In the morning , with the desi...

In the morning , with the desire of repentance to my heart I said I seek the counsel of God ,

Spring , repentance - shatterer , arriveth what remedy may I make *** True speech , I utter : I cannot see that this state is very difficult

For the companions drink wine and lookiug on^ I make . *** By the cup's circulation , remedy ye my brain

If , from the midst of the banquet of joy , retirement I make . *** If , one night , to my tongue , passeth the tale of Thee ,

From want of purity , it the tongue with wine , rinsing , I make . *** On the throne of the rose , I place a beauteous idol like a Sultan

With the hyacinth , and the lily , the glory of collar and of bracelet I make . *** Through the Friend's face , blossomed my purpose like the rose

To the hard stone , consignment of the enemy's head that separation recur not I make . *** The tavern - beggar am I but at the time of intoxication , behold

Against the lofty sky , loftiness ; and against the ordering star , order , I make *** Not mine , is the way and usage of morsel - abstaining . For ,

The reprobation of the profligate , the wine - drinker , why do I make *** To the memory of the King's assembly , like the rose - bud with laughing lip ,

The cup , I take and , through desire , my raiment , rent I make . *** If , from the ruby lip of the Beloved , a kiss I take ,

Young again , I become and life , twice I make . *** Not the ka'zi , nor the mudarris , nor the muhtasib , nor the fakih are we

Mine , what profit that forbidding of the wine - drinker I should make . *** Through wine - drinking , distressed became Hafiz ;

With the sound of the harp and with wine , his mystery of distress evident I make . ***