If , kind on our state the hea...

If , kind on our state the heart of that Beloved had been , how well it would have been

For , if kind like that , He had been , not like this our state would have been . *** If , me , head exalting and dear , time had kept ,

That dust of His threshold , my throne of honour would have been . *** The dust of His foot , what its price is , manifest would have been

If perpetual , precious life had been . *** I would have said The breeze of the Friend's tress , what is it worth

If , for every hair - tip , mine a thousand lives had been . *** O Lord the order of our heart - happiness , less how would it have been ,

If , from the evil of time , its the mark of safety had been *** If , not the barrier of the water of my eye , the fancy of Thee had been ,

Flowing in every corner , a thousand fountains would have been . *** Would to God me , the trace to His street , some one had given ,

So that , of the garden and the rose - garden illusory delights independence would have been . *** Would to God forth from the screen , like a tear - drop , He had come ,

So that , on my two eyes , His order current would have been . *** If the Path , love's circle had not closed ,

Not like a point , in the midst , heart - bereft Hafiz would have been . ***