When you hear the lovers’ word...

When you hear the lovers’ words, think them not a mistake

You don’t recognize these words, the error must be your take.

The here and hereafter cannot tame my spirit and soul

Praise God for all the intrigue in my mind that is at stake.

I know not who resides within my heart

Though I am silent, he must shake and quake.

My heart went through the veil, play a song

Hark, my fate, this music I must make.

I paid no heed, worldly affairs I forsake

It is for your beauty, beauty of the world I partake.

My heart is on fire, I am restless and awake

To the tavern to cure my hundred day headache.

My bleeding heart has left its mark in the temple

You have every right to wash my body in a wine lake.

In the abode of the Magi, I am welcome because

The fire that never dies, in my heart is awake.

What was the song the minstrel played?

My life is gone, but breathing, I still fake!

Within me last night, the voice of your love did break

Hafiz’s breast still quivers and shakes for your sake.