O thou dainty cypress of beaut...

O thou dainty cypress of beauty that with grace sweetly movest

Momently , to lovers , are a hundred needs of Thy grace . *** Auspicious be the dress of honour of Thy beauty . For , in eternity without beginning ,

To thy cypress stature , they fate and destiny cut a garment of grace . *** Whose is desire for the perfume of the ambergris of thy tress ,

Say On the consuming fire like the aloe - wood fuel consume and be content . *** Through the watcher's reproof , altereth not my proof of value

If me , like gold , they cut in the mouth of the shears . *** Through the candle , heart - consuming was the moth's lot

Without the candle of Thy cheek , melting was my heart's lot *** The heart that , from the circuit of the Ka'ba of Thy street , gained news ,

Through desire for that sacred fold of Thy street , no wish for Hijaz the Ka'ba hath . *** Momently , with blood tears of the eye , ablution what profit , when there is not

Permitted for me the prayer without the arch of Thy eye - brow *** The Sufi who , last night , without Thee , had repented of wine

Broke his covenant of austerity and practised love when open he beheld the door of the wine - house the stage of love and of divine knowledge *** Like the intoxicated cup at the head of the jar , palm - clapping , went

Hafiz who , last night , from the lip of the cup , the mystery of divine knowledge heard . ***