هات اِسقِني مِن ريق ثَغرٍ حالي

فَلطالما الهجرانُ غَيَّر حالي

Give me a drink from your sweet lips

For separation has long changed my state

وَلطالما سهرَت لبُعدِك مقلتي

حَتّى رَثى لي في الهَوى عذّالي

And sleeplessness has long tortured my eyes

Until sorrow lamented my passion's fate

وَغَدوتُ مِن فَرط الصَبابة لا يُرى

مني إِذا ناديت غَيرُ خَيالي

I've become from intense love no more than a phantom

No one sees me when I call but my shadow

فَاِرحم وَجُد واعطف عليّ وَداوِني

مِن علّتي بَعد الجَفا بِوصال

Have mercy, be kind, show me favor

And cure me of my sickness after disdain, with union

فَلَقَد صَبَرت عَلى الهَوى وَهَوانه

لَمّا رُميتُ مِن النَوى بِنبال

For I have been patient with passion and its humiliation

When I was struck by arrows from the beloved's glances

وَحملتُ كُلَّ الضَيم مِنكَ لجيرة

في القَلب فُزتُ بِها فلست بِسالي

And I have borne all the injustice from you as a neighbor

In my heart, so I excelled at it and am no weakling

كَيفَ السلوّ وَقَد نَزلت بِساحة

مَع حافظ أَبهى الوَرى المفضال

How can there be joy when I've arrived at the field

With Hafez, most eloquent in verse of all creation?

أَمحمدٌ دار الخِلافة أَشرَقَت

أَنوارُها بِضيائك المتلالي

Oh Muhammad, the seat of the caliphate

Its lights shine with your continual glory

وَقَدمتَ مَصرَك حافِظاً لِودادها

رَغم الَّذي لَكَ في رباها قالي

You came to Egypt its defender, loyal to its affection

Despite those who spoke against you in its lands

وَبَلغتَ ما تَرجو فَمات بِغَيظه

كَمداً فَعش فينا مُنعَّم بال

You attained what you hoped so he died of vexation

Extinguished while you live graced with favor

وَقدمتَ بِالبُشرى فَقُلتُ مؤرخاً

يَهنيك حافظ أَطيب الإِقبال

You brought good tidings so I said, recording as a chronicler

"Congratulations Hafez on your most auspicious arrival."