[1]  In the age of the king ,fault - forgiving ,crime - covering ,
Flagon - drinker ,became Hafiz and cup - drinker ,the mufti .

[2]   Forth from the cloister - corner ,the Sufi sate drinking at the wine - jar's foot ,
Since he beheld the muhtasib a wine - pitcher on his shoulder bear .

[3]   The state of the shaikh ,and of the kazi and of their jew secret drinking ,
I asked ,in the morning ,of the Pir ,the wine - seller .

[4]   He said Unfit to be uttered is the matter though thou art a confidant
From slander thy tongue indraw the screen of high and of low preserve and wine of love drink .

[5]   Saki spring arriveth and means of wine drinking is none
On getting means a thought make .For ,from grief of want of means of wine - drinking into tumult hath come my heart's blood .

[6]   Love and poverty ,and youth ,and the new spring ,all this is
My excuse .It ,accept and ,in mercy's trail ,the crime conceal .

[7]   Like the burning candle ,tongue extending in clamour how long makest thou
O friend the moth of thy desire hath arrived .Silence

[8]   O King ,in form and in truth like thee ,
No eye hath seen no ear hath heard .

[9]   Remain ,until the khirk a of hypocrisy ,accepteth
Thy youthful fortune from the old ,tattered garment - wearing sky .

[10]   Hafiz from this inconstant sphere ,I sought my purpose
It said To the wine - house ,go and the cup of wine ,drink .

[11]   Last night ,from the hidden ,to the ear of my heart ,reached a voice
Hafiz less grief suffer thou tranquil sit wine ,drink .

[1]  In der Zeit des milden SchahesTrinkt Hafis aus seinem Kruge,Dem Mufti aus seinem Becher.

[2]  Von der Zelle in das WeinhausGeh'n Sofis, seit sie den VogtSah'n, die Kanne auf den Schultern.

[3]  Um den Scheich, um den Richter,Um den Trunk der Juden fragt' ichIn der Früh' den Weinverkäufer.

[4]  Bist du gleich ein Eingeweihter,Sprach er, kann ich's doch nicht sagen,Trinke schweigend und verstecket.

[5]  Schenk', der Frühling ist gekommen,Aber hin ist's Geld, bedenkeWie mein Herzensblut nun wallet.

[6]  Geldlos und verliebt im Frühling!Halte mich damit entschuldigt,Und verzeihe meine Fehler.

[7]  Ey wie lange wirst du schwätzenWie die Kerze, sieh! des WunschesSchmetterling ist da, nun schweige.

[8]  Herrscher nach dem Wort und Sinne,Den kein Auge noch gesehen,Den kein Ohr noch hat gehöret,

[9]  Bleibe bis dein junges SchicksalVon dem alten Greis des HimmelsSeine blaue Kutte annimmt.

[1]  In the pursuit of the desire of visiting my own native Land ,why should I not be
The dust of the head of my true Beloved's street ,why should I not be

[2]   When the load of grief of being a stranger and the trouble ,I bear not ,
To my own city ,I go and ,my own monarch ,I shall be .

[3]   Of the confidential ones of the veil of union I shall be
Of the slaves of my own Lord ,I shall be .

[4]   Since life's work how it will pass how long it will show fidelity is unknown ,at least that is best
That ,on the day of events the day of death before God my idol engaged in zikr and fikr ; and ,from that exterior to God ,turned away I shall be .

[5]   Of the hand of fortune ,heavy with sleep and of resourceless work ,
If complaint be mine ,my own secret - keeper ,I shall be .

[6]   The being a lover and a profligate was ever my way
Again ,I will strive and engaged in my own work I shall be .

[7]   Hafiz perchance ,the grace of eternity without beginning may be thy guide ,
If not ,to eternity without end ,ashamed of self ,I shall be .

[1]  Warum soll nach dem Vaterland Ich nicht begierig seyn! Warum soll ich im Freundegau Der Staub der Thür nicht seyn!

[2]  Da ich der Trennung Herzensleid Unmöglich tragen kann, Warum soll' ich in meiner Stadt Nicht selbst ein Kaiser seyn!

[3]  Ich will dort ein geheimer Rath, Von Liebe und Genuß, Ich dort der ergebne Sklav Von meinem Herzen seyn.

[4]  Des Todes Zeit ist ungewiß. Was kann ich Bessers thun, Als an dem Tage meines Tods Bei dem Geliebten seyn!

[5]  Wenn mir das blinde Glück im Schlaf Nicht meinen Willen thut, So werde ich in's Künftige Selbst mein Vertrauter seyn.

[6]  Verliebt seyn, und Betrunkenheit War immer mein Gebrauch, Nun will ich eifrig mich bemüh'n, Beschäftiget zu seyn.

[7]  Es weiset die des Ew'gen Huld Vielleicht den Weg Hafis, Wenn nicht, so wirst du ewig fort Deßhalb verbannet seyn.

