Knowest thou what fortune is '...

Knowest thou what fortune is 'Tis beholding the sight of the true Beloved

In His street , beggary to royalty preferring . *** Easy it is to sever desire for life . But ,

Only with difficulty , friendship for friends dear as one's soul , can one sever . *** Like the folded bud , with a straitened heart , to the rose - garden , I will go

And , there , my garment of good fame , will rend *** Sometimes , like the breeze , hidden mystery with the rose will utter

Sometimes , from the bulbuls , the mystery of love - playing will hear . *** First in this world from the hand , the kissing of the lip of the true Beloved give not up

For , at last in the next world thou mayst be distressed wearied with the gnawing in regret of thy own hand and lip . *** O heart the society of friends , opportunity reckon . For , from this two - pathed stage the world

When from it away we pass , this society again one cannot reach . *** Thou mayst say From the memory of King Mansur passed Hafiz ;

O Lord to his Mansur's memory the thought of cherishing the darvish Hafiz bring . ***