Last night , to the wine - hou...

Last night , to the wine - house the Arif , the comprehender of truths Hafiz , sitting in khilwat , went :

From the head of his covenant , he departed and to the head of the cup , went . *** To him , in dream , the mistress of youth's time had come

With elderly head , lover and distraught he became . *** A young Magian , the highwayman of truth and of heart , passed

In pursuit of that Friend God a stranger to all else , he became . *** The ruddy fire of the cheek of the rose consumed the bulbul's harvest of existence

The moth's calamity , the laughing face the burning wick of the candle , became . *** Evening and morning , our weeping thanks that it was not lost

A peerless jewel , a drop of our raining weeping became . *** Yesterday , the distraught Sufi who broke the cup and the goblet

Yester - night , by one draught of wine of love wise and learned became . *** The narcissus the perfect beauty of the Saki uttered a spell of sorcery

The assembly of sorcery , the circle of our religious readings became . *** Now the stage of Hafiz is the banquet - place of Kings . For

To the Heart - possessor God his heart went to the true Beloved , his soul I went . ***