[1]  The morning of ecstatic state blossometh ; and the cloud bindeth a veil obscuring the sun of truth
O companions the morning cup the morning cup

[2]   From the trickling cloud the hail of death droppeth on the face of the tulip people of the world
O companions the wine of love the wine of love

[3]   From the sward the society of the murshid bloweth the breeze of Paradise God's blessing
Then ,ever drink pure wine ask for God's blessing

[4]   In the sward ,the rose the murshid causing bounty to arrive hath fixed its emerald throne
Get wine ruddy and fiery like the fiery ruby

[5]   Again ,they have closed the door of manifestations of the tavern the heart and the brain
O Opener of doors God open

[6]   Rights of salt ,thy ruby lip
Hath against the wound of roast - hearts that have gathered salt from thy lip

[7]   At such a time ,'tis wonderful
That hastily they close the tavern .

[8]   O zahid drink wine of freedom from the work and care of the world like the profligate
O ye wise ones fear God .

[9]   If thou seek the trace of the water of life ,
Seek the sweet wine of love to the sound of the harp for the lovers of God are ever living

[10]   If ,like Sikandar ,thou seek life in ease and in joy
Get the ruby lip mysterious of utterance of the true Beloved .

[11]   To the cheek memory of the Saki of Par form ,
Drink the pure wine of truth in the season of the rose .

[12]   Hafiz suffer no grief .For fortune ,the beloved
Uplifteth in the end the veil of hindrance to thy desire from off his face .

[1]  Schon lächelt der Morgen,Und Wolken ziehn herDen Wein! den Wein! Ihr Freunde!

[2]  Auf Wangen der TulpenEntglänzet der Thau,Den Trunk! den Trunk! Ihr Freunde!

[3]  Es wehet von FlurenEdenischer Hauch;Verbergt den reinen Wein nicht.

[4]  Schon sitzet die RoseAuf smaragdenem Thron,Bring feurige Rubinen.

[5]  Versperrt ist die Schenke,Ein anderesmalO thut Euch auf ihr Pforten!

[6]  Es bleibt den RubinenDes Mundes ihr RechtAuf die verbrannten Busen.

[7]  In Tagen des FrühlingsIst's wunderlich dochSo bald das Thor zu schließen!

[8]  Hafis du vor AllemBekümmere dich nichtDas Loos wird sich entschleiern.

[1]  In the spring season of the tulip the murshid the cup take ; and void of hypocrisy be
With the perfume of the red rose of 'Irak a moment concordant with the breeze the murshid be .

[2]   I say not to thee All the year practise wine - worshipping
Nay three spring months ,wine drink and nine months ,austere and Abid in the world's occupations be .

[3]   If the Pir ,the holy traveller ,charge thee with the wine of love
Drink ; and expecter of God's mercy ,be .

[4]   If thine be desire that ,like Jamshid the perfect murshid thou mayst attain to the mystery of the hidden ,
Come and ,the confidant of this cup ,world - displaying the perfect murshid be .

[5]   Though like the closed up rose - bud ,the world's work is a closed up knot ,
Like the spring - breeze ,thou ,the knot bud opener be .

[6]   From none ,seek fidelity and if ,my speech ,thou hear not ,
In foolishness ,seeker of the simurgh and of alchemy be .

[7]   Hafiz of devotion of strangers ,the disciple be not
But ,of pure profligates ,the friend be .

[1]  Ergreif' das Glas, wo Tulpen sindUnd lasse die Verstellung;Geselle dich dem Ostwind zu,Ob dem Geruch der Rose.

[2]  Ich sage dir ja nicht, daß duDas ganze Jahr durch trinkest,Ich sage: trink' drey MonateUnd bete die neun andern.

[3]  Wenn dich der viel erfahrne GreisDer Liebe trinken heißet,So trinke und erwarte dannDafür den Segen Gottes.

[4]  Verlangest du Geheimniße,Wie Dschem, einst zu errathen,So komm' geselle dich zum Glas,Worin du Welten schauest.

[5]  Wiewohl hier alles Knospen gleichZusammgeschnuret ist,So öffne du dennoch dein HerzDem Hauch des Frühlingswind's.

[6]  O suche keine Treue hier,Wenn meinem Wort du glaubest,Such' eher noch des Simorgs Nest,Such' eh' den Stein der Weisen.

