[1]  The decision of the Pir of the Magians ,I have ; and an old saying ,it is ,
That unlawful is wine there ,where is neither the friend nor the companion .

[2]   This ragged religious garment of hypocrisy I will rend what shall I do
The society of the uncongenial nature is excruciating torment to the soul .

[3]   So that ,perchance ,on me ,the true Beloved's lip may scatter a draught
For that reason ,years dweller I have become at the door of the wine - house of love

[4]   Perchance ,passed from His memory hath my ancient service :
O morning breeze Him ,recollection of the ancient covenant ,give .

[5]   If ,after a hundred years ,Thy perfume blow over my dust ,
Forth from the clay of the grave its head the rotten bone dancing bringeth .

[6]   First ,from us ,with a hundred hopes ,the Heart - Ravisher took our heart
Apparently ,the covenant ,His merciful nature forgetteth not .

[7]   To the rose - bud the seeker who ,by not attaining the object of his heart ,is strait of heart speak ,saying : Of thy entangled work ,strait of heart be not
For ,from morn's breath ,and from the spirits of the breeze the perfect murshid aid thou wilt gain .

[8]   O heart thought of thy own welfare make by another door the door of the true Beloved
By the physician's treatment ,better becometh not the lover's pain .

[9]   The jewel of divine knowledge ,amass ,that ,it with thyself ,to the next world ,thou mayst take
For after thy death the portion of others is the wealth of gold and of silver .

[10]   Strong is the world's snare from it ,escape is impossible unless God's grace become thy friend ally
If not ,over Shaitan whelmed with stones ,Adam man prevailed not .

[11]   Hafiz if silver and gold thine be not ,what matter Be grateful .
Than the fortune of thy grace of speech ,and of thy gentle thought ,what better fortune

[1]  O Saki 'tis the morn of youth full of wine of divine knowledge a goblet make :
The sky's revolution delayeth not haste make .

[2]   Before that ruined this vanishing world becometh ,
With the cup of ruddy wine true love us ,ruined intoxicated make .

[3]   From the east ,the cup the heart of 'Arifs the sun of wine divine knowledge made appear
If true pleasure thou seek ,abandoning of the sleep of carelessness make .

[4]   One day ,when out of our clay ,pitchers the sky maketh ,
Take care ,the cup skull - pan of our head full of wine true love for God make .

[5]   Not the man of austerity ,nor of penitence ,nor of foolish talk are we ,
To us ,with a cup of pure wine truth address make .

[6]   Hafiz wine - worshipping love - playing ; divine knowledge - gathering is the good work
Arise to the good work ,the face of resolution turn .

[1]  Schenke, Morgen ist's! Fülle den Becher mit Wein, Eile, eil', denn es harret die Zeit nicht auf uns.

[2]  Schenk'! eh' daß noch die nichtige Erde zerfällt Wollen selber wir fallen in röthlichen Wein.

[3]  Sieh! es steigt aus dem Becher die Sonne des Weins. Wenn nach Lust dich verlanget, verkürze den Schlaf.

[4]  Krüge werden aus unserem Thon nicht geformt, Füllt, o füllet dann unsere Schädel mit Wein.

[5]  Was bekümmre ich mich um Zellen und Reu', Rede, rede mich an mit dem Becher voll Wein.

[6]  Weinverehrung, Hafis, ist ein gutes Geschäft, Stehe auf und verwend' dich zum guten Geschäft.

[1]  In the early morn ,when intoxicated with the night's wine ,
The cup ,I took ,with the harp and the flute .

[2]   For the sake of wisdom ,I placed road - provisions with wine
Him wisdom to the city of intoxication ,I sent travelling .

[3]   Me ,the form of the wine - seller the murshid gave a look ,
That safe ,from time's deceit ,I became .

[4]   From the Saki of bow eye - brow ,I heard
O butt of the arrow of reproach

[5]   Like the girdle ,profit from that waist thou gainest not ,
If within ,only thyself thou seest .

