A bulbul had a rose - leaf , p...

A bulbul had a rose - leaf , pleasant of hue in his beak

And , on that leaf and pleasant food , bitter lamentation held . *** To him , I said In the very time of union with the beloved wherefore is this lament and cry

He said In this work of lament , me the beloved's beauty held . *** If the true Beloved sate not with us beggars , room for complaint is none

King , prosperous was He shame of beggars , He held . *** That Arif who travelled into the stage of non - existence and of effacement

Became intoxicated . For , the treasure of intoxication from the world of mysteries , he held . *** Our supplication and entreaty affect not the Friend possessed of beauty ,

Happy he , who from beloved ones , the fortune of prosperity held . *** Arise from carelessness so that on the reed of that Painter God we may scatter our soul

For , all this wonderful picture , in the revolution of His compass , He held . *** If thou be a disciple of love's Path , defame not

Pawned at the vintner's house , his religious garment Shaikh San'Sn held . *** Happy , the time of that gentle Kalandar Shaikh San'an who , in the paths of wandering ,

Mention of the rosary of the King God in the girdle of the Zunnar , held . *** Below the roof of the palace of that beloved of Huri - nature , the eye of Hafiz

The way of paradise , beneath which streams are flowing , held . ***