[1]  O Saki murshid arise ; and give the cup of wine of desired
Strew dust on the head of the grief of time .

[2]   In my palm ,place the cup of wine so that ,from my breast ,
I may pluck off this patched garment of blue colour .

[3]   Although in the opinion of the apparently wise ,ill - fame is ours ,
Not name nor fame ,do we distraught with love for God desire .

[4]   Give wine with this wind of pride ,how long ,
Dust on the head of useless desire

[5]   The smoke of the sigh of my burning heart
Consumed these immature ones hypocrites ; fathers of lust

[6]   Of the secret of love of my distraught heart ,a friend ,
Among high and low ,none ,I see .

[7]   Glad is my heart with a heart's ease a lovely one
Who ,from my heart ,once took ease .

[8]   At the cypress in the sward ,again looketh not
That one ,who beheld that cypress of silvern limb .

[9]   Hafiz day and night ,be patient ,in adversity :
So that ,in the end ,thou mayst ,one day ,gain thy desire .

[1]  Schenke steh auf, und reiche das GlasBegrabe die Sorgen mit Wein!Reiche das Glas und schenke den WeinDie bläuliche Kutte hinweg!

[3]  Uebel zwar klingt dieß weiserem Ohr;Doch kümmert der Ruf mich nicht viel.Bringe mir Wein! Das Uebrige istVerlust der verderblichen Zeit.

[5]  Rauch von der Gluth der flammenden BrustHat diese Gefrorenen zerschmelzt.Närrisches Herz! Noch find ich im Volk'Nicht einen Vertrauten für dich.

[9]  Wenigstens bleibt noch übrig der TrostDas Alles verloren auf einmal!Früh' und auch spät geduld' dich Hafis,So gehet dir Alles nach Wunsch.

[1]  Through desire of thy lip ,forth cometh not my desire yet
In the hope of the cup of thy ruby lip a dreg - drinker am I yet .

[2]   On the first day the day of Alast in desire of thy two tresses ,departed my faith
Let us see ,in this phrensy ,what my end will be yet .

[3]   O Saki perfect Murshid of that water ,fire of hue ,one draught ,give me .For I ,
In the midst of those experienced in His Love ,inexperienced am I yet .

[4]   One night ,in mistake ,I called Thy hair the fragrant musk of Khutan
Momently ,a sword on my limbs saying why didst thou liken His glorious hair to contemptible musk the hair striketh yet .

[5]   In my khilvat ,a ray of splendour of Thy face ,the resplendent sun beheld
Momently ,like the shadow ,to my door and roof ,he the sun goeth yet .

[6]   One day ,in mistake ,to the true Beloved's lip ,went my name
To people of heart ,from my name the perfume of the soul of the Beloved cometh yet .

[7]   To us ,in eternity without beginning ,the Saki gave the ruby of Thy lip
The draught of a cup ,of which cup ,senseless am I yet .

[8]   O Thou that saidest Give thy soul ,that ease of heart may be thine ,
In griefs for Him the true Beloved my soul ,I gave .Mine ,not ease ,is yet .

[9]   The tale of the ruby of Thy lip ,Hafiz brought into his pen writing
Momently ,from my pens ,the water of life floweth yet .

[1]  Nach den Lippen bleibt mein WunschUnerfüllt noch immer,Harrend deinem GlasrubinTrink' ich Gram noch immer.

[2]  An dem Tag des Looses stahlMir dein Haar den Glauben,Ach! ich harre auf das EndDieser List noch immer.

[3]  Schenke gib den Hefen mirDieses Feuerwassers.Denn in der gekochten KreisBin ich roh noch immer.

[4]  Ich verglich dein Haar bei NachtEinstens mit dem MoschusJedes Haar sticht mich dafürWie ein Schwert noch immer.

[5]  Deinen Schimmer sah bei mirEines Tags die Sonne,Seitdem geht dem Schatten gleichVon der Thür sie nimmer.

[6]  Eines Tags entfiel dem FreundUngefähr mein Name,Seht mein Name haucht seitdemSeelenduft noch immer.

[7]  Vom Rubin der Lippen trankIch am Tag' des Looses,Von dem Hefen dieses TrunksTaumle ich noch immer.

