O true Beloved come and , upon...

O true Beloved come and , upon the river of wine , our boat - shaped wine - cup cast

Into the soul of the shaikh the old and of the youth , shouting and howling , in envy thereof cast . *** Saki into my boat , cast wine

For , they have said Goodness , do and upon the water , cast . *** In mistake , from the street of the wine - house the stage of love and of divine knowledge I wandered :

In kindness , in the path of rectitude to the wine - house me , again cast . *** Of that wine , rose of hue , musk of smell , a cup bring

Into the heart of the rose , sparks of jealousy and of envy cast . *** Intoxicated and ruined , though I am , me a little kindness do

On this heart , perplexed and ruined , Thy glance of mercy cast . *** If at midnight , the sun be necessary for thee ,

From off the face of the vine's daughter , rose of face , the veil , cast . *** Permit not that , on the day of death , they consign me to the dust of the grave

Me , to the wine - house take into the jar of wine , cast . *** If , one hair's tip from Thee , the heart of Hafiz draw its head ,

Seize it ; and , into the curl of Thy tress , with twist and turn , cast . *** Hafiz when from the sphere's violence , thy heart reacheth to the soul ,

At the Dev of calamities , the arrow - point of a falling star cast . ***