[7]  Gesell' Hafis dich nicht zur SchaarDer jungen fremden Meister,Geselle dich vielmehr zur SchaarDer wohlbekannten Trinker.

[1]  At morn ,from the invisible messenger ,to my ear reached the glad tidings
Tis the age of Shah Shuja ' the soul wine love's tumult boldly drink

[2]   Gone hath that time when people of vision went aside fearing all
In the mouth ,a thousand forms of speech and from fear of the enemy silent the lip .

[3]   To the twang of the harp ,those tales that we have kept concealed shall we utter
For ,from the concealing of them ,seetheth the caldron of the heart .

[4]   In fear of the muhtasib ,the house secret wine having drunk
Now ,in Shah Shuja's time to the beloved's face ,let us drink and express the shout Drink ,drink again

[5]   Last night ,from the street of the wine - house ,on their back ,they carried him ,
The revered Imam ,who ,on his back ,the prayer - mat bore .

[6]   O heart on the path of salvation ,thee ,good guidance ,I make
In iniquity ,glory not of austerity boast not .

[7]   The king's luminous opinion is the place of the light of splendour
When propinquity to him ,thou desirest ,in purity of intention strive .

[8]   Save the praise of his grandeur ,aught make not the exercise of the mind
For the confidant of Surush Jibra .il is the ear of his heart .

[9]   Mysteries of the counsel of the empire ,kings know
Hafiz a beggar ,a corner - sitter ,thou clamour not .

[1]  Morgens kam zu mir die KundeAus dem Dunkeln,Schah Schedschaa ists, der nun herrschet,Trinke wacker!

[2]  Ehmals giengen die VerliebtenLängs den Ufern:Tausend Worte auf der ZungeStumm von Lippen.

[3]  Zu dem Ton der Laute wallen,Wie sie erzählen,Was verheimlichet den BusenWallen machet.

[4]  Furcht ergreift den Herrn der SchenkeOb dem Vogte;Trinken laßt uns, laut aufschreiend:Trinket, trinket!

[5]  Auf den Schultern trug man gesternAus der SchenkeDen Imam, der auf den SchulternTrägt den Teppich.

[6]  Auf den Weg des Heiles will ichHerz dich führen,Prahle nicht mit deinen Sünden,Nicht mit Tugend.

[7]  Unsers Schahes Rath ist AusflußHöhern Lichtes,Sey erst, willst du dich ihm nahen,Reiner Absicht.

[8]  Wähl' den Wunsch für seine GrößeZum Gebete,Denn das Ohr von seinem HerzenSpricht mit Engeln.

[9]  Fürsten wissen das GeheimnißDer Geschäfte,Du Hafis bist nur ein Klausner,Laß die Sorgen.

[1]  Last night ,to me ,a mystery - knower ,keen of sense ,secretly spake ,
Saying Concealed from thee ,one cannot hold the mystery of the wine - seller .

[2]   He said To thyself ,action easy take .For ,from nature's way ,
On men hard - striving ,hard the world seizeth .

[3]   Then ,me ,he gave a cup ,from whose splendour on the heavens ,
To dancing came Zuhra and the lute - striker player kept saying Drink

[4]   With the bloody wounded heart ,bring forth display the laughing lip like the cup laughing with wine's sparkle
If ,thee ,a cleaving wound reach ,like the shrieking reed ,into clamour of grief come thou not .

[5]   So long as ,with this screen of mystery thou becomest not acquainted ,a hint thou hearest not
Not the place for Jibra ,il's message ,is the ear of the unprivileged .

[6]   O son counsel ,hear ,grief for the world's sake ,suffer not
To thee ,a tale ,I utter lustrous as a pearl if thou canst ,hear .

[7]   In love's fold ,of talking and of hearing one cannot boast
For ,there ,eye and ear ,must be all thy limbs .

[8]   On the carpet stage of subtlety - knowers ,is the condition ,no self - selling boasting
O man of wisdom either words known understood and weighed utter or silent be .

[9]   O Saki wine ,give .For Hanz's profligacies ,understood
Asaf ,the Lord of conjunction ,fault - forgiving ,defect - concealing .

[1]  Gestern sagte zu mir ein Vielverständiger heimlich:Nimmer birgst du vor mir heimliche Dinge des Wirths.

[2]  Weiteres sprach er zu mir: Erleichtere Alles dir selber,Denn es fällt ja diese Welt immer den Schweren zu schwer.