[8]  Gieb die Seele, sprachst du mirDaß du ruhig seyest,Sieh' ich gab sie ab dem SchmerzRuhe fehlt noch immer.

[9]  Seit Hafisens Feder schriebVom Rubin der Lippen,Träuft des ewgen LebensquellAus der Feder immer.

[1]  Although ,apparently ,the slaves of the King are we ,
By weeping and wailing Kings of the country of the morning when prayers are answered are we .

[2]   Treasure in the sleeve and empty ,the purse ,
The cup ,world - displaying ,and the dust of the Path of tarikat are we .

[3]   Sensible of the presence of God and intoxicated with pride ,
The ocean of unity and yet like the drowned one of sin are we .

[4]   The mistress of fortune ,when she glanceth ,
The mirror of her moon - like face ,are we .

[5]   Every night ,of the King of vigilant Fortune ,
The care - taker of the diadem and of the crown are we .

[6]   Say Our blessing reckon plunder
For in sleep thou art and ,in the eye sentry - place are we .

[7]   The King ,Mansur ,is acquainted with this ,that we
Wherever the face of resolution ,we place

[8]   Make for enemies the shroud of blood and
Give to friends the kaba of victory .

[9]   Not before us ,may be the hue of deceit ;
Either ,the ruddy tawny lion ; or the black deadly snake ,are we .

[10]   The debt of due to Hafiz say that they should give back to him
The debt thou hast confessed witnesses ,are we .

[1]  Wiewohl wir des Kaisers Diener sind, So sind wir doch Kaiser des Morgentrunks,

[2]  Im Aermel der Schatz! der Sack geleert! Der Spiegel der Welten! der Staub des Wegs!

[3]  Gesättigt von Lust, berauscht mit Stolz, Versink ich in Sünden in Einigkeit!

[4]  So oft mich der Freund des Glücks liebkos't, So spiegelt in mir er sein Mondgesicht,

[5]  An jeglichem Abend flehen wir Als Hüter der Krone des Schahs zu Gott.

[6]  O rechne mein Streben dir zum Glück, Ich war indessen du schlafen liegst,

[7]  Der siegende Schah, er weiß es wohl, Wohin ich gewendet des Muths Gesicht

[8]  Den Feinden aus Blut ein Leichentuch! Den Freunden das rühmliche Kleid des Siegs!

[9]  Ich berge mich nicht in Heuchelei, Ich sag', daß ich Schlange und Löwe bin,

[10]  O gebet Hafisen doch zurück Den Glauben, gestehet den Diebstahl ein.

[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

[41]   Thou saidest Thy desire ,I will give thy life ,I wilt take
I fear my desire ,Thou givest not and my life Thou wilt take .

[42]   Through the shield of my life ,Thy sick ,languishing eye causeth to pass the poplar arrow
The eye sick ,who hath seen with so strong a bow

[43]   O true Beloved like the worthless tear from the eye of man ,him Thou easiest ,
Him ,whom a moment ,away from Thy sight ,Thou drivest .

[44]   Away from before Thyself ,Thy own grief - stricken Hafiz ,drive not
For ,through love for Thy face ,he gave sacrificed heart ,faith ,and youth .

[45]   In the path of love to Thee ,like the pen ,a foot out of his head Hafiz made ,
It ,one moment ,like a letter out of kindness ,why readest Thou not

[46]   Breeze of the morning of happiness for that trace that thou knowest ,
To a certain one's street ,pass at that time that thou knowest .

[47]   The footman of the chamber of mystery ,thou art and on the head of the Path ,is my eye
By manliness ,hot by order ,urge in that way ,that thou knowest .

[48]   Say : From my hand passed my feeble soul .For God's sake ,
From Thy ruby lip soul - refreshing ,give that that Thou knowest .

[49]   O true Beloved these few words I wrote ,in such a way that the stranger hath not known
Them by way of kindness ,do Thou also read in such a way that Thou knowest .

[50]   On Thy girdle ,gold - woven ,hope how may I not establish
O idol in that waist ,is a subtlety that Thou knowest .

