IF into the curl of Thy two tr...

IF into the curl of Thy two tresses , my hand again should reach ,

With Thy chaugan , what heads there are that like a ball , I shall play . *** Long life to me is Thy long tress but there is not

In my hand , a hair - tip of this long life . *** O candle Beloved give the order for rest . For , to - night ,

From the heart's fire , before Thee , like the consuming candle I melt . *** That moment when , with a laugh , life I give up like the flagon ,

I would that a prayer for me Thy intoxicated ones should offer . *** Since the prayer of me stained is not an acceptable prayer

In the wine - house , on that account less are not my burning and consuming . *** In the masjid and in the wine - house , if Thy image come ,

Of Thy two eye - brows , I make the prayer - arch of praying and the lute of wailing *** If , one night with Thy face , my khilvat , Thou illumine ,

Like the morning in the horizons of the world , my head , I exalt . *** In this path of love laudable is the end of love's work ,

If , in desire of passion for Ayaz the true Beloved my head goeth . *** Hafiz the heart's grief , to whom shall I utter

Not fit is it that , save the cup , the confidant of mystery be mine . ***