Now , the good counsel of the ...

Now , the good counsel of the time I see in that ,

That , to the wine - house , my chattels I betake and happy sit . *** Save the goglet and the book the Kuran no companion nor friend may be mine

So that the traitor - watchers of the world , seldom , I may see . *** The cup of wine , I take and , from the hypocrite , far I go

That is , of the world's creation , only pureness of heart , I choose . *** Since , in the stained khirka , rectitude I boasted

Ashamed of the Saki's face and of the coloured wine , am I . *** Above the people , my head in freedom , like the lofty cypress , I uplift ,

If it be possible that , away from the world , my skirt , I may pluck . *** On my heart is the dust of tyranny . O God approve not

That dulled should be my love - filled mirror the heart *** My straitened chest and its load of grief . Alas

Not the man porter for this heavy load , is my grieved heart . *** In fancy for the tip of Thy musky tress , my heart and soul consumed

If for Thee credence be necessary , behold my musky fragrant breath *** The slave of the Asaf of the age am I my heart afflicted , keep not

For , if I boast of the sphere , revenge it seeketh . *** If I be the tavern . profligate or if the city - guardian ,

These , that Thou seest , I am and than these , less I am . ***