[1]  O beloved display thy face and my existence from my mind take
And the harvest of those consumed ,lovers say O wind all take .

[2]   When to the deluge of calamity ,we gave our heart and eye ,
Say : Come grief's torrent ,and up ,from its foundation ,our house take .

[3]   His tress ,like pure ambergris ,who may smell Alas
O heart raw of greed ,from thy memory this matter of smelling His tress take .

[4]   Tell the heart By thy own great fire slay quench the flame of the great fire - temple of Fars
Tell the eye : By thy great weeping lustre from the face of the mighty Tigris of Baghdad take .

[5]   Be the fortune wherein is no decline of the Fir of the Magians ,because the travelling of the rest is easy .
If another go say Go and out from thy memory for easy is this our name ,take .

[6]   In this path of divine knowledge effort not borne ,thou reachest not to place of rank
If thou seek the reward ,the service of the teacher the murshid take .

[7]   On the day of my death ,give me ,one moment ,the promise of seeing Thee
Then to the tomb me ,free and independent ,take .

[8]   Last night ,He the Beloved said With my long dark eye - lashes ,I will slay thee
O Lord from His heart ,the thought of injustice take .

[9]   Hafiz think of the delicacy of the true Beloved's heart
From His court ,go and this thy wailing and lamenting ,take .

[1]  Zeig' das Gesicht, damit ichMeines Daseyns vergesse,Streu' in den Wind die SpreuVerbrannter Herzen, trage sie fort.

[2]  Augen und Herz hab' ich derFluth des Elend's geweihet,Sage zum Strom' des Grams:Zerstör' mein Wesen, trage es fort.

[3]  Ha! wer vermag den MoschusSeiner Locken zu riechen,Diese Begier, mein Herz,Must du verbannen, trage sie fort.

[4]  Sage der Brust: entflamme denHeuchler, unseren Mobed,Sage dem Aug': verschling'Des Tygers Fluthen, trage sie fort.

[5]  Lebe der Wirth! und leicht istAlles Uebrige sonsten,Andere giebt es nochAus dem Gedächtniß, trag' mich nicht fort.

[6]  Ohne Bemüh'n wird's dir aufDiesem Weg nicht gelingen,Willst du den Lohn, gehorch'Zuerst dem Meister, trag' ihn dann fort.

[7]  Gieb mir das Wort, an meinemSterbetag mich zu besuchen,Und du befreyest michHinfort von Leiden, tragest sie fort.

[8]  Gestern noch sprach er: ich willMorden dich mit den Wimpern,Blutiger Sinn, entfleuchAus seinem Herzen, trage dich fort!

[9]  Denke Hafis! des FreundesZartes weiches Gemüthe,Geh', und entferne von ihmDie Klagetöne, trage sie fort.

[1]  O murshid come sq that the rose of ease and of pleasure we may scatter ,and ,into the cup of existence or of the heart the wine of love and of divine knowledge cast ,
By our inward strength the roof of the sky we rend and to the height of another heaven a new way ,cast .

[2]   If an army ,that sheddeth the blood of lovers ,grief raise
Content together are I and the Saki and up its foundation ,we cast .

[3]   Into the cup of ruddy wine ,rose - water ,I pour
Into the censer of the wind ,'itr - revolving ,sugar ,I cast .

[4]   Minstrel since in thy hand is a sweet instrument ,a sweet song sing
So that ,hand - waving ,we may sing the love - song ,and dancing ,our head down may cast .

[5]   O breeze to that lofty quarter of the Beloved ,the dust of our existence cast
It may be that on the spectacle - place of that king of lovely ones 'arifs our glance ,we may cast .

[6]   Of reason ,one boasteth another idle talk weaveth
Come before the just Ruler God these disputes ,let us cast .

[7]   If the paradise of Adn ,thou desire ,come with us to the tavern of love and of profligacy
So that ,from the foot of the wine - jar the murshid of love thee ,at once into the pool of Kausar ,we may cast .

[8]   In Shiraz ,the understanding of verse ,and the speaking well ,they practise not
Hafiz come that ,into another land ,ourselves we may cast .

