[زکریا فتاحی]

At the gates of the tavern I saw the angels knock

Kneaded this clay we call human, and made it talk.

The residents of the Celestial Court and the heavenly bloc

Drank from the Wine of Love, with me, upon our common walk.

The earth and the skies could not keep this trust of the clock

Yet the poor insane me was stuck with such tough luck.

People find good reason for the wars in which they are stuck

Since Truth they cannot see, to fantasies they would flock.

In our midst, thank God, the dogs of war are put in chain and lock

The angels gratefully drink, gracefully dance, from block to block.

Fire is not a flickering glow that a candle flame would mock

Fire is the flame of a heap of moths that lightning has just struck.

None like Hafiz, the mask of deceitful intellect can pluck

Till the hair of Bride of Verses was brushed lock after lock.

دوش دیدم که مـلایک در میخانـه زدند
گـل آدم بسرشتـند و به پیمانـه زدند
ساکـنان حرم سـتر و عفاف ملـکوت
با مـن راه نشین باده مسـتانـه زدند
آسـمان بار امانـت نتوانست کـشید
قرعـه کار بـه نام مـن دیوانـه زدند
جنـگ هفتاد و دو ملت همه را عذر بنه
چون ندیدند حقیقت ره افـسانـه زدند
شـکر ایزد که میان من و او صلح افـتاد
صوفیان رقص کنان ساغر شکرانـه زدند
آتش آن نیست که از شعله او خندد شمع
آتـش آن است که در خرمن پروانه زدند
کس چو حافظ نگشاد از رخ اندیشه نقاب
تا سر زلف عروسان سخن شانـه زدند