تہی از ہای و ہو میخانہ بودیگل ما از شرر بیگانہ بودی

Life’s tavern would have lain death-still and dark,Our dust would not have had a vital spark,

نبودی عشق و این ہنگامۂ عشقاگر دل چون خرد فرزانہ بودی

And Love would have been but a dull affair,If man’s heart like his reason had been stark.