[1]  Komm' laß uns Rosen streuen, Und Wein in Becher werfen, Des Himmels Dach zertrümmern, Und neue Formen werfen.

[2]  Sobald des Kummers Heere, Der Treuen Blut vergießen, So will ich mit dem Schenken, Den Bau des Grams zerwerfen.

[3]  Wir wollen Rosenwasser In Weingeschirre gießen, Und Zucker in das Rauchfaß, Voll Moschusduftes werfen.

[4]  Dein Saitenspiel ist lieblich, O spiele süße Weisen, Damit wir Lieder singen, Und unsre Köpfe werfen.

[5]  Bring' Ost den Staub des Körpers, Zu jenem großen Herren, Daß wir auch unsre Blicke, Auf seine Schönheit werfen.

[6]  Der Eine prahlt mit Weisheit, Der Andere mit Tugend, Komm' laß uns diese Dinge Dem Richter unterwerfen.

[7]  Verlangest du nach Eden, So komm' mit mir zur Schenke, Wir wollen aus dem Weinfaß In den Kewßer Dich werfen.

[8]  Gesang und Kraft des Wortes Blüht in Schiras nicht weiter. O komm' Hafis, wir wollen Wo anders hin uns werfen.

[1]  Times I have said and again I say ,
That ,heart bereft ,not of myself ,have I gone this Path of love

[2]   Behind the pure mirror of the holy traveller's heart me ,they have kept like the parrot
What the Teacher of eternity without beginning said Say I say .

[3]   Whether I be the thorn ,or whether the rose ,there is a sward - adorner God
By whose hand ,as it cherished me ,I grew .

[4]   O friends me ,heart - bereft ,astonied ,censure not
A great jewel I have and the master of vision the jeweller God I seek .

[5]   Although to the wearer of the patched darvish garment ,the drinking of wine ,rose of hue ,is a sin ,
Me ,censure not for with it from off the darvish garment the colour of hypocrisy ,I wash .

[6]   From another place cause is the laughing and the weeping of lovers of God
In the night through union with the Beloved I sing ; in the morning - time through separation I moan .

[7]   To me ,Hafiz spake saying The dust of the tavern - door smell not
Say Censure not for the fragrant musk of Khutan ,I smell .

[1]  Oftmals hab' ich's gesagt, und abermal will ich es sagen, Ich Verlorener geh' nicht von mir selber den Weg.

[2]  Einem Papagey gleich wird mir der Spiegel gehalten, Was der Ewige sagt, plaudere lallend ich nach.

[3]  Gebe man mir, was es sey; Ich esse so Disteln als Rosen, Meine Nahrung gemäß, wachs' und gedeihe ich groß.

[4]  Schmähet mich nicht, und wißt, es ist die Perle mein eigen, Und ich suche nur einen Besitzer für sie.

[6]  Lachen und Weinen der Liebenden hat so mancherlei Gründe, Abend lach' ich vor Lust; Morgens bewein' ich mein Loos.

[7]  Riech' nicht, sagte Hafis, o riech' den Staub nicht der Schenke. Sag' ihm: schmähle nicht, denn Moschus entduftet dem Staub.

[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]  For the sake of love's existence are man and Pari ,
A little pure desire ,show ,so that a great happiness in attaining to true love thou mayst achieve .

[2]   Khwaja strive portionless of .love be not
For none buyeth the slave with the defect of being void of skill .

[3]   The wine of the morning draught ,and the sweet sleep of dawn ,how long
For pardon strive by the supplication of mid - night ; and ,with the weeping of the morning .

[4]   O dainty one ,sorcery - player what doll art thou thyself
Neither in front of the eye art thou nor hidden from vision art thou .

[5]   A thousand holy souls consumed on account of this jealousy ,
For ,every morning and evening ,the candle of another assembly thou art .

[6]   The message from me to His Highness Asaf ,who taketh ,
Saying Recollect two hemistiches of mine in Dan verse

[7]   Come ,so that ,even so ,the world's way I may behold
If ,examination ,thou wilt make ,wine ,thou drinkest and grief ,sufferest not .

