The salutation of God as long as nights recur (till the judgment day) ; ### And as long as the lutes of two, or three, strings respond (to each other ; or to the singer) *** On the valley of Arak, and on him who is therein ; ### (On) my dwelling on the bend of the hill above the sands ! *** The prayer-utterer for travellers of the world, I am ; ### Constantly and perpetually, I pray. *** O God ! in every stage whereto he turneth his face ### Him, in Thy eternal protection, keep. *** O heart ! bewail not. For, in the chain of His tress, ### The distraught state is all collectedness (tranquillity). *** Of ardent love, I die. if information were mine ! ### O when will the bringer of happy news speak of union ? *** For, at all times, love for Thee is my rest ; ### In every state, remembrance of Thee is my consoler. *** Till the judgment-day, the black point of my heart ### Be it not void of consuming and of distraughtness for Thee ! *** Union with a King like Thee, how may gain, ### I, bad of name, profligate, careless ? *** From Thy down, a hundred other beauties increase : ### Be Thy life a hundred illustrious years ! *** Afarin be on that Painter of power, ### Who, around the (full) moon, draweth the line of a crescent (a new moon) ! *** That thou be is necessary. If not, easy is ### The loss of capital, of rank, and of wealth. *** God knoweth Hafiz's intention ; ### God's knowledge (of my wants) is sufficient for me (without my asking). ***