Pleasant is khilvat , if my be...

Pleasant is khilvat , if my beloved , the true Beloved shall be

Not pleasant if I consume ; and the candle of another assembly , He shall be . *** As naught , I take regard Sulaiman's seal - ring the world's power

On which , sometimes , Ahriman's hand shall be . *** O God hold it not lawful that , in the sacred enclosure of union ,

The watcher , included as friend and my lot , excluded shall be . *** To the Huma , say Cast not thy auspicious shadow

On that land where the noble parrot less than the mean kite shall be . *** From our head , the desire for Thy street goeth not ,

With his native land , the stranger's distraught heart shall be . *** What need of the description of love's desire , when the explanation of the heart's fire ,

One can recognise from the burning which in speech may be . *** If like the lily , ten tongues be Hafiz's ,

Before Thee , like the folded rose - bud , on his mouth , the seal of silence shall be . ***