[8]   On thy head of beauty ,aslant in pride be not the crown of sovereignty
For ,the beauty of fortune ,and worthy of throne and of the crown of gold ,thou art .

[9]   By the perfume of Thy tress and Thy cheek ,go and come ,
The morning breeze for acquiring from Thy tress the power of perfume - diffusing ,and the rose for acquiring from Thy cheek splendour .

[10]   Since ,prepared of vision ,thou art not ,union ,seek not ,
For ,no good doeth the world - viewing cup of Jamshid at the time of being without vision .

[11]   Turneth calamity the prayer of the corner - sitters
With a corner of thy eye ,at us corner - sitters wherefore lookest thou not

[12]   O beloved come and ,from us ,with the capital of thy beauty ,sovereignty purchase
Careless of this matter ,be not ,lest sorrow thou suffer .

[13]   Love's Path is a path wonderfully dangerous ,
We seek refuge in God If to a place of safety ,the path thou take not .

[14]   By the blessing of the prayer of Hafiz ,is hope that again
I may see the traces of glories of my Laila the true Beloved in the path of the night ,luminous with the moon .

[1]  Menschen und Feen sind ungebetene Gäste der Liebe, Zeige mir Willenskraft, sicher entführst du das Glück.

[2]  Suche keinen Genuß, wenn du nicht im Stand bist zu schauen, Denn der Spiegel Dschemschids nützet den Sehenden nur.

[3]  Morgentrunk und Morgenschlaf, wie lange noch währt dieß? Sinn' auf Entschuldigung, höre das Morgengeschrey.

[5]  Tausend heilige Seelen, sie sind entbrennet voll Eifer, Weil du Abends und früh Anderen haltest das Licht.

[7]  Komm', ich habe so viel aus langer Erfahrung gelernet, Welcher das Weinglas leert, leeret die Sorgen auch aus.

[8]  Niemals sey der Wipfel von deiner Cypresse gekrümmet, Denn wahrhaftig du bist würdig der Krone des Throns.

[9]  Rosen und Ostwind kommen und gehen mit Glanz und Gerüchen, Diese vom Dufte des Haars, jener vom Licht des Gesichts.

[11]  Winkelsitzergebet verhütet Schaden und Unglück. Warum blickest du nicht mir nach dem Winkel des Aug's? Was soll ich thun, verwirrt von der Trennung, und von dem Genuße? Immer bist du im Aug', aber von Angesicht fern.

[12]  Komm' und kaufe die Herrschaft von uns mit dem Schatze der Schönheit, Sorge dafür, daß du's nicht mögest verzehren umsonst. Höre den Meister, und sey nicht ganz entblößet von Liebe, Niemand kaufet den Knecht, wenn er nicht Tugenden hat. Jegliche Nachricht öffnet das Thor zu neuen Geschäften, Deßhalb bin ich berauscht, bin so verloren und irr'. Zeige mir doch den Weg in diesen finsteren Gängen. Schon tönt Morgengebet, tönet das Morgengeschrey.

[13]  Wunderlich ist der Weg der Lieb' und voll von Gefahren, Laßt uns flüchten zu Gott, daß er uns Sicherheit geb'. Siehe! sie kommen und gehen in Hoffnung des Duftes der Locken, Winde verstreuen das Roth, Rosen bedienen sich deß. Durch die Schmerzen der Freundinn bin ich auf ewig gebunden, Hin ist mein Leben durch sie, aber mich kümmert es nicht. Kennet der Unerfahrene wohl die heimlichen Freuden? Wollte Gott, ich hätt' Kräfte zu Freuden des Gau's! Mein Geheimniß, o Freund! ist durch die Thränen verrathen, Du erbarme dich mein, der zur Genüge mich kennt! Trockenen Mund's gieng ich vorbei am Wasser des Lebens, Hilf mir, Schenke, o hilf, reich' mir vom lautersten Trunk! Wenn Hafis für dich einst stirbt, an der Schwelle der Thüre Wird ihm durch den Tod ewiges Leben zu Theil.

[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