I never avoid Love, Beauty, or Wine;
I had felt guilt a hundred times, but will do so no more.
You can dream of paradise and its beauties,
I will give them all away for the Friend.
Sometimes you can tell much by a single look,
It isn't hard to understand a symbol.
Where is my heart? I can never tell,
Until I taste the wine at the tavern.
The censor says: "Forget love!"
I say: "Trust that I will never do so."
I'm truly religious: Unlike the shameful priests,
I don't talk of love to virgins from a pulpit.
Hafiz, you depend on the Magus Sage.
Kiss his gateway, for there you'll find your fortune.