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My Beloved has gone, without saying a word,
The Beloved has forgotten the traveling friend.

Either I have been unlucky in seeing the Beloved's loyalty,
Or the Beloved has never been loyal at all.

I thought my tears could soften the Beloved's heart,
But the Beloved's heart is like stone.

My heart is an impatient bird,
that will never be able to forget the Beloved's love-snare.

Any who have seen the Beloved would never blame me,
My eyes thought hard about who they would pick.

Hafiz gives up his soul, burning like a candle.
Like the cold dawn wind, the Beloved gives no consolation.

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