If you drink wine, let a drop ...

If you drink wine, let a

drop or two spill

A sin that helps another, courageously fulfill.

Worry not, drink to the music of the harp

Fate worries not when it is time to kill.

It is for your sake, my darling beloved

That on my last day I take the bitter pill.

Whether heading for heaven or hell, angel or man,

Self-denial, in any creed, is ill.

Designer of the world designed our path

With no way out of the grave, save being still.

Daughter of the vine makes the mind creative, divine

May the vine forever adorn every hill and rill.

Towards the tavern, Hafiz went forth with thrill

Prayers of the godly heart, may your heart fill.