For the reproof of the adversa...

For the reproof of the adversaries if I care ,

Lustre , taketh not my way of profligacy and of intoxication . *** The austerity of profligates disciples and seekers of God path newly learned , is fruitless

I , who am the ill name of the world , what remedy for it may I devise *** Me , resourceless of wisdom king of those distraught of head , call

On that account that , in being one of little wisdom , greater than all the world I am . *** O true Beloved on Thy forehead with my heart's blood , a great mole depict

So that they men may know that , sacrifice for Thee , kafir of religion , I am . *** Trust , display and for God's sake , pass on

So that thou mayst know , in this khirka what a no - darvish I am . *** O breeze my blood - raining verse utter to the Friend ,

Who , me , on life's great vein , with His black eye - lash , lanced . *** Away from the drops of my heart's blood , together gather thy skirt

For if my wound thou scratch , to thee the effect reacheth . *** Whether I be profligate or whether shaikh Pir to any one my work is what

Of my own mystery Hafiz and of my time , the Arif , I am . ***