O true Beloved If from the han...

O true Beloved If from the hand of Thy musky tress , a fault passed , it passed

And , if against us from thy dark mole , an act of tyranny passed , it passed . *** If , the harvest of one wool - clad the Sufi Love's lightning consumed , it consumed

If , against a beggar , the violence of the prosperous king passed , it passed . *** If , from the Heart - possessor's glance , a load a heart bore , it bore

If between the soul the lover of God and the true Beloved God a matter passed , it passed . *** From carpers , reproaches appear but ,

If , among fellow - sitters , aught unfit passed , it passed . *** In tarikat love's path is no grief of heart . Bring wine of love

Every former impurity of thy heart that thou seest , when into us purity passed , it passed . *** O heart keep firm of foot . For love - playing , endurance is necessary

If a vexatious matter was , it was if a tyrannous matter passed , it passed . *** O admonisher say Censure not Hafiz who hath gone from the cloister .

How bindest thou the foot of a free one If to a place he passed , he passed . ***