LADY that hast my heart within thy hand,
Thou heed'st me not; and if thou turn thine ear
Unto the wise, thou shalt not understand --
Behold the fault is thine, our words were clear.
translation by Gertrude Lowthian Bell (1868-1926; Britain)
(from " The Hafez Poems of Gertrude Bell", 1995, Iranbooks, Inc.)