[1]  O true Beloved display Thy face and to me speak ,saying From life thy heart up take
Say Before the candle ,with soul ,the fire of the moth kindle .

[2]   At our thirsty lip ,look and from it water withhold not
To the head of thy slain one thy lover come and him ,fronVthis dust of contempt up take .

[3]   The darvish ,abandon not ,if his be not silver and gold
In grief for thee ,this crystal tear ,silver reckon and his ruddy face ,red gold take .

[4]   Twang the harp and with it be content .If aloe - wood fuel be not ,what fear
My love ,the fire my heart ,the aloe - wood fuel and my body ,the censer ,take .

[5]   Into sama' ,come off from thy head ,cast the khirka ; and dance
If not ,into the corner of solitude go and on thy head ,our khirka of hypocrisy take .

[6]   Off from thy head ,draw the wool garment of beggary and the wine of purity ,drink
Silver ,play spend money and ,with gold ,into thy embrace one of silver bosom a beloved one take .

[7]   Say ,the Friend God is my friend ,then be both worlds my enemy
Then say ,fortune becometh recreant and all the men of the surface of the land ,army taker .

[8]   O Friend the true Beloved for going away ,make no desire with us ,a moment be
On the rivulet's bank formed of my tears joy ,seek and ,in thy hand ,the cup take .

[9]   Gone from my bosom ,this fire of love and water of tears of my heart and eye ,take
My hue ,yellow with grief my lip ,dry with thirst my bosom wet with tears take .

[10]   Hafiz the banquet ,adorned make and to the admonisher ,speak ,
Saying : My assembly behold and ,the path of abandoning the pulpit take .

[1]  Sag' mir zeigend die Wang':Greife aus dem Gemüthe das Herz,Zu dem Schmetterling sag':Wirf dich statt in die Gluth in's Gemüth.

[2]  Meinem trockenen MundSey ein Tropfe von Wasser gegönnt,Zum erschlagenen MannKomm' und heb' ihn auf von dem Staub.

[3]  Flieh den Bettelnden nicht,Weil er Silber und Gold nicht besitzt;Silber weinet sein Aug'Seine Wangen sind gelb wie das Gold.

[4]  Schlag' die Laute und sing';Zag' nicht wenn es an Aloe fehlt,Lieb' ist Gluth, und das HerzDas Gewürz und das Rauchfaß der Leib.

[5]  Singe, wirf das GewandWeg und lärme mit Jubel und Tanz,Oder flieh' in ein Eck,Mit der Kutte den Kopf eingehüllt.

[6]  Zieh das Ordenskleid aus,Deinen Rebensaft zieh' dafür ein,All dein Silber verspiel',Silberbusen erkauf' für das Gold.

[7]  Günstig sey dir der Freund,Beiden Welten verfeinde dich dann,Günstig sey dir das Glück,Heere mögen dann wider dich ziehn.

[8]  Fliehe nicht so geschwind,Einen Augenblick weile mit mir,An dem Ufer des BachsNimm den Becher mit mir in die Hand.

[9]  Wärst du wirklich entflohn.O dann wäre von flammender GluthMeines Herzens und Aug'sNaß die Brust, und vertrocknet der Mund.

[10]  Bring' Gesellschaft Hafis!Muthig sage zum Prediger dann:Die Versammlung schau' anHurtig steig' von der Kanzel herab.

[1]  Love's pain ,I have endured to such a degree - that ask not
Separation's poison ,I have tasted in such a way that ask not .

[2]   In the world I have wandered and its good and bad its heat and cold experienced and at the end of work ,
A heart - ravisher the true Beloved I have chosen so peerless that ask not .

[3]   In the desire of the dust of His door ,in that way ,
Goeth the water tears of my eye that ask not .

[4]   Last night ,from His mouth ,with my ear ,
Words ,I heard such that ask not .

[5]   Towards me ,wherefore bitest thou thy lip ,saying Speak not ,
A ruby lip ,I have bitten kissed such that ask not .

[6]   In the hut of my own beggary ,without Thee ,
Sorrows ,I have endured such that ask not .

[7]   In the path of love ,like Hafiz the stranger ,
At a stage of trouble I have arrived such that ask not .

[1]  Liebeschmerz hab' ich erlitten,Frage nicht.Trennungsgift hab' ich verkostet,Frage nicht.

[2]  Viel bin ich umher gewandert,Doch zuletztHab' ein Liebchen ich erkohren;Frage nicht.

[3]  Aus Verlangen nach dem StaubeIhres ThorsFließen meine Thränen häufig;Frage nicht.

[4]  Gestern hab' aus ihrem MundeIch gehörtIn mein Ohr ein süßes Wörtlein,Frage nicht.

[5]  Beißend in die Lippen sagst du:Rede nicht.Den Rubin der Lippen biß ich,Frage nicht.

[6]  Ohne dich hab' ich in meinemKämmerleinVielen Schmerz und Gram erlittenFrage nicht.

