More pleasant than the pleasure (the manifestations of glories of the Absolute One, God) and the enjoyment of the garden and the spring (the world, adorned with trees and flowers)—is what? Where is the Saki (the Murshid)? Say:— “The cause of our waiting— is what?” Every pleasant moment that appeareth, reckon plunder; Delay is to none. For the end of work— is what? The fetter of life is bound by a single hair: keep sense: Be thy own grief-devourer. Time’s grief—is what? The meaning of the Water-of-Life and the garden of Iram (Paradise),— Save the bank of the rivulet and the wine (of love, the cause of eternal life) pleasant-tasting—is what? The austere one (the Abid, or the Zahid)—and the intoxicated one (the profligate)—both are of one family: To whose glance, shall we give our heart? choice—is what? The secret within the screen, what knoweth the silent sky? O pretender (philosopher)! thy contention with the screen-holder (the revolving sky)—is what? If the esteeming rightly (in pardon) the forgetfulness and the negligence of the slave—be not His; (and every one hath a stage for minute enquiry), The meaning of the Omnipotent’s pardon and mercy— is what? The Zahed desired the wine of Kausar; and Hafez, the cup (of love): Let us see between these two, the choice of the Omnipotent— is what? — Diwan-i-Hafiz
Posted on: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 04:45:21 +0000