In fact, no translation could deservedly convey the meaning of the original poem. This is not a translation. It is what I wrote in English inspired by this famous poem of the great and renown Persian Poet of 14th century AD, Hafez of Shiraz.
The Persian poem could be found here:
http://hafez.recent.ir/default.aspx?item=995
فاش میگویم و از گفته خود دلشادم
بنده عشقم و از هردو جهان آزادم
طایر گلشن قدسم چه دهم شرح فراق
که در این دامگه حادثه چون افتادم
من ملک بودم و فردوس برین جایم بود
آدم آورد در این دیر خراب آبادم
سایه طوبی و دلجوئی حور و لب حوض
به هوای سرکوی تو برفت از یادم
نیست بر لوح دلم جز الف قامت دوست
چه کنم حرف دگر یاد نداد استادم
کوکب بخت مرا هیچ منجم نشناخت
یا رب از مادر گیتی به چه طالع زادم
تا شدم حلقه به گوش در میخانه عشق
هر دم آید غمی از نو به مبارکبادم
میخورد خون دل ار مردمک دیده سزاست
که چرا دل به جگر گوشه مردم دادم
پاک کن چهره حافظ به سر زلف ز اشک
ور نه این سیل دمادم ببرد بنیادم
I openly say it, with a heart joyful and lit.
To love I am enslaved and from the worlds liberated...
I am the bird of the sacred yard.
how can I descrive the pain of spearted!
I am here out of accident and trapped.
I was an angle in the heavens resided.
It was Adam who brought me to the place so busted!
The shade of Tooba, company of Hourahs and the pond,
all I gave up for you for I was so infatuated!
Nothing I could write on my heart's tablet;
what could I do as my master taught me nothing but L in beloved!
No astrologist coudl have my lucky start spotted.
On which fate I was born, my Lord?
Since I became to the tavern of love enslaved,
all the time new grief welcomes me thoughout!
If my heart is in mpani and my tears are shed,
I deserve it as I put my heart on others' beloved!
Wipe Hafez's face with tears and wash it,
or else this flood leaves me undermined!
i am a pakistani littl know farsi but i am big fan of khayyam and hafiz just like dr iqbal lahori
payarm 2 years ago 10
@payarm Thanks for your interest in Persian literature, Iqbal Lahori has his own prominent place in Persian literature as well.
BabackKhorramdin 1 year ago 6