[6]   Go about thy own work over another bird ,this net place
For lofty inaccessible is the Anka's nest .

[7]   Who gaineth good profit from union with a lovely one ,
Who ,at love with herself ever playeth

[8]   All He is the companion ,the minstrel ,and the Saki
As pretence is the fancy the illusory form of water and clay the form of man

[9]   O perfect murshid the bark of the wine of ma'rifat give ,that happily I may come out
From this stream the world of bodies shore unseen .

[10]   Hafiz our existence is an enigma
The investigating whereof is fable and enchantment .

[1]  Früh nach durchtrunkener Nacht Nahm ich die Leyer, das Plektron, den Becher,

[2]  Zäumte das Roß der Vernunft, Trieb es mit Spornen zur Stadt der Betrunknen.

[3]  Siehe mir schmeichelt der Wirth, Daß ich des Schicksals Verblendung nicht fürchte,

[4]  Du des Geredepfeils Ziel! Sagte der Schenke mit Bogen wie Brau'n.

[5]  Wenig gedeihet es dir, Wenn du mich auch wie ein Gürtel umschlingst.

[6]  Anderen stelle das Netz, Ueber die Netze erhaben ist Anka.

[7]  Ha! wie genöße des Schahes Wer in sich selber beständig verliebt ist?

[8]  Schenk' und Vertrauter ist Eins, Jeglicher Unterschied ist nur ein Vorwand,

[9]  Reich' uns den Nachen der Sohre, Daß wir aus diesem Gewässer uns retten.

[10]  Alles ist Räthsel, Hafis, Uns es erklären ist leeres Geplauder.

[1]  If to us a letter ,that perfumed hair the beloved had written ,
The leaf of our existence ,the sphere would not have folded up .

[2]   Although separation bringeth forth the fruit of union ,
Would to God that this seed ,the villager of the world God had not sown .

[3]   Forgiveness is the cash of that one to whom ,here ,
Is a Friend like a hurl and an abode like a paradise .

[4]   In love's inn ,one cannot make happiness
When the pillow is golden ,with a brick ,I am content .

[5]   For the garden of Iram ,and the power of Shudad ,sell not
A bottle of wine of love and a sweet lip of the murshid and the border of a field .

[6]   O wise heart grief for a mean world ,how long
Alas it is that with beauteousness ,it the heart became the lover of hideousness

[7]   The stain of the khirka is the ruin of the world
A way - farer ,one of heart ,one pure of nature where

[8]   From his hand ,Thy tress - tip why did Hafiz let go
Thus ,was fate .What would he have done ,if he had not let go

[1]  Hätte dieser schwarze Bart Mir ein Wort geschrieben, O das Blatt von meinem Seyn Wäre aufgeschrieben!

[2]  Bringet Trennung gleich zuletzt Früchte des Genusses, Besser wär's, man hätte jetzt Nicht verpflanzt den Samen. Deine Feder hört nie auf Zucker auszuströmen! Doch du zeigtest Liebe nicht, Schriebest keine Antwort. Hätte dich der Architekt Liebe nicht gebauet, Wär' mit Liebe Menschenthon Nicht geknetet worden?

[3]  Sage mir vom Paradies Nichts, du frommer Klausner, Denn mein Mädchen ist Huri, Und mein Haus ist Eden.

[4]  Nimmer ruht es sich bequem Auf der Liebe Soffa. Mangeln goldne Polster nur, Thun's auch Strohtapeten.

[5]  Gieb nicht für den Prunk Schebads, Für den Garten Erems, Eine Flasche voll von Wein, Eine Saat der Lippen. Was ist für ein Unterschied Zwischen unserm Wissen, Wer nicht sieht, was weiß er wohl, Was da schön und mild sey. Nicht allein in meinem Sinn Ist ein Götzentempel, Ueberall steht ein Alatr, Ueberall Idole.

