More goodly than pleasance and mirth In garden and Spring what is?

More goodly than pleasance and mirth In garden and Spring what is?
Where is the skinker? The cause Of his tarrying what is?

Each moment of gladness of Fate Vouchsafed to thee, reckon it gain;
For to none is it given to know The end of the thing what is.

The bond of our life with a hair Is bounden: be wise, then, and care
For thyself; for the use of concern For Time on the wing what is?

The meaning of " Water of Life " And " Garden of Irem, " indeed,
Save wine that is eath to digest And margent of spring, what is?

Since sober and drunk of one tribe Alike are, to whether's allure
The heart shall we render? The choice, For our imitating, what is?

What knowledge hath heaven itself Of the secret behind the screen?
Peace, prater! Advantage hard words At the porter to fling what is?

In God is allowance be not For the errors and faults of the slave,
The meaning of " Pardon and grace Of the Merciful King " what is?

The pietist Kauther desires And Hafiz the winecup. The will
Of the Maker, I wonder, indeed, 'Twixt this and that thing, what is?
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Khwaja Shams-ad-din Muhammad Hafiz
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