Poetry | Hafez's aybé rendān makon, Part 6

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In this lesson, we go over the last two lines of the poem aybé rendān makon by Hafez. The lines are as follows:

حافظا روزِ اجل گر به کف آری جامی
hāfezā roozé ajal gar bé kaf āree jāmee
Oh Hafez, if you have a chalice in your hand when you die

یک سر از کویِ خرابات بَرَندَت به بهشت
yek sar az koo-yé kharābāt barandat bé behesht
They’ll take you directly from the winehouse street to heaven