الا یا ایها الـساقی ادر کاسا و ناولـها که عشق آسان نمود اول ولی افتاد مشکلها بـه بوی نافهای کاخر صبا زان طره بگـشاید ز تاب جعد مشکینش چه خون افـتاد در دلها مرا در منزل جانان چه امـن عیش چون هر دم جرس فریاد میدارد که بربندید مـحـمـلها بـه می سجاده رنگین کن گرت پیر مغان گوید کـه سالک بیخبر نبود ز راه و رسم منزلها شـب تاریک و بیم موج و گردابی چنین هایل کـجا دانـند حال ما سبکـباران ساحـلها همـه کارم ز خود کامی به بدنامی کشید آخر نـهان کی ماند آن رازی کز او سازند محفلها حضوری گر همیخواهی از او غایب مشو حافظ مـتی ما تلق من تهوی دع الدنیا و اهملـها
O bartender, my friend, won't you pour me some wine I thought that love would be easy, but it just grows harder with time It was in the night a breeze brought the scent of musk from the head of that one so fair and ever since that night, how my poor heart aches, from just one twist of his hair Dye your prayer mat red with wine if the master tells you to that holy one knows the secrets of the path and he will surely guide you through How can I be happy and free from doubt on this path to my Beloved one At any moment the caravan bell may ring out and say "your time in this resting place is done" Death is like a cold, dark whirlpool, a wave of suffering, just waiting to wash us away you who rest in comfort upon the shoreline, how can you know our state? I have followed my own whim, and now all my work has brought nothing but disgrace and shame this whole world talks about the mystery of love, but it remains a secret just the same O Hafiz, if you long to be with him, don't be absent from him, no, when you visit with your Beloved one, abandon the world and let it go - Hafiz - حافظ Peacock feather background, mastheader and floral decorations by Mehdi Avatar & table image: Francisco Bosch as Bagoas, from Alexander: The Director's CutBackground music: Nit Khair Mansan Sohnia Main Teri by Nusrath Fateh Ali Khan, taken from the album Shahen-Shah and kindly sourced by KalyanThanks to ARACHNE'S WEB for the home decorating tips!
Dye your prayer mat red with wine if the master tells you to that holy one knows the secrets of the path and he will surely guide you through How can I be happy and free from doubt on this path to my Beloved one At any moment the caravan bell may ring out and say "your time in this resting place is done"
Death is like a cold, dark whirlpool, a wave of suffering, just waiting to wash us away you who rest in comfort upon the shoreline, how can you know our state? I have followed my own whim, and now all my work has brought nothing but disgrace and shame this whole world talks about the mystery of love, but it remains a secret just the same O Hafiz, if you long to be with him, don't be absent from him, no, when you visit with your Beloved one, abandon the world and let it go
- Hafiz - حافظ
Peacock feather background, mastheader and floral decorations by Mehdi Avatar & table image: Francisco Bosch as Bagoas, from Alexander: The Director's CutBackground music: Nit Khair Mansan Sohnia Main Teri by Nusrath Fateh Ali Khan, taken from the album Shahen-Shah and kindly sourced by KalyanThanks to ARACHNE'S WEB for the home decorating tips!