[3]  Einen Becher gab er mir dann, von dessen GefunkelVenus zu tanzen begann; trinke, so sagt' er dazu.

[4]  Blutet dein Herz, doch lächle die Lippe dir ähnlich dem Glase,Ist dein Inneres wund, tanze mit Lautengetön!

[5]  Du erfährst kein Geheimniß bis du nicht Freundschaft beginnest,Denn in Unheilige dringt himmlische Kunde nicht ein.

[6]  Trinke, höre den Rath, mein Sohn, daß die Welt dich nicht kümmre;Wohl ein köstliches Wort, wenn du's zu fassen vermagst.

[7]  In dem Gemach der Liebe geziemt es sich nimmer zu sprechen,Jedes der Glieder sey dorten nur Auge, nur Ohr.

[8]  In dem Kreise der Weisen, sich selbst zu loben geziemt nicht;Du sey kundig des Worts, oder erzeige dich stumm.

[9]  Schenke gieb mir den Wein, Hafisens Trunkenheit kennetEr, der den Koran besitzt, Er, der gelinde Wesir.

[1]  The world - possessor ,defender of the faith perfect sovereign
Yahya bin Muzaffar ,king ,just - doer :

[2]   O thou thy court ,the shelter of Islam ,hath opened
On the face of the world ,the window of the soul ,and the door and the heart .

[3]   Necessary and proper to the soul and to wisdom ,is reverence to thee
To existence and dwelling the universe thy reward is abounding and comprehending .

[4]   On the day of eternity without beginning ,from thy reed ,a drop of blackness ink
That became the solver of questions ,fell on the face of the moon .

[5]   When on thy face ; or on the moon's the sun beheld that dark mole ,to his heart ,he said
Would to heaven that I had been the fortunate slave the dark mole

[6]   O king on account of thy banquet ,the sky is in dancing and in sama'
From the skirt of this zamzama ,thy hand let not go .

[7]   Drink wine and give the world be joyous For ,of the tress of thy noose ,
Captive to chains became the neck of thy ill - wisher .

[8]   Now ,altogether ,in the way of justice ,is the sky's revolution
Be happy that the tyrant taketh not the path to the stage of his object

[9]   Hafiz when in the power of the king of the world is the partition of subsistence ,
For thy livelihood ,make no useless thought .

[1]  Er, der vollkomm'ne Fürst,Der Herr der Welt, des Glaubens SiegIst ein gerechter Schah.

[3]  Der Seele, dem Verstande ziemt,Dein Lobspruch und dein Preis,Denn über Raum und Zeiten dehnt,Sich deine Gnade aus.

[4]  Am Tage der Bestimmung fielEin Tröpflein deines KielsHin auf den Mond, wovon er schwarzUnd ganz verfinstert ward.

[5]  Die Sonne als sie dieses MaalErblickte, sprach bei sich:O wäre ich so glücklich nur,Als jener Mohr es ist!

[6]  O Schah! der Himmel selber tanzt,Aus Lust bei deinem Fest,O ziehe deine Hand vom SaumDes Freudenlärms nicht ab!

[7]  Du trinke Wein, verschenk' dabeiDie Güter einer Welt,In deiner Locken Banden liegtDes Feindes Hals verstrickt.

[8]  Des Himmels Lauf geht kurze Zeit,Den Weg der Billigkeit,Erfreue Dich, der Böse fandDen Weg zum Posten nicht.

[9]  Hafis! es ist des Schatzes Thor,Der Gnaden Schenkeplatz,Deßhalben sey du unbesorgt,Um deiner Nahrung Loos.

[1]  Saki true Beloved come back ; for of Thy service ,desirous I am :
Of Thy service ,and of prayer - uttering for Thy fortune ,desirous I am .

[2]   O perfect murshid from that place ,where is the common bounty of the cup of happiness of thy splendour .
From the zulmat of astonishment ,me the path of going out ,show .

[3]   Drowned in the sea of sin from a hundred sides ,though I be
Since I became love's friend ,of the people of mercy am P .

[4]   O Fakih me ,for profligacy or for ill - fame ,censure not
For ,from the Court of Fate ,pre - ordained was this .

[5]   Drink wine .For ,neither by acquisition ,nor by choice ,is the being a lover
Me ,this gift reached from the heritage of creation* ..

[6]   I ,who ,in my life ,chose not travelling from my native land ,
In the love of seeing Thee ,desirous of travelling am .

