[1]  Back to Kin'an ,lost Yusuf cometh suffer not grief
One day ,the sorrowful cell becometh the rose - garden suffer not grief .

[2]   O grief - stricken heart better ,becometh thy state ; display not the ill - heart :
Back to reason ,cometh this distraught head suffer not grief .

[3]   If on the sward's throne ,again be the spring of life ,
O bird ,night - singing over thy head ,thou mayst draw the canopy of the rose suffer not grief .

[4]   If ,for a space of two days ,to our desire ,the sphere's revolutions turned not ,
Ever ,in one way ,the state of revolution is not suffer not grief .

[5]   Ho since thou art not acquainted with the hidden mystery ,be not hopeless :
Within the screen ,are hidden pastimes suffer not grief .

[6]   O heart if the fdundation of thy existence ,the torrent of passing away mortality pluck up ,
Since Nuh is thy boat - master ,of the deluge ,suffer not grief .

[7]   If ,from desire of pilgrimage to the Ka'ba thou wilt plant thy foot in the desert ,
Then if the mighty Arabian thorn make reproofs ,suffer not grief .

[8]   Although the stage of this world is very fearsome and the purpose hidden ,
There is not a road ,whereof is no end suffer not grief .

[9]   In separation from the Beloved ,and vexing on the part of the watcher ,our state of perturbation and confusion
All ,God ,our state causing ,knoweth suffer not grief .

[10]   In the corner of poverty and in the solitude of dark nights ,Hafiz ,
So long as thine are the practice of praying and the reading of the Kuran wherein is the salvation of the next world suffer not grief .

[1]  Der verlorene JusufKommt nach Kanaan, gräme dich nicht.Aus der Zelle des GramsWird ein Rosenbeet, gräme dich nicht.

[2]  Dieses traurige HerzWird beruhiget, werde nicht bös.Diesem störrigen KopfWird Vernunft zu Theil, gräme dich nicht.

[3]  Kehr't der Frühling des LebensZu des Wiesengrüns Brautbeet zurück,Wird die Nachtigall auchRosenzelte bau'n, gräme dich nicht.

[4]  Wenn der greisende HimmelEin Paar Tage nach Lust dir nicht thut,Denke, greisender LaufFodert Ungleichheit, gräme dich nicht.

[5]  Du verzweifle nicht, wenn duDas Geheimniß des Himmels nicht weißt.Denn es hüllet ein SchleyerViel Geheimniße des Himmels, gräme dich nicht.

[6]  Wenn der Strom des VerderbensDer Erwartung Gebäude zerstört,Bleibt im Wirbel der FluthRuh dein Steuermann, gräme dich nicht.

[7]  Willst du Wüsten durchwandern,Voll Begierde die Kaaba zu seh'n,Wenn die Distel dich sticht,Oder Dornenbusch, gräme dich nicht.

[8]  Zwar der Weg ist gefährlich,Und von ferne das Ziel nicht zu spähn,Doch bestehet kein Weg,Der nicht endiget, gräme dich nicht.

[9]  Meine Lage, die TrennungVom Geliebten, des Neiders Bemüh'n.Alles, alles durchschautGott, der Welten lenkt, sorge dich nicht.

[10]  Und so lange bei finstrerNacht im Wirbel der Armuth HafisDie Gebote vollzieht,Und den Koran lies't, gräme dich nicht.

[1]  From me ,tranquillity ,power ,and sense took ,
The idol of stony heart ,of silvern lobe of ear

[2]   A picture ,a beauty ,an amorously playful one ,Pan - like ,
A subtle one ,a moon - like one ,a bold one ,kaba - wearer gaily arrayed

[3]   From the torment of the fire of love's phrenzy for her ,
Ever ,tumult ,I express like the seething caldron .

[4]   Tranquil of heart ,like the close - fitting garment I should be
If ,her into my embrace ,like the kaba ,I take .

[5]   If rotten become my bone skeleton
Forgotten becometh not ,from my soul ,the love for her .

[6]   My heart and faith my heart and faith have ravished
Her breast and shoulder ,her breast and shoulder ,her breast and shoulder

[7]   Hafiz Thy remedy ,thy remedy is
Her sweet lip ,her sweet lip ,her sweet lip

[1]  Ich klage über meine Leiden nicht,Denn keine Ros' ist ohne Dorn,Kein Honig ohne Stachel.

[2]  Geduld, Verstand und Kraft hat mir geraubtMein Götze mit dem Herzens-Stein,Dem Ohrgehäng' aus Silber;

[3]  Er wohlgebaut und schnell gleich den Peris,Ein zarter Knab', dem Monde gleich,Ein Türke grob gekleidet.

[4]  Vom Feuer seiner Liebe angebrannt,Und von Begier nach ihm entflammtSied' ich empor in Wallung.

[5]  Vergnügt bin ich, und wie mein Hemde still,Wenn mir den Freund, statt des Kaftans,Erlaubt ist zu umarmen.

[6]  Ist mein Gebein schon längst in Staub verweßt,So wird doch seine Liebe nieAus meiner Seele wandern.

[7]  Geraubt ist Herz und Glauben, Glaub' und HerzDurch seine Schultern, seine Brust,Durch seine Brust und Schultern.

[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]  As much as my grief of love to the physicians ,I uttered ,
Me the wretched stranger they remedied not .

