Passed have forty years and mo...

Passed have forty years and more since I expressed this boast :

Of the servants of the Pir of the Magians , the least am I . *** Ever by the felicity of the favour of the Pir , the wine - seller ,

Empty of wine , pure and luminous , became not the cup of mine . *** In the majesty of love , and in the fortune of profligates , pure - players ,

Ever the chief seat of the wine - houses was the abode' of mine . *** For dreg - drinking , bear not an ill opinion of me Hafiz

For , with wine the khirka is stained but pure of skirt am I . *** The mighty falcon of the King's hand am I . O Lord in what way ,

From my recollection , have they taken the desire of the dwelling of mine *** A great bulbul like me , in such a sward , pity 'tis ,

That , with this sweet tongue verse silent like the ten - tongued lily am I . *** A wonderful cherisher of the mean is the water and the air of Persia :

A fellow way - farer , where , that , from this land , my tent , up - pluck I may *** The auspicious Turan King , who , towards me , increased his favour

The favour of his gifts became the collar of the neck . of mine . *** Haflz 1 beneath the guise of the khirka , how long drinketh thou the goblet

God willing at the Khwaja's banquet , the veil from thy work of drinking upcast will I . ***