O thou who art the desire of every one who (wilfully) follows his own desire (for God), thou to whom there is (coming) at every moment a message and letter from the Unseen,
ای تو کام جان هر خودکامهای ** هر دم از غیبت پیام و نامهای
Thou to whose (spiritual) organ of smell there is coming at every moment, as to Jacob, balm from a Joseph,1815
هر دمی یعقوبوار از یوسفی ** میرسد اندر مشام تو شفا
Spill upon us one drop from that pitcher, give us one word that smells of that garden.
قطرهای بر ریز بر ما زان سبو ** شمهای زان گلستان با ما بگو
We are not accustomed, O (thou who art the) beauty of (spiritual) majesty, that thou shouldst drink alone while our lips are dry.
خو نداریم ای جمال مهتری ** که لب ما خشک و تو تنها خوری
O nimble, nimbly-rising traverser of Heaven, spill upon us one draught of that which thou hast drunk.
ای فلکپیمای چست چستخیز ** زانچ خوردی جرعهای بر ما بریز
There is no other Master of the Revels in the world except thee: O king, look (with favour) on the boon-companions!
میر مجلس نیست در دوران دگر ** جز تو ای شه در حریفان در نگر
How is it possible to quaff this wine underhand (in secret)? Certainly wine is the exposer of man.1820
کی توان نوشید این می زیردست ** می یقین مر مرد را رسواگرست
He may disguise and conceal the scent, (but) how will he hide his intoxicated eye?
بوی را پوشیده و مکنون کند ** چشم مست خویشتن را چون کند
In sooth this is not a scent that thousands of veils will keep hidden in the world.
خود نه آن بویست این که اندر جهان ** صد هزاران پردهاش دارد نهان
The desert and plain are filled with its pungency. What (of the) plain? for it hath passed even beyond the nine spheres (of Heaven).
پر شد از تیزی او صحرا و دشت ** دشت چه کز نه فلک هم در گذشت