ravisheth the heart

How brave is that thief , who in the hand , A lamp hath . *** Desire for love's lesson , hath Hafiz's sorrowful heart

For neither desire for the spectacle , nor desire for the garden , the heart hath . ***