[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]  Ho O parrot murshid thou that art the utterer of the mysteries of God
Void of sugar of the mysteries of God thy beak mouth be not .

[2]   Ever be thy head fresh ,and thy heart happy
For of the line of mysteries of the true Beloved ,a happy picture ,thou displayedest .

[3]   With the rivals the Arifs thou utteredest speech head - closed veiled
For God's sake ,uplift the veil of the enigma of the head - closed speech

[4]   O Saki On our faces ,a cup of divine truths of rose - water dash
For ,we are sleep - stained ,and wakeful of fortune .

[5]   In musical note ,what path is this that the minstrel struck ,
That ,together ,the insensible and the sensible dance

[6]   From this opium mystery that the Saki the murshid casteth into wine
To the rivals the Arifs remaineth neither head nor turban so intoxicated on hearing it are they

[7]   To the great Sikandar ,they give not that water - of - life
Attainable neither by force nor by gold without God's grace is this matter .

[8]   Come and hear the state of the people of pain
In word ,little in meaning ,much .

[9]   The enemy of our religion ,became the idol of Chin
O Lord my heart and faith ,keep .

[10]   To those veiled the illusory beloved ones utter not the mysteries of intoxication truths
From the lifeless ,senseless wall - picture ,ask not the tale of life .

[11]   In the fortune of the standard of Mansur Shah ,
In the ranks of verse ,Hafiz the standard became .

[12]   Towards us slaves ,he our praised one did the work of a Lord
O Lord him preserve from calamity .

[1]  Immer sey der Verstand die baare Münze des Lebens,Gilt er doch nichts beim Golde der Liebe.

[2]  Ha! o Papagey, der von der Liebe Geheimnissen schwätzet,Nie fehl's deinem Schnabel an Zucker!

[3]  Immer grüne dein Haupt, und immer sey fröhlichen Herzens,Bist mir ein Bild von den Flaumen des Freundes.

[4]  Ein verborgenes Wort hast du zu den Freunden gesprochen,Gott! heb' auf vom Räthsel den Schleier!

[5]  Günstiges Glück! bespreng' mich mit Rosenwasser vom Becher,Denn mein Auge ist beflecket vom Schlafe.

[6]  Welchen Ton hat der Sänger zu seiner Weise gewählet,Daß die Trunknen und Nüchternen tanzen!

[7]  Siehe die Wirkung des Moschus, den der Schenk' in den Wein hat geworfen,Kopf und Dulbend geh'n beide verlohren.

[8]  Alexandern ward nicht verlieh'n das Wasser des Lebens,Gold und Gewalt erzwingen nicht solches.

[9]  Komm' und höre mir an der Betrübten traurige Lage,Worte sind wenig, und viel ist der Inhalt.

[10]  Sina's Götzenbilder, sie sind die Feinde des Glaubens,Herr! bewahre mein Herz und den Glauben.

[11]  Nüchtern sag' und erzähle du nie das Geheimniß des Rausches,Seelenkunde frag' nicht von den Gemälden.

[12]  In den Reichen der Dichtkunst weht Hafis als die FahneDurch des Schahes schützende Gnade.

[1]  Affrighted ,became my heart ; and careless ,I ,the darvish ,am ,
As to what hath happened ,to that great bewildered prey my heart

[2]   For the head of my own faith ,I trembled like the willow
For ,in the hand of one of bow eye - brow ,Kafir in religion ,is my heart .

[3]   From much weeping the fancy of the spirit of the mighty sea ,I a mere drop mature .Alas
In the head of this drop ,absurd of thought HSfiz are what crude fancies

[4]   Of that eye - lash ,bold ,rest - slayer ,I boast
On the tip of whose point ,the wave of the sweet water of life dasheth .

[5]   From the sleeve of a thousand physicians ,trickleth blood ,
If ,for examination ,a hand on my wounded heart ,drowned in blood ,head to foot they place .

[6]   In the street of the wine - house the murshid's threshold weeping and head cast down ,I go
Because ,of my empty ,vain produce ,ever cometh shame to me .

[7]   Remaineth neither the prolonged age of Khjzr ,nor the great dominion of Sikandar
Darvish upon the head of the mean world ,strife make not .

[8]   Hafiz I to that girdle of the true Beloved reacheth not every beggar's hand
The treasury greater than Karun's treasure ,to hand bring .

[1]  O Sklav! beklage dichNicht über deine Feinde,Der Liebe nicht zu sprechen ziemtZu wenig und zu viel.

[2]  Mein Herz ist aufgeschreckt,Ich sorg' nicht als Derwisch,Was vor der Jagd des störrigenVorhergegangen sey.

[3]  Wie Weiden zittre ichAus Furcht vor meinem Glauben,Es hält mein Herz ein BogenschützVon den Ungläubigen.

[4]  Ich trage mich herumMit der Idee des MeeresEin Tropfen ich! was denk' ich Tropf',Was für Unmöglichkeit!

[5]  Ich will ein Opfer seynDem Augenhaar des Mörders,Ich seh', auf seinen Spitzen wogtDes Lebenswassers Fluth.

[6]  Vom Arztesärmel strömtDas Blut aus tausend Strömen,Wenn er die Hand auf's wunde HerzEs zu befühlen leget.

[7]  Ich geh' mit ThränenfluthUnd mit gesenktem HaupteZur Schenke, denn ich schäme michVor meinen Handlungen.