[6]  Weises Herz, wie lang wirst du Leiden auf der Erde? Weh des Schönen, welches sich Hat verliebt in Wilde.

[7]  Von dem Kleid mit Wein befleckt, Rühret her das Unglück, Sage, wo ist wohl der Mann Deines Sinns und Herzens.

[8]  Warum ließ Hafis dein Haar Wohl aus seinen Händen, So ward es ihm einst bestimmt, Konnt' er anders handeln?

[1]  Tis a time when expectant ,us thou keepest ;
Not in the way of others ,thy slaves ,thou keepest .

[2]   Not opened towards me became the corner of the eye of thy satisfaction
Like this ,the honour of those possessed of vision thou keepest .

[3]   Best that Thou cover up that arm when ,for the sake of colouring ,
In the heart's blood of those full of skill ,Thy hand Thou keepest .

[4]   O true Beloved from the stain of grief of separation from Thee ,escaped neither the rose nor the bulbul in the garden
All clamouring ,garment - rending ,Thou keepest .

[5]   O thou that ,in the coloured tattered garment of the Sufi seekest the delight of the presence of God it ,how mayst thou obtain
Wonderful by those void of knowledge ,hope of satiation thou keepest .

[6]   O eye and lamp since the narcissus of the garden of vision thou art ,
With me ,heart shattered ,the head heavy wherefore is it that thou keepest

[7]   From the mine of the other world ,is the jewel of the world - viewing cup of Jamshid the Arif acquainted with m'arifat
From the clay of the pitcher - makers dry zahids desire for this jewel vainly Thou keepest .

[8]   O heart the father of experience of the end ,thou art .Wherefore is it that
Desire for the love and the fidelity of these youths thou keepest

[9]   Departed heart and faith but truly I cannot speak ,
For in respect of them heart and faith me ,consumed of heart ,Thou keepest .

[10]   Though ,profligacy and depravity are our sin ,yet ,
A lover spake ,saying : On them profligacy and depravity the slave Thou keepest .

[11]   Hafiz in reproach ,abandon not the day of safety
From the passing world ,what expectation is it that thou keepest

[1]  Es ist schon eine gute Zeit, Daß du mich in Erwartung hältst, Und daß du deinen Diener nicht Auf gleichen Fuß mit Andern hältst.

[2]  Der Winkel deines Auges ward Zu meinem Wohle aufgemacht, Ist's recht, daß du die Liebenden Auf solche harte Weise hältst?

[3]  Weit besser ist's, wenn du den Arm Vor aller Leute Blick versteckst; Du der die Hand stets in das Blut Der Redlichen getauchet hältst.

[4]  Es kann sich nicht die Nachtigall, Die Rose nicht von dir befreien, Weil du sie mit zerrißnem Kleid Und Wehgesang von dannen hältst.

[5]  O du der mit dem blauen Kleid Noch Ruhe und noch Frieden suchst, Ich weiß, daß auf Geheimnisse Unwissender du vieles hältst.

[6]  O meine Lampe, o mein Licht, Narzisse der Betrachtenden, Was treibet dich wohl an, daß du Den wunden Kopf so schwer nur hältst. So lang der Ost, die Nachtigall Den Rosen deine Schönheit liest, So sey versichert, daß du gleich Sie alle in Erwartung hältst.

[7]  Es kam der Stoff zum Glas Dschemschids Hieher aus einer andern Welt, Ich weiß, daß du auf Lehm und Thon Der Kannegießer vieles hältst.

[8]  Der Vater der Erfahrung bist Nur du mein Herz seit langer Zeit, Ich weiß nicht, wie du Lieb' und Treu' Von Jünglingen für möglich hältst.

[9]  Du leer vor allen Andern aus Den Beutel Silber oder Gold, Sobald nach Silberbusichten Du Sehnsucht und Verlangen hältst. Das Herz, der Glaube ist dahin, Doch sprechen kann ich nicht gerad Indem du mein verbranntes Herz Noch immer so von ferne hältst.

