Hafez

[1] To the true Beloved I said Grief for Thee ,I have .He said To an end when union is attained thy grief cometh :
I spake saying : Be my moon make luminous like the moon my eye and bosom He said I will be thy moon if forth ,the chance cometh .
[2] I said From kind ones lovers learn the usage of fidelity
He said From those moon of face lovely women this work of fidelity seldom cometh .
[3] I spake saying : On Thy image ,I bind the path of my vision away from the direction of others and glance on naught save Thee
He spake saying : The night - prowler is that one ,who ,by another unclosed path ,cometh .
[4] I spake saying Road - lost in the world ,the perfume of Thy tress hath made me :
He said If thou knowest ,thy guide also it the perfume becometh .
[5] I said O happy the air that ,from love's garden ,ariseth
He said More pleasant is that breeze that from the heart - ravisher's street cometh .
[6] I spake saying : With desire ,the sweet drink of Thy ruby lip slayeth me .
He said Perform thou service of the lip for He ,soul - cherishing cometh .
[7] I said When hath Thy kind heart the resolution of peace
He said To none ,speak of this our violence against thee till that time of peace cometh .
[8] I said Thou sawest how quickly the time of ease to an end cometh .
He said Hafiz silence .For to an end this grief also cometh .