[7]  Wie Hafis der Fremdling bin ichEine PostAuf der Liebe Weg gekommen,Frage nicht.

[1]  Not that profligate am I that abandoning of the true Beloved and of the cup I make
An act like this ,the muhtasib knoweth seldom do I make .

[2]   I who ,years ,censured the repenters of wine - drinking
Repentance of drinking wine in the rose - season mad shall I be ,if I make .

[3]   The precious pearl - grain is love I am the diver the wine - house is the sea
There ,my head ,I plunged it up - lifted ,let us see ,where shall I make

[4]   Cup - taker is the tulip intoxicated ,is the narcissus the name of impiety ,on me
Many a complaint ,I have .O Lord whom ,judge shall I make

[5]   O my bold one ,city - upsetter the true Beloved a moment ,the rein draw back ,
So that ,with my pearly tears and ruddy face ,full of red gold and of pearls ,Thy path I may make .

[6]   I ,who have treasures of the ruby and of the pearl of tears ,
Desire for the bounty of the sun ,lofty of star ,how may I make

[7]   When with the water of grace ,the breeze washed the bud of the rose ,
Me ,crooked of heart ,call ,if at the page of the book the world glance ,I make .

[8]   The credit of the sky's compact and agreement is not so great
Compact with the goblet ,I establish condition covenant with the cup I make .

[9]   I who ,in beggary ,have in hand the imperial treasure ,
Greed for the revolution of the sphere ,mean - cherishing ,how may I make

[10]   Dust - stained with poverty though I be ,of my spirit ,be shame ,
If ,with the water of liberality of the sun's fountain ,my skirt wet I make .

[11]   If the Friend's grace approve of casting lovers into the fire of hell
Closed of eye ,I am even if ,on the fountain of Kausar ,glance I make .

[12]   Last night ,to Hafiz Thy ruby lip kept giving false vows
Not that one am I that belief in these its idle tales ,I make .

[13]   Not worthy of my conduct is the way of profligacy .Now ,
Since into it I have fallen ,thought of other work wherefore do 1 make

[14]   Last night ,they said Candy Thy ruby lip giveth .But ,
So long as in my own mouth ,it ,I see not ,credence how shall I make

[15]   From fortune ,the corner of the prayer - arch of Thy eye - brow ,I desire
So that ,in it ,morning and evening ,love's lesson by heart ,I may make .

[16]   I ,by whom ,to - day ,the paradise of the cash of union with the true Beloved is gained ,
On the promise of to - morrow the day of resurrection of the admonisher the Zahid reliance ,wherefore shall I make

[17]   The slave of Shah Mansur ,I am .Far ,it is not if ,
With the desire of dignity ,over the resplendent king of the East who is the sun boasting ,I make .

[18]   Resourcelessness notwithstanding ,black like the moon be my face ,
If ,of the bounty of the sun ,lofty of star ,acceptance ,I make .

[19]   What madness is austerity in the rose - season Hafiz keep sense
So that I may utter an a'uz God defend me and thought of other profligacy I may make .

[1]  Ich thu' auf Schöne und auf Schenken nicht Verzicht, Es weiß gar wohl der Vogt, daß ich Nichts solches thue,

[2]  Ich dien' zehn Jahre lang', den Büßenden zum Spotte, Ich wär' ein Narr, wenn ich zur Zeit der Rosen büßte,

[3]  Die Liebe perlt im Schenkemeer, ich bin der Taucher, Ich stürze mich hinab, wann komm' ich in die Höhe!

[4]  Die Tulpe hält den Becher, und Narzißen trinken, Dies ist Verbrechen, wer, o Herr, macht hier den Ausspruch?

[5]  Mein Türk! du Stadtverwirrer, zieh zurück den Zügel, Daß blaß und weinend ich dir Gold und Silber streue. Es ziemen mir zwar nicht Liebkosungen der Trunknen, Da ich darein verfiel, was soll ich anders denken? Man sagte gestern, Kandel spenden deine Lippen, Wie glaub' ich's, bis ich's nicht mit meinem Munde fühle. Von meinem Loos begehre ich der Brauen Kanzel, Damit ich früh und spät dort Liebe lehren möge. Ich der des Paradieses Gold schon heut besitze, Wie glaub' ich, was der Prediger verspricht auf Morgen! Ich bin ein Knecht des Schahs Mansurs, es ist natürlich, Der Sonne Herren stell' ich mich mit Stolz zur Seite.

[6]  Mein Schatz ist der Rubin, die Perlenschnur die Thränen, Was soll ich nach der Huld der hohen Sonne geizen!

[7]  Wenn mit des Hauches Fluth der Ost die Rosen reinigt. So heiße mich ein schiefes Herz, wenn ich rum schaue.

[8]  Auf Bündniß und Vertrag des Glücks ist nicht zu achten, Ich schließe meinen Bund mit Bechern und mit Schenken.

