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At dawn the watchman of luck came to my bed,
saying "wake up! The greatest beauty is here!"

Go for a stroll, have a nice drink,
One cannot imagine the glory that is here.

Good news! My dear sweet Friend,
Savage untamed, spend some time with me.

My troubled face was watered with tears,
I think crying is good for lovers.

My heart is still deep in beauty's love,
But the dove must beware; the falcon of death soon
swoops.

Saki, serve the wine and forget friends or enemies,
enjoy wine; friends and enemies come and go.

When that infidel, time, saw the clouds of spring,
he cried over the blooming flowers.

The warm wind hears Hafiz's voice in the sound of birds;
And spreads sweet incense on the flowers with the breeze.

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