[8]  Das Leben Chisers undDie Herrschaft AlexandersSind längst verschwunden, o DerwischZank' nicht um diese Welt!

[1]  Joyous that day when from this desolate abode this world I go
The ease of soul the true Beloved I seek and for the sake of the Beloved I go .

[2]   Though I know that to such a place the stranger findeth not the path ,
To the sweet perfume of that dishevelled tress ,I go .

[3]   From dread of the prison of Sikandar this fleeting world my heart took contraction
I bind up my chattels and to the Land of Sulaiman the lasting world I go .

[4]   With the sick heart ,and powerless body ,like the swift breeze ,
For the love of that moving cypress ,I go .

[5]   In His path ,like the pen ,if on my head it is necessary to go ,
With the heart ,wound - enduring and weeping eye ,I go .

[6]   If of this grief one day come to an end ,I have vowed that
To the wine - house door ,joyous and song - singing ,I will go

[7]   That like a mote ,in love for Him ,
To the lip of the fountain of the resplendent sun ,I will go .

[8]   Since ,to the Arabs those gone before ,who rest in proximity to God and who have escaped from time's tumult grief for us of heavy loads is none ,
Persians murshids of the faith guides of the Path of certainty A little help ,that happy and easy of heart in that Path I may go .

[9]   And if ,out from the desert ,I take not the path like Hafiz
Along with the constellations of the Asaf of the age I go .

[1]  O froher Tag! an dem aus diesem Zerstörten Haus ich werde gehen! An dem ich Seelenruhe suchen, Und nach der Freundinn werde gehen.

[2]  Wiewohl ich weiß, daß diese Straße Zu Nichts den fremden Wandrer führet, So will ich doch nach Wohlgerüchen, Der tief verwirrten Locken gehen.

[3]  Ein Schrecken hat mein Herz ergriffen, In diesem Kerker Alexanders. Ich werde nun mein Bündel schnüren, Zum Thron der Salomonen gehen.

[4]  Ich will mit meinem kranken Herzen, Und mit dem kräftelosen Körper Dem Ostwind gleich, blos aus Begierde Nach dieser schwanken Ceder gehen.

[5]  Und müßt' ich wie die Schreibefeder Sogar auf meinem Kopfe gehen, Ich würde doch mit wundem Herzen, Mit Thränen in den Augen gehen.

[6]  Ich that ein heimliches Gelübde, Wenn ich von diesem Scherzen einstens Befreiet bin, mit frohem Herzen Und Sang zur Schenke hinzugehen.

[7]  Aus Lust zu ihr und aus Begierde, Vermöchte ich wie Sonnenstäubchen Bis an den Rand des Aug's der Sonne Im Tanz und Glanz hineinzugehen.

[8]  Weil jene leicht geschnüret sind, Die auf arabischen Hengsten reiten, So wollen wir zu frommen Männern, Ganz leicht und frohen Muthes gehen.

[9]  Und wenn ich wie Hafis die Straße Nicht finden kann aus Trennungswüsten, So will ich immer mit dem Heere Des Großwesir's der Zeiten gehen.

[1]  O thou that hast the kaba of sovereignty ,true to the stature - of thine ;
Decoration hath the crown and the seal - ring from the lofty jewel of thiue .

[2]   Momently ,to the sun of victory ,giveth rise ,
From out of the imperial cap ,the cheek of moon form of thine .

[3]   The splendour - place of the bird of fortune is wherever ,
Its shadow casteth the Huma of the canopy ,sphere - scraping of thine .

[4]   O perfect murshid notwithstanding a thousand diversities of the ways of the shara' ,and of philosophy divine knowledge
Never a point of the lofty shara' passed unexplained from the wise heart of thine .

[5]   From its beak of eloquence droppeth the water of life ,
The parrot sweet of note that is ,O king the sugar - devouring reed of thine .

[6]   Although the sun of the sky is the eye and the lamp of the world ,
The light - giving of its eye is only the dust of the foot of thine

[7]   What Sikandar desired and him ,time gave not
Was a draught of pure water of the cup ,life - refreshing ,of thine .

[8]   Not in the fold of thy majesty is need of the representation of need
Concealed is the secret of none to the splendour of the judgment of thine .

[9]   O Khusrau Youthfulness putteth the elderly head of Hafiz
In hope of the pardon ,life - giving ,sin - forgiving of thine .

[1]  Es ziemet deinem Wuchs der Herrschaft Kleid, Es schmückt dein hoher Sinn den Ring, den Thron.

[2]  Die Sonne der Erbarmung gehet auf Vor deinem wundervollen Angesicht;

[3]  Es sitzt des Paradieses Vogel auf, Wo deines Vogels Schatten niederfällt.

[4]  Man zankt sich tausendmal um das Gesetz, Und doch hältst du die Wissenschaft zurück.

[5]  Dein Papagey, das ist dein Zauberkiel, Verströmt die Fluthen der Wohlredenheit.

[6]  Wiewohl des Himmels Aug' die Sonne ist, Doch schmücket deiner Füße Staub ihr Licht.

[7]  Was Alexander wollt' und nicht erhielt Ist deines reinen Glases Hefen nur.

[8]  Was braucht es unsre Noth, dir kund zu thun! Nichts bleibt geheim vor deines Auges Strahl.

[9]  O Herr, Hafisens graues Haupt wird jung, In Hoffnung, daß du mir verzeihen wirst.

[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 .