[10]  Wiewohl die Trunkenheit, der Rausch Nur meine eigne Sünde ist, So sprach ein Liebender doch jüngst, Daß du dazu uns unterhältst.

[11]  O bringe nicht mit Traurigkeit Hafis! den Tag des Heiles zu, Ich weiß nicht, was auf dieser Welt Du für Erwartung hegst und hältst

[1]  'Tis the fresh spring .In this strive that joyous of heart thou mayst be
For ,again ,blossometh many a rose when in the clay of the grave thou shall be .

[2]   I say not now ,with whom ,sit what drink
For thou knowest ,if wise and learned thou be .

[3]   Within the veil ,thee ,the harp keepeth giving counsel .But ,
Thee ,counsel profiteth at that time when worthy thou mayst be .

[4]   In the sward ,every leaf is a book of a different state
Woe is it if ,careless of the state of all ,thou be .

[5]   In excess ,the world's anguish taketh life's cash ,
If ,night and day ,in this difficult tale ,of journeying to the Friend thou be .

[6]   Though ,from us to the Friend ,is a Path the path of ma'rifat full of fear ,
Easy is the going ,if acquainted with the stage the Shaikh thou be .

[7]   O Hafiz if ,from lofty fortune ,aid be thine ,
The prey of that true Beloved ,impressed with excellences ,thou shalt be .

[1]  Frühlings ist's! höre mich, sey' nun fröhlich; Rosen blüh'n noch einst, wenn du Rasen bist.

[2]  Soll ich dir sagen, mit wem zu trinken, Da du selber es weißt und weise bist?

[3]  Höre den Rath, den die Leier tönet, Doch er nützet nur, wenn du fähig bist!

[4]  Jegliches Blatt ist ein Buch der Weisheit, Schade, daß du so träg' und sorglos bist!

[5]  Hin ist die Summe des Lebens, Wenn du Tage und Nächte durch verlegen bist.

[6]  Voll von Gefahr ist der Weg zum Freunde, Leicht ist's, wenn du der Posten kundig bist!

[7]  Wenn dich das Glas, o Hafis! begünstigt, Kanns seyn, daß du der Raub des Falken bist!

[1]  God ,I praise for the justice of the great Sultan
Ahmad bin Shaikh Uvais bin Hasan Ilkhani .

[2]   Khan bin Khan ,Shahinshah of Shahin - shah - descent
That one ,whom ,if thou call the soul of the world 'tis well .

[3]   Confidence in thy fortune bringeth he who hath seen and he who hath not seen
Excellent O thou that art worthy of such grace of God .

[4]   If ,without thee ,the moon ascend ,it in two halves they dash
The fortune of Ahmad Muhammad and the miracle of a Holy one God

[5]   Heart from king and beggar ,the splendour of thy fortune ravisheth
Far be the evil - eye ,for both soul thou art ,and also the beloved thou art .

[6]   Turk - like ,the forelock arrange .For ,in thy fortune ,is
The liberality of a Khakan and the energy of a Chingiz Khan .

[7]   Though apparently far ,we are ,to thy recollection the goblet ,we drink
For ,in the spiritual journey ,distance of stage is none .

[8]   Not a rose - bud of ease blossomed from my Persian clay
Excellent the Tigris of Baghdad and the fragrant wine .

[9]   The lover's head that was not the dust of the Beloved's door ,
From the labour of head - revolvingness ,when is freedom his

[10]   O morning breeze the dust of the Beloved's path ,bring
That ,luminous with it ,the eye of his heart ,Hafiz may make .

[11]   Time consider plunder to that degree that thou canst
O soul the out - come of life is only this moment if thou knowesfr .

[12]   The desire - giving of the sphere hath life in barter ,
Strive that ,from fortune ,the justice of ease thou mayst take .

[13]   The counsel of lovers ,hear and out from the door of joy come
For all this is not worth the occupation of a transitory world .

