Love of the Beloved and this w...

Love of the Beloved and this wine, I will not leave behind

Repented a hundred times, but no more myself will bind.

Garden of Eden, Tree of Knowledge, and nymphs of Paradise

Will not compare to the clay of the abode of the undefined.

The lessons and affirmations of the wise are but one sign

I understood the sign, and need not repeat in my mind.

I am never aware of the secrets and state of my soul

Until myself in the midst of the tavern I find.

The worldly wise advised me to leave love behind

I need not fight myself, why make my soul misaligned?

Though appraised and judged by the citizens of my town,

I will not sing and dance upon the pulpit to the blind.

Hafiz the old Masters, the old Magi are wise and kind

Prostrated, with this dust I find myself entwined.