[1]  Passed have forty years and more since I expressed this boast :
Of the servants of the Pir of the Magians ,the least am I .

[2]   Ever by the felicity of the favour of the Pir ,the wine - seller ,
Empty of wine ,pure and luminous ,became not the cup of mine .

[3]   In the majesty of love ,and in the fortune of profligates ,pure - players ,
Ever the chief seat of the wine - houses was the abode' of mine .

[4]   For dreg - drinking ,bear not an ill opinion of me Hafiz
For ,with wine the khirka is stained but pure of skirt am I .

[5]   The mighty falcon of the King's hand am I .O Lord in what way ,
From my recollection ,have they taken the desire of the dwelling of mine

[6]   A great bulbul like me ,in such a sward ,pity 'tis ,
That ,with this sweet tongue verse silent like the ten - tongued lily am I .

[7]   A wonderful cherisher of the mean is the water and the air of Persia :
A fellow way - farer ,where ,that ,from this land ,my tent ,up - pluck I may

[8]   Haflz 1 beneath the guise of the khirka ,how long drinketh thou the goblet
God willing at the Khwaja's banquet ,the veil from thy work of drinking upcast will I .

[9]   The auspicious Turan King ,who ,towards me ,increased his favour
The favour of his gifts became the collar of the neck .of mine .

[1]  Vierzig Jahr, und drüber prahl' ich, Daß von jenes alten Wirthes Dienern, Ich der Kleinste bin!

[2]  Durch des alten Weinverkäufers Gnade, Ist mein reines Glas von hellem Weine Nie geworden leer.

[3]  Auf dem Pfad der Liebe und der Trunknen Reiner Hand, saß ich Armer immer Auf dem ersten Platz.

[4]  Hege nicht von mir die falsche Meinung, Daß ich trinke; Fleckig ist die Kutte, Rein der Saum.

[5]  Bin ich nicht des Kaisers Falke? Sage Weßhalb man die Liebe meines Nestes, Forttrug aus dem Sinn.

[6]  Weh! daß Nachtigallen süßer Zunge, Daß ich wie die Lilie still und schweigend, Sitzen auf der Flur.

[7]  Wunderbar! es nähret Persiens Sonne, Nur Nichtswürd'ge, rufe dem Gefährten, Weg! von hier das Zelt!

[8]  Du versteck' Hafis! im Kleide Länger nicht das Glas, ich will's entdecken, In dem Herrenkreis.

[9]  Herr ist mir Turanschah, Er der Gnäd'ge, Dank für seine Huld und seine Gnaden, Sind des Nackens Schmuck.

[1]  Like the rose ,momently ,by thy fragrance ,the garment of my body ,
Rent ,I make from collar to skirt .

[2]   Thou mayst say The rose in the garden ,beheld thy body
Since like the intoxicated ,, the garment on its body ,it rent .

[3]   From the power of grief for thee ,with difficulty ,I bear life
But ,from me ,the heart easily thou tookest .

[4]   At the word of enemies watchers away from the friends lovers thou turnedest ;
With the friend ,enemy none becometh .

[5]   Thy body in the garment ,like sparkling wine in the cup :
Thy head in the chest ,like hard ,red iron in pure white silver .

[6]   O candle from thy eye ,rain tears like the cloud
For ,manifest to the people ,hath become the consuming of thy heart .

[7]   Do not ,so that ,from my breast ,the sigh liver - consuming
May ascend like smoke by way of the window .

[8]   My heart ,shatter not ; it ,under foot ,cast not ;
For in thy tress - tip ,its dwelling it hath .

[9]   Since to thy tress ,Hafiz hath bound his heart ,
In this way ,his work under foot ,cast not .

[1]  Deinem Geruche zu lieb, weil die Rose den Schleier zerreißet, Zerreiß' auch ich mein ganzes Kleid.

[2]  Auf den Fluren ersah dich die Rose, und ohne Besinnen Zerriß wie trunken sie ihr Kleid.

[3]  Schwer befrey' ich mein Herz aus der Hand der Schmerzen und Leiden, Und du befreiest so leicht dein Herz!

[4]  Ich verließ den Freund, von meinem Feinde beredet, O niemand sey den Freunden Feind.

[5]  Deinen Körper umhüllt das Gewand, wie den Nektar der Becher, Das Herz die Brust, das Gold der Stein.

[6]  Träufle, Kerze, herab! o träufle Thränen in Fluthen! Dein Herzensbrand sey allen kund!

[7]  Thue mir Nichts, sonst steigt von meinen verbrennenden Seufzern Der Rauch empor wie vom Kamin.

[8]  Brich nicht das arme Herz, und wirf es mir nicht vor die Füße, Es ist geknüpfet an dein Haar.

[9]  Da Hafis sein Herz an deine Locken geknüpft hat, So wirf es mir nicht vor den Fuß.

[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 .