I expected friendship from my ...

I expected friendship from my friends

How mistaken were my notions of these trends.

When will the tree of friendship bear fruit?

I have planted seeds of many strains & blends.

Dervishes keep away from discourses & discussions

Else my arguments, my talk, only offends.

I detected aggression in your piercing eyes

Forgive me and let me make peaceful amends.

The bud of your goodness remained closed

I became the gardener whom flowers tends.

Many wrongs were done, yet no-one complained

My silence, deference and respect extends.

Said, this friendship is what Hafiz intends

Not by our order his time, this way he spends.