**branch Of Sugarcane Poem by Sadiqullah Khan

The beauty had the mystery when forty
Days in vigil of the master were painful
Fantasy in real was houri on earth
The young boy was entangled in beauty
Longer hairs than the darkest night
With eyes that held the cup old of wine
Breaking hearts the gale for the love
Tavern was where the nights spent
Like lantern in the corner her face
Enlightened the heart when the old magi
Niehter saki nor the keepr of the tavern
From soul into being and from being
The soul was *Shakeh-Nabat the beauty
Reverence to the lady of Shiraz who had
Enchained then freed then enchained
And freed again the master from the chains
Floated in the sea of unreason when reason
In lurch the intoxication of the redness
Her lips had cure of the lover in age
From youth in praise earth and heaven
She had the beauty of the queen of universe
For Samarkand and Bokhara one mole
Had I heard the story of his love
Tigris and Euphrates my tears would flow
Beatrice is to Dante Shakeh-Nabat to Hafiz
From the unknown she spake in his ears
Made divan of verse the lover rapturous
Angel with word divine desendeth on him

Shakeh-Nabat (Branch of sugarcane) : The beautiful lady to whom many of poems of Hafiz are addressed.
7/6/2009