Fal Hafez

Poem Number 346

Not that profligate am I that ...

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The ghazal

Not that profligate am I that abandoning of the true Beloved and of the cup I make

An act like this , the muhtasib knoweth seldom do I make . *** I who , years , censured the repenters of wine - drinking

Repentance of drinking wine in the rose - season mad shall I be , if I make . *** The precious pearl - grain is love I am the diver the wine - house is the sea

There , my head , I plunged it up - lifted , let us see , where shall I make *** I , who have treasures of the ruby and of the pearl of tears ,

Desire for the bounty of the sun , lofty of star , how may I make *** I who , in beggary , have in hand the imperial treasure ,

Greed for the revolution of the sphere , mean - cherishing , how may I make *** Cup - taker is the tulip intoxicated , is the narcissus the name of impiety , on me

Many a complaint , I have . O Lord whom , judge shall I make *** In the rose - season , thou speakest saying : Zahid be I With eye and head thy order , I accept but ,

I am going so that , counsel with the lovely one and with the cup , I may make . *** If the Friend's grace approve of casting lovers into the fire of hell

Closed of eye , I am even if , on the fountain of Kausar , glance I make . *** If , like the fruitless willow , pure like this I become

After this , from shame of the face of the rose , my head uplifted when shall I make *** When with the water of grace , the breeze washed the bud of the rose ,

Me , crooked of heart , call , if at the page of the book the world glance , I make . *** Dust - stained with poverty though I be , of my spirit , be shame ,

If , with the water of liberality of the sun's fountain , my skirt wet I make . *** The credit of the sky's compact and agreement is not so great

Compact with the goblet , I establish condition covenant with the cup I make . *** O my bold one , city - upsetter the true Beloved a moment , the rein draw back ,

So that , with my pearly tears and ruddy face , full of red gold and of pearls , Thy path I may make . *** Not worthy of my conduct is the way of profligacy . Now ,

Since into it I have fallen , thought of other work wherefore do 1 make *** Last night , they said Candy Thy ruby lip giveth . But ,

So long as in my own mouth , it , I see not , credence how shall I make *** From fortune , the corner of the prayer - arch of Thy eye - brow , I desire

So that , in it , morning and evening , love's lesson by heart , I may make . *** I , by whom , to - day , the paradise of the cash of union with the true Beloved is gained ,

On the promise of to - morrow the day of resurrection of the admonisher the Zahid reliance , wherefore shall I make *** The slave of Shah Mansur , I am . Far , it is not if ,

With the desire of dignity , over the resplendent king of the East who is the sun boasting , I make . *** Last night , to Hafiz Thy ruby lip kept giving false vows

Not that one am I that belief in these its idle tales , I make . *** Resourcelessness notwithstanding , black like the moon be my face ,

If , of the bounty of the sun , lofty of star , acceptance , I make . *** What madness is austerity in the rose - season Hafiz keep sense

So that I may utter an a'uz God defend me and thought of other profligacy I may make . ***

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