Last night , me , from power t...

Last night , me , from power took and ruined the languishing sickness of Thy eye ;

But , from the bounty of Thy lip , the form of new life , I established . *** Not of to - day , is my love for Thy musky tress

Long time 'tis , since that with this cup , like the new moon , intoxicated I was . *** From my own constancy , happily came this subtlety : With violence ,

At the head of Thy street , down from the foot of search , I sate not . *** From me , wine - house - sitter , ease expect not

For , since I was of the service of profligates , boasted have I . *** In love's path , from that quarter of effacement , are a hundred dangers

Take care thou sayest not that , when to an end in effacement hath come my life , from these calamities I have escaped Nay before the heart , after death , are a hundred thoughts of danger *** After this , of the arrow of torment of the envious , mine what care ,

When , to my Beloved of bow - eyebrow , joined I am *** Lawful to me , is the kiss on the casket of Thy cornelian lip

For , despite Thy tyranny and oppression , love and fidelity , I shattered not . *** My heart , a warrior - idol plundered and departed

Pity , if the grace of the king the murshid take not my hand and justice give me *** To the lofty sky , had ascended the grandeur of Hafiz's knowledge

Me , grieving for Thy lofty box - tree the true Beloved's stature made low . ***