[7]   In love's path ,the mighty river and the lofty mountain and I ,shattered and battered
Khizr .auspicious of foot by thy prayer ,aid give me .

[8]   Far from the door of fortune of Thy shelter ,apparently am I
But ,with soul and heart ,of the crowd of dwellers of Thy presence ,am I .

[9]   Before Thy eye ,Hafiz will sacrifice his life
In this fancy ,I am ,if respite me life will give .

[10]   In Thy eye - brow bow vision's arrow up to the ear of sense
Is brought and drawn for an opportunity for Thee to shoot an arrow delaying ,I am .

[1]  O Morgenwind, wenn du durchhauchstDie Moschuslocken,So sollst du meiner EifersuchtJa nicht vergessen.

[2]  Komm' Schenke, denn ich möchte dirSo gerne dienen,Ich sehne mich nach deinem Dienst,Und wünsche deinen Segen.

[3]  Vom Orte wo dein Becher strahlt,Mich zu entfernen,Dünkt mir so finster als das LandDer Finsterniße.

[4]  Bin ich auch hundertmal versenktIn's Meer der Sünden,So wird mir doch verziehn, wenn ichDie Liebe kenne.

[5]  O Frommer! schmäh' nicht meinen RauschUnd bösen Namen,Denn dieses war von EwigkeitMir so bestimmt.

[6]  O trinke Wein, die Lieb' ist nichtIn meiner Willkühr,Von Ewigkeit her gab man sieMir zum Geschenke.

[7]  Nie gieng ich aus dem VaterlandIn meinem Leben,Doch sieh', ich gehe dir zu liebNun in die Fremde.

[8]  Auf meinem Weg liegt Berg und Meer,Ich bin erkranket,O Chiser, du Gesegneter,Komm' mir zu Hülfe.

[9]  Zwar bin ich fern dem Anschein nachVon deiner Pforte,Allein ich bin mit Geist und HerzStets gegenwärtig. Ich führe meinen BlickpfeilVon meinen BrauenZum Ohre der Vernunft hinan,Und laure dorten.

[1]  From the heart - desiring ruby lip of the true Beloved ever is my ease
And my work to desire ,al hamdu - 1 - illah

[2]   O obstinate fortune Him ,to thy bosom ,tightly draw
Drink ,sometimes ,the cup of gold sometimes ,the heart - desiring ruby lip

[3]   Us ,in intoxication ,tales told ,
The ignorant Pirs and road - lost Shaikhs .

[4]   Of the zahid's word ,we repented
And of the 'abid's deed ,we seek the pardon of God .

[5]   O soul the explanation of separation ,how shall I utter
Together are An eye and a hundred humidities tears a stricken soul and a hundred sighs .

[6]   Let not the Kafir see experience this grief that hath seen experienced
The cypress from thy lofty stature and the moon from thy luminous cheek .

[7]   From Hafiz's memory ,the desire of Thy face took made forgotten
The prayer of the night - time and the lesson of the morning - time .

[8]   The patched garment is the zunnar the mystic cord of the path of tankat
Sufi this way and usage ,cast down .

[9]   Once ,by His face ,pleasant was my time
On account of union with the Beloved ,a hundred lauhash allah

[10]   Away from the path of His service ,I turn not my face
Up from the dust of His court ,I lift not my head .

[1]  Der Herzrubin erfreut mich stets, Mir geht's nach Wunsch, Gott sey's gedankt!

[2]  O Loos, zieh' ihn an deine Brust, Zieh' bald das Glas, bald den Rubin.

[3]  Im Rausche ward ich zum Gespräch Den Alten und Unwissenden.

[4]  Mich reuet, was der Fromme sprach, Und vor dem Mönche bewahr' mich Gott!

[5]  O Herz! fühlst du den Trennungsschmerz, Die hundert Thränen, hundert Ach!

[6]  Den Ketzer treff' nicht solcher Gram, Wie du dem Maale angethan. Den Liebenden gedeiht Geduld, Darum begehr' Geduld von Gott. Mein Gurt ist das befleckte Kleid, O Frommer laß das Gaukelspiel. In seinem Anschaun freut' ich mich, Gott wehre mir nicht den Genuß. Ich wende mich vom Dienst nicht ab, Im Staube bleibt mein Kopf versenkt.

[7]  Hafis vergaß durch dein Gesicht Das Nachtgebet, die Morgenzeit.

[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 .