O Saki 'tis the shade of the c...

O Saki 'tis the shade of the cloud , and spring , and the stream - bank

I say not , do what . Of the men of heart Sufis thou art . Dothou thyself say . *** From this picture of outward Sufis cometh not the perfume of one colouredness constancy Arise ,

With pure wine , the deceit - stained and tattered garment of the Sufi , wash . *** Mean of nature , is the world on its generosity , rely not

O world - experienced one from the mean , stability of foot do not thou - seek . *** Thy ear open . For , this lament , the bulbul saith

Khwaja deficiency commit not ; the rose of the grace of God smell . *** Thee , two counsels I make , Hear ; and a hundred treasures bear away :

By the door of pleasure , enter in the path of defect , do not strive . *** The true Beloved's face , th'ou seekest Fit , the mirror of the heart make ;

If not , ever blossometh not the red rose and the wild white rose from hard iron and from base brass . *** Before that , dust in the wine - house thou becomest

In the pavilion of the wine - house , a space of one or two days , strive . *** For thanks for that , that again to spring thou hast reached ,

The root of goodness , plant ; the rose of the grace of God smell . *** Thou saidest From our Hafiz , cometh the perfume of hypocrisy

Afarin be on the breath for well thou broughtest a great perfume . ***