[9]  Ich, der den Schatz des Reichs in Händen halt' als Bettler, Was soll ich nach des mindern Glückes Umschwung geizen! Sey fromm, so sagst du mir zur Rosenzeit; sehr gerne, Nur will ich erst um Rath das Glas, den Schenken fragen.

[10]  Ich bin befleckt mit Armuth, daß ich müßt' mich schämen, Wenn ich mit Augennaß den Saum der Sonne netzte.

[11]  Verdammt die Liebenden der Freundinn Huld zum Feuer, So sey ich blind, wenn ich nach Kewßern schaue. Wenn ich wie Weiden ohne Frucht und nackt verbleibe, Wie kann ich meinen Kopf alsdann aus Schaam erheben.

[12]  Es schmeichelten, Hafis, dir gestern die Rubinen, Allein ich glaube nicht an diese Zaubereien.

[1]  Not in pursuit of pomp and of pageant ,to this door of the murshid we have come
For shelter from ill - fortune ,here we have come .

[2]   Way - farers of love's stage are we and from the limits of non - existence ,
Up to the climes of existence ,all this way we have come .

[3]   The freshness of Thy down ,we saw and ,from the garden of paradise ,
In search of this love - grass ,we have come .

[4]   With such treasure ,whose treasurer is the faithful spirit Jibra ,il
In beggary to the door of the King's house we have come .

[5]   O bark of grace the family of Muhammad thy anchor of patience 'Ali Murtaza is where
For ,in this ocean of liberality ,immersed in sin we have come .

[6]   O cloud ,sin - cleansing honour goeth mercy rain
For in the court of action as opposed to theory black of book ,we have come ,

[7]   Hafiz this woollen khirka of outward worship cast .For with love's consuming and melting
From behind the kafila with the fire of sighing and wailing we have come .

[1]  Ob Pracht und Größe bin ich nicht Zu dieser Thür gekommen. Mich zu verwahren vor dem Loos, Bin ich hierher gekommen.

[2]  Ich wandle auf der Liebe Pfad, Und von des Nichtseyns Gränzen Bis in das Land des Seyns bin ich Hieher des Wegs gekommen.

[3]  Ich sah den grünen Flaum des Barts, Und bin vom Paradiese, Zu pflücken dieses seltne Kraut, Ganz eigens hergekommen.

[4]  Der Hüter über solchen Schatz, Ist Gabriel der Engel, Als Bettler bin ich zu der Thür Des Schatzes hergekommen.

[5]  O Schiff der Leitung und der Huld! Wo ist der Güte Anker? Ich bin im Meere dieser Welt In die Gefahr gekommen.

[6]  O Regen, der die Sünden wäscht, Mein Wangenglanz verschwindet, Wasch' mich, ich bin durch meine Schuld In's schwarze Buch gekommen.

[7]  Hafis wirf weg das woll'ne Kleid, O wirf es in das Feuer, Denn hinter Karawanen her Bin ich mit Weh gekommen.

[1]  Knowest thou what fortune is 'Tis beholding the sight of the true Beloved
In His street ,beggary to royalty preferring .

[2]   Easy it is to sever desire for life .But ,
Only with difficulty ,friendship for friends dear as one's soul ,can one sever .

[3]   Like the folded bud ,with a straitened heart ,to the rose - garden ,I will go
And ,there ,my garment of good fame ,will rend

[4]   Sometimes ,like the breeze ,hidden mystery with the rose will utter
Sometimes ,from the bulbuls ,the mystery of love - playing will hear .

[5]   First in this world from the hand ,the kissing of the lip of the true Beloved give not up
For ,at last in the next world thou mayst be distressed wearied with the gnawing in regret of thy own hand and lip .

[6]   O heart the society of friends ,opportunity reckon .For ,from this two - pathed stage the world
When from it away we pass ,this society again one cannot reach .

[7]   Thou mayst say From the memory of King Mansur passed Hafiz ;
O Lord to his Mansur's memory the thought of cherishing the darvish Hafiz bring .

[1]  Kennst du das Glück, des Freundes Angesicht zu seh'n, Bei ihm zu betteln lieber, als ein Fürst zu seyn?

[2]  Ein leichtes ist's, aus Seelen bannen die Begier, Die Seele fortzuscheuchen von dem Freund ist schwer.

[3]  Mit eignem Herzen geh' ich Knospen gleich einher, Und dort zerreiße ich des guten Namens Hemd,

[4]  Bald kos' ich heimlich mit den Rosen, wie der Ost, Bald hör' ich die Geheimnisse der Nachtigall.

[5]  Der Freunde Lippen küß', wenn du nur immer kannst, Sonst wirst du in die Lippen beissen voll von Gram.

[6]  Ergreife die Gelegenheit des Freundgesprächs, Wer weiß, begegnen wir uns wieder auf dem Weg.

[7]  Du sagst, Hafisens denkt nicht mehr der Schah Manßur, O stöß' ihm, Herr, für die Derwische Sorge 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