[14]   Before the zahid ,boast not of profligacy .For one cannot utter
To the physician ,not the confidant ,the state of a hidden pain .

[15]   Gardener when hence I pass ,be it unlawful to thee ,
If ,in my place ,a cypress other than the beloved thou plant

[16]   The jar - shatterer knoweth not this value that to the sufi ,
Is a household chattel like a pomegranate ruby .

[17]   Thou goest and ,the people's blood ,thy eye - lashes shed
O soul fiercely impetuously thou goest fear is ,behind ,thou wilt remaim .

[18]   O sweet mouth with the prayer of the night - risers ,strive not
In the shelter of the one ineffable name of God is the seal having the quality of a Sulaiman .

[19]   Aside from the glance of Thy eye ,my heart ,I kept .But ,
Thy eyebrow ,bow - possessor ,taketh the heart by its forehead .

[20]   O brothers compassion .Went my precious Yusuf ,
For grief for whom ,wonderful in wretchedness I beheld thestate of the old man Y'akub of Kin'an .

[21]   The wine's delight will slay the penitent zahid
O sage do not a deed ,that bringeth penitence .

[22]   One day ,by my door ,enter ,so that ,with joy ,the hand I may clap ;
Saying : Verily ,joined to me is luminosity as a guest .

[23]   With kindness ,tranquillise Hafiz's heart ,
O Thou ,whose beauteous tress - coil is the assembly - place perfection of dispersion

[24]   O idol ,stony of heart if of me careless thou be ,
My own state ,I will utter before Asaf the second .

[25]   O true Beloved Thy well - wisher ,I am ,and this I know that Thou knowest
For ,both the un - seen ,Thou seest ; and also the un - written by fate Thou readest .

[26]   In the adoration of Adam ,the angel made resolve of thy ground - kiss ,
For ,in Thy beauty ,something he found more than the way ,. human .

[27]   Thy tress's curl is now ,in God's name ,the collectedness of hearts
Be safety thine ,from that breeze that exciteth dispersion

[28]   From fortune ,I have the hope that his girdle I may loose
O sky for God's sake ,for me loose the knot frown from the forehead .

[29]   O true Beloved dishevel Thy tress and ,to sport and to dancing ,bring the Sufi people of the world
That ,from every patch of his ragged garment ,thousands of idols of hypocrisy Thou mayst scatter .

[30]   The lamp - kindler of our eye is the breeze of the tress of lovely ones
Lord to this gathering smoo .th state of the tress be not grief for the breeze of dispersion

[31]   Of the mystery of the lover and of the Beloved ,what gaineth the reproacher
The non - seeing eye especially seeth not a secret mystery .

[32]   To be vexed with fellow way - farers ,is not the action of a work - knower
The difficulty of the stage ,endure in memory of a time of ease .

[33]   Alas that pleasure of night - sitting up that passed swiftly like the morning breeze
O heart the value of union ,thou knowest ,only when behind in separation thou remainest .

[34]   The solving of the work of desirous ones is in that heart - binding eye - brow
For God's sake ,a moment with towards us unloose the knot frown from thy forehead .

[35]   Hafiz thee ,the fancy of the yoke of His tress fascinates
See ,so that the ring of impossible fortune ,thou shake not .

[36]   People spake ,saying In beauty a second Yusuf thou art
When ,well ,I looked ,verily better than that I had heard thou art .

[37]   Sweeter than that which ,with sweet smile ,they say thou art ,
Khusrau of the lovely ones for ,the Shirin of the age ,thou art .

[38]   To the folded rose - bud ,thy mouth ,one cannot compare
Never is the rose - bud with this narrow - mouthness .

[39]   If ,on account of thy stature and gait ,the moving cypress remained behind in its place ,
Move thou .For thou hast surpassed the moving cypress in movingness .

[40]   A hundred times Thou saidest : From this mouth ,thy desire I give
Like the noble ten - tongued lily ,why art Thou all a tongue