By the Khwaja's soul , and by ...

By the Khwaja's soul , and by ancient right , and by true covenant ,

I swear that , at the breath of dawn , prayer for thy welfare is my sole companion . *** My tears , that surpass Nuh's great deluge ,

Have not washed the picture of Thy love from the heart's tablet . *** Strike the bargain purchase this shattered heart ,

That , despite its shattered state , is worth many an unshattered heart *** For distraughtness , reproach me not . For love , the murshid ,

Me , to the wine - tavern on the first day , consigned . *** Strive for truth that , from out of thy soul , may arise the sun

As from falsehood , even the first dawn became black of face false *** O heart of the endless kindness of the Friend hope , sever not

When thou boastest of love , quickly and instantly play stake thy head . *** O Beloved by Thy hand , I became distraught for the mountain and the plain

Yet to give me freedom in pity Thou loosest not my waist - chain . *** Against the great Asaf the soul the tongue of the weak ant lust became long in reproach and , it is lawful

For , the Khwaja the soul in the human body lost the seal of divine knowledge of Jam God and , sought not for it *** Hafiz grieve not and constancy from heart - ravishers seek not :

The crime of the garden , what is it , when this grass hath not sprung . ***