غزل شمارهٔ ۱

The ghazal opens by addressing the Beloved as a paradoxical force: a “sudden resurrection” and a “fire in the thicket of thoughts,” yet also “boundless mercy” (beyt 1). This divine presence arrives unexpectedly, bringing liberation and grace, acting as both the seeker and the sought, the origin and the ultimate destination of all things (beyts 2-3). It is described as an internal power that both creates desire within the heart and simultaneously fulfills it, rendering all other causes and cures mere pretense (beyts 4-5). The poem then pivots, contrasting this divine union with the deluded state of humanity, which, distracted by worldly desires for “bread and soup” or heavenly rewards, remains trapped in conflict and illusion (beyts 6-7). The Beloved is depicted as a hidden actor who orchestrates the world's conflicts, a subtle power beyond human perception (beyt 8). The speaker reveals that the soul's pleas for deliverance are just a pretense, as the divine is already secretly guiding it towards union (beyt 9). The ghazal concludes with an abrupt command to silence: the pen must be broken and the paper set aside because the Sāqī (the divine cupbearer) has arrived, calling everyone to the intoxicating wine of presence, making further description impossible (beyt 10).