[2]   That haughty rose that ,momently ,is in the power of a thorn ,
Say Thine be shame of the poor nightingale

[3]   O Lord safety ,give so that again may see
The eye of lovers ,the face of the beloved ones .

[4]   Not with its own seal is love's casket
O Lord the desire of the watchers ,be not

[5]   O Benefactor beloved at the tray of union with Thee ,at last ,
Of those portionless ,how long shall we be

[6]   The disgrace of the world ,Hafiz would not have been ,
If ,the counsels of admonishers ,he had heard .

[1]  So viel ich mein Leiden den Aerzten geklagt, Sie heilten mich Elenden nicht.

[2]  O sage der Rose von Dornen umhegt: Schämst du vor Bülbülen dich nicht?

[3]  Verleih' mir so lange das Leben, o Herr! Bis daß den Geliebten ich seh'. Ich habe den Freunden mein Leiden geklagt, Wer hehlet die Krankheit dem Arzt?

[4]  Die Perle der Liebe ist ferne vom Ring. Es geh' nicht den Neidern nach Wunsch.

[5]  O Schwelger am Tisch des Genusses, wie lang, Wie lange entbehre ich noch!

[6]  Es diente Hafis nicht der Welt zum Gespött, Vernähm' er den heilsamen Rath.

[1]  To the adversary ,utter not the mysteries of love and of intoxication ,
So that ,without knowledge of love in pain of self - worshipping ,he may die .

[2]   O Zahid the lover of the true Beloved be if not ,one day ,the world's work endeth
And from the workshop of existence the world the picture of thy purpose unread unattained ,thou shall die

[5]   Veiled in the corner of safety ,how can one be ,
As long as ,to me ,the mysteries of intoxication thy narcissus eye uttereth

[6]   At the threshold where humbleness is greatness of the true Beloved ,of the lofty sky loftiness of rank think not
God foroid that ,from the summit of loftiness to the dust of lowliness ,thou shouldest fall

[7]   Although the thorn diminisheth life ,pardon for it the rose seeketh ,
By the side of intoxication's delight ,easy is the bitterness of wine .

[8]   Sufi the cup ,drink Hafiz the great flagon prepare
O ye short of sleeve ,how long practise ye long - handedness

[1]  Saget nicht dem Nebenbuhler Rausch und Liebegeheimniß, Sonsten geht voll Eigendünkel Ohne Kund' er zu Grunde.

[2]  Sey verliebt, es werden Welten Einstens gehen zu Grunde, Kommt der Tod, gehst du hinnen Aus dem Hause des Daseyns.

[3]  Mein Götze sprach noch gestern schön Bet Götzen mit den Heiden an.

[4]  O Herr! mich brach entzwei dein Haar, Wie lange raubt der Schwarze noch?

[5]  Wie ist Sicherheit möglich Im verborgnen Winkel, Wenn die trunkene Narzisse, Rauschgeheimnisse plaudert.

[6]  Ich sah das Unheil, was mich traf, Du flohst mich in der harten Zeit.

[1]  'Tis a city full of graceful ones and ,on every side ,an idol .
O friends 'tis love's salutation ,if ye make a bargain .

[2]   More fresh than this ,the sky's eye seetli not a youth
In the hand ,none beheld more beautiful than this an idol .

[3]   Created of soul ,who shall have seen a body
On this skirt ,of these dusty ones be not a particle of dust

[4]   The shattered one like me ,from before thyself wherefore drivest thou
For great expectation is mine ,of a kiss ,or of an embrace .

[5]   Know the wine is without alloy haste the time is opportune
Another year ,who hath hope of a new spring

[6]   In the garden ,companions like the tulip and the rose ,
Each a cup taken to the memory of the face of a friend .

[7]   This knot ,how may I loose This mystery ,how may I unfold
A pain ,and a severe pain a work ,and a difficult work .

[8]   In the hand of the tress ,of a saucy one ,is every thread of Hafiz's hair
'Tis difficult to dwell in a land like this .

[1]  Voll von Zarten ist die Stadt, Ueberall sind Schönheitsbilder, Freunde fangt zu handeln an, Denn es ist die Zeit der Liebe.

[2]  Nie noch hat das Aug' der Welt Frisch're Jünglinge gesehen, Keinem ist ein schön'res Bild In die Hände je gefallen.

[3]  Habt sein Auge ihr geseh'n, Ganz aus Lebensgeist erschaffen? Niemals soll von diesem Staub' Seinen Saum ein Stäubchen drücken.

[4]  Wenn ich ganz zerschlagen bin, Wer kann sich darob wohl wundern? Hab' ich nicht umsonst geharrt Auf Umarmungen und Küsse.

[5]  Eile! sieh' der Wein ist rein, Nütze diese frohen Zeiten, Wer kann für das nächste Jahr Frühlingsfreuden dir versprechen?

[6]  Zwey Gesellen bleiben noch In dem Garten Ros' und Lilie, Beide halten hoch den Kelch Auf des Freundes Angedenken.

[7]  Wenn die Liebe sich entrollt, Das Geheimniß sich aufschließt, Fühl' ich Pein, o harte Pein, Fühl' ich Schmerz, o schwerer Schmerz!

[8]  Immer liegt Hafisens Haar In des Freundes Locken, Schwer ist's wahrlich, lange hier Auf der Wache auszuhalten.

[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 .