Beravid, Ey Harifân!

"**Go, My Friends**" (Persian: بروید ای حریفان), known as **Rumi's ghazal 163**, is a well known seven-verse Persian *ghazal* by the 13th-century poet Rumi. The poem is said to have been written by Rumi about the year 1247 to persuade his friend Shams Tabriz to come back to Konya from Damascus.

In the poem Rumi asks his friends to fetch his beloved friend back home, and not accept any excuses. In the second half he praises his beloved and describes his marvellous qualities. He finishes by sending his greetings and offers his service.

The poem is popular in Persian-speaking countries and has been set to music by a number of musicians including the Afghan singers Hangama and Ahmad Zahir. It is also famous for a miniature painting of 1503 containing three of the verses and illustrated with a picture of Shams Tabriz playing chess.

## Lyrics

### Persian original

بروید ای حریفان بکشید یار ما را
به من آورید آخر صنم گریزپا را

به ترانه‌های شیرین به بهانه‌های زرین
بکشید سوی خانه مه خوب خوش لقا را

وگر او به وعده گوید که دمی دگر بیایم
همه وعده مکر باشد بفریبد او شما را

دم سخت گرم دارد که به جادوی و افسون
بزند گره بر آب او و ببندد او هوا را

به مبارکی و شادی چو نگار من درآید
بنشین نظاره می‌کن تو عجایب خدا را

چو جمال او بتابد چه بود جمال خوبان
که رخ چو آفتابش بکشد چراغ‌ها را

برو ای دل سبک رو به یمن به دلبر من
برسان سلام و خدمت تو عقیق بی‌بها را

Beravid, ey harifân, bekešid yâre mârâ
Be man âvarid, âxer, saname gorizpârâ.

Be tarânehâye širin, be bahânehâye zarrin
Bekešid suye xâne, mahe xube xošleqârâ.

Vagar u be vadeh guyad, ke dami degar biyâyam
Hameh vadeh makr bâšad, befiribad u šomârâ.

Dame saxt garm dârad, ke be jâdovi o afsun
Bezanad gereh bar âb u, va bebandad u havârâ.

Be mobârake o šâdi, co negâre man dar âyad
Benešin nazâre mikon, to ajâyebe Xodârâ.

Co jamâle u betâbad, ce bovad jamâle xubân?
Ke roxe co âftâbaš, bekošad cerâqhârâ.

Borow, ey dele sabokrow, be Yaman be delbare man
Berasân salâmo xedmat, to aqiqe bibahârâ.

Биравед, эй ҳарифон, бикашед ёри моро,
Ба ман оваред, охир, санами гурезпоро.

Ба таронаҳои ширин, ба баҳонаҳои заррин,
Бикашед сӯи хона маҳи хуби хушлиқоро.

Вагар ӯ ба ваъда гӯяд, ки даме дигар биёям,
Ҳама ваъда макр бошад, бифиребад ӯ шуморо.

Дами сахт гарм дорад, ки ба ҷодуиву афсун,
Бизанад гиреҳ бар об ӯву бибандад ӯ ҳаворо.

Ба муборакиву шодӣ, чу нигори ман дарояд,
Бинишин, назора мекун ту аҷоиби Худоро!

Чу ҷамоли ӯ битобад, чӣ бувад ҷамоли хубон?!
Ки рухи чу офтобаш бикушад чароғҳоро.

Бирав, эй дили сабукрав, ба Яман ба дилбари ман,
Бирасон салому хидмат ту, ақиқи бебаҳоро.

### English translation

Go friends, fetch our beloved;

bring me please that fugitive idol!

With sweet songs and golden excuses,

fetch home the beautiful-faced good moon.

And if he promises that "I will come another time",

every promise is a trick, he will cheat you.

He has such warm breath, that with magic and enchantments

he can tie a knot in water and make air solid.

With blessedness and joy, when my beloved appears,

sit and keep gazing on the miracles of God.

When his glory shines, what is the glory of the beautiful?

Since his sun-like face kills the lamps.

Go, o lightly-moving heart, to Yemen, to the stealer of my heart;

take my greetings and my service to that jewel without price.