[51]   With us ,the image of Thy slaying sword is the tale of the thirsty one and of water whereto he desireth to reach
Thy own captive ,Thou seizest .Slay in such a way that Thou knowest .

[52]   Hafiz in this matter ,one are Turki and Tazi Arabian
Love's tale ,relate in every tongue language that thou knowest .

[53]   Two friends holy travellers good of understanding ,and of old wine a quantity ,two mans ,'
A little leisure ,and a book ,and a sward - corner .

[54]   For this ,and the next ,world I give not this state
Though ,of carpers momently ,fall upon me

[55]   Every one who ,for the world's treasure ,gave the treasure of contentment ,
Sold ,the precious Yusuf of Egypt for a very paltry sum .

[56]   Come ; for not less becometh the amplitude of this workshop the world
By the austerity of one like thee or ,by the profligacy of one like me .

[57]   On the day of events of death with cheering wine ,'tis necessary to tell one's grief
For ,on none ,is reliance at a time like this .

[58]   Happy of heart ,in a corner sit and behold
That none keepeth in mind so strange a calamity .

[59]   In the hand of the mean the watcher I keep seeing my idol the beloved
Thus ,the vengeful sky recognised the right of service of one like me .

[60]   In the mirror of the Picture - establisher God the hidden form ,behold
If ,for thee out of the country of contentment ,desire maketh a native land .

[61]   O heart strive thou for patience .For God delivereth not
A seal - ring so precious as patience to the hand of an evil one .

[62]   From the fierce wind of vicissitude ,one cannot see ,
That ,in this sward ,hath been even a red rose ,or a wild white rose .

[63]   From this simum blast of lust that ,by the garden - borders ,passed ,
Wonder that from the heart of love's lust the colour of a rose remaineth ,or the perfume of a jessamine .

[64]   I have heard that ,for dogs ,thou appointest a collar
On Hafiz's neck ,why placest thou not a rope

[65]   Hafiz in this calamity ,ruined became time's temper
Where is the thought of a physician or the judgment of a Barhaman

[66]   Drink the cup of the wine of unity of a man
So that ,by it grief's root ,up from the heart ,thou mayst pluck .

[67]   Expanded ,keep the heart ,like the cup of wine
Head closed how long like a large jar

[68]   When ,from the jar of selflessness ,a ritl thou drinkest ,
Less of thyself voluntarily thou boastest of self .

[69]   Like the humble and worthless stone at thy foot be ,not like the water of the cloud glorying in sublimity
All colour of deceit ,thou mixest and wet of skirt lust - stained thou art .

[70]   To wine ,bind the heart ,so that ,like a man ,
The neck of hypocrisy and of piety thou mayst shatter .

[71]   Arise ,and ,like Hafiz ,an effort in the service of the Pir of tarikat make so that ,perchance ,
Thyself ,at the true Beloved's foot ,thou mayest cast .

[72]   Tis morning ; and ,droppeth hail from the cloud of the winter - month Bahman
The requisites of the morning cup ,prepare and give a cup of one ' man .'

[73]   The blood red wine of the cup ,drink for lawful is its blood
In the work of the cup ,engaged be ; for 'tis a work fit to be done .

[74]   If ,at dawn ,thee ,wine - sickness give headache ,
Verily ,best ,that the forehead of the vintner ,thou shatter .

[75]   Saki at hand to give the cup be for ,in ambush for us ,is grief
Minstrel so that grief may not reach us keep this very path of song that thou singest .

[76]   Give wine for ,the secret to my ear ,the harp hath brought and said
Happily pass life and ,hear this bowed Pir the harp

[77]   Hafiz by the independence of profligates ,I conjure thee drink wine ,
So that ,thou mayst hear the song of the Singer ,God the Independent One .

[78]   Into the sea of self and self - praise ,I am fallen .Bring
Wine ,so that freedom from self and self - praise me ,it may give .

[79]   Hafiz in the rivulet of the eye ,the plant of thy stature
Drank blood ,and established fruit .It thou wishest to up - pluck .

[80]   O thou who ,in our slaughter ,mercy exercisest not
Profit and capital ,thou consumest manliness ,thou showest not .