Divan-e Shams · sh 296 Q
| 1 | The burning orb of the East Is our honored guest tonight And the bright moon in this feast With us will rest tonight. | آن آفـتـاب خــــاور مهـمان مـاسـت امـشـب قرص سپهر گردون بر خوان ماست امشب |
| 2 | Alert, vicious, stressed Heavens dissolve and arrest The fields of final rest Our final test tonight. | ما را بُـراق هـمّـت زان سـوی عـرش بردند صحـرای کـوی رحـلـت میدان ماست امشب |
| 3 | Clap your hands in surprise Excited, with us rise Dance in our enterprise While at our best tonight. | دسـتـی بـزن که ما را، در سَـر فِـتاد شـوری پايی بکوب و بـر جـه، جولان ماست امشب |
| 4 | O sweet singer of love Tell us the secrets of love Ecstatic music from above Is our quest tonight. | ای مطربان خوشگو، اسرار عشق بَـر گو تـا در سماع آئـيـم، دسـتـان مـاسـت امشب |
| 5 | Like a lion brave the way Not like a fox run away, Wheel of Fortune as we pray Our lives has blest tonight. | چون شیر در میان رو مگریز همچو روبه زیرا که گاو گردون قربان ماست امشب |
| 6 | Like new grapes be not sour Be sweet like nectar and flower In sugar and candy this hour We will invest tonight. | تُرشی مکـن چو سِرکه، چون شَهد باش شيرين قـنـد و نـبـات و شِـکَـر، دکـان مـاسـت امـشـب |
| 7 | The shining jewel that we sought For which the whole world we fought Is in our own nest tonight In our treasure chest tonight. | لعلی که در بدخشان هرگز نشد درفشان بی رنج و غصّه آسان در کان ماست امشب |
| 8 | If you ask Shams-e Tabriz The reasons that are all his Union in his breast tonight At His behest tonight. | گـر تو دلـیـل ایـن را پُـرسـی زِ شـمس تـبـریـز صحـرا و کـوی وحـدت بُـرهـان ماست امشب |
© Shahriar Shahriari · Los Angeles, CA · July 24, 1999
