Notes on the text:

¹Ghazal 977: Compare to the translation (from the Turkish translation by Golpinarli) by Nevit Ergin, "Dîvân-i Kebîr," Volume 12, 2000, p. 61.

²the `Eid Festival [`îd]: refers to `îd al-fiTr, the festival or feast of "breaking" the month-long fast of Ramadan. This is one of two three-day festivals in Islam. The other (al-aDhâ) follows the end of the annual plgrimage {Hajj] rituals tn Mecca.

³ O (beautiful full) moon [ay mâh]: refers to the spiritual beloved, whose beauty is compared to the full moon.

⁴ (openly) shown [ba-kaf]: lit., "in hand".

⁵ Do not open the Fast: means, "do not break the (month-long) Fast and begin feasting and celebrating."

⁶ except next to his sugary lips: means in the company of the beloved, the spiritual master, whose presence is pure delight.

⁷ 'wine' [may]: means spiritual blessing, which may be experienced as mystical states of joy, ecstasy, and bliss.

⁸ without limit [bê-karân] a word-play with "edge" [kanâr].

⁹ (wine-) heavy goblets: a word-play contrasting wth the light-footed soul [sabok-rûHân].

¹⁰ Salahuddin: Mawlana Rumi's closest disciple and companion after the final disappearance of Shamse Tabrizi. A goldsmith [zar-kôb] by profession, Shaykh Salahuddin was in charge of training the disciples (including Mawlana's son, Sultan Walad). He had formerly been a disciple of Mawlana's first sufi master (Sayyid Burhanuddin Tirmizi), who was the foremost sufi disciple of Mawlana's father.

¹¹ your hidden kisses: means hidden blessings of spiritual/mystical love.