Lover of the face youthful , j...

Lover of the face youthful , joyous , newly blossomed tender of age am I

And , from God the joy of this grief of love with prayer sought have I . *** Lover , profligate , glance - player , I am and it openly , I say

That thou mayest know that , with so many excellences , adorned am I . *** Cometh shame to me , of the wine - stained khirka ,

Whereon , the patch with a hundred arts of hypocrisy , decorated have I . *** O candle for grief for Him , happily consume . For , behold , also ,

In this very work , loin - girt and upstanding am I *** In astonishment like this , went from my hand , my work's gain

In grief , increased have I that which , in respect of heart and of soul decreased have I . *** Night , all night , keeper of my heart's sacred fold , I have become ,

It may be that the undiminished full moon the true Beloved , displaying effulgence on my state towards me , may saunter . *** To the tavern , I go like Hafiz clad in the garment of the kaba

It may be that into His bosom , me , that Heart - ravisher , newly blossomed youthful may draw . ***