With my heart's blood , a lett...

With my heart's blood , a letter to the friend , I wrote

Verily , through separation from thee , I experience the torment of the resurrection . *** A hundred signs of separation from thee , in my weeping eye , I have

Not alone , are our signs , these tears of our eye . *** Though I tried , no boon from him was mine

Whoever tried the tried , will repent having tried . *** Of a physician , I asked the friend's state . He said

In being near the beloved , is torture in being far , safety . *** Suddenly , the veil from off my moon the friend the morning - breeze uplifted ,

Like the resplendent sun appearing in the fore - noon from behind the cloud . *** I said : If , about thy street , I wander , reproach it bringeth

By God I swear that love , without reproach to the lover coming from his be - loved never have we seen . *** Not requiring explanation is the state of my wounded heart

Confirmed itself it is by the eye - water the ink of the reed . *** Since Hafiz hath become the seeker of thee him , give a cup in exchange for his sweet life ,

So that , thereof , a cup of honour he may taste . ***