[1]  O breeze murshid thy passing by the dwelling of the true Beloved ,keep not back
For the wretched lover Hafiz news of Him the true Beloved keep not back .

[2]   O rose in thanks that ,to thy heart's desire ,thou blossomedest ,
From the bird of the morning the bulbul the breeze of union keep not back .

[3]   When thou wast the new moon in the beginning of youthful beauty I was thy companion
Now ,that in beauty thou art the full moon ,from the state of me foolish the glance of mercy keep not back ,

[4]   Mean small and contracted is the world and all that in it is
O true Beloved from the people of divine knowledge ,this contracted portion keep not back .

[5]   Now ,that the fountain of sugar the water of life is Thy sweet ruby lip
Utter speech and from the parrot Hafiz sugar the true Beloved keep not back .

[6]   To the far horizon ,taketh the poet thy deeds noble and generous
From him ,allowance and provision for the journey keep not back .

[7]   O praised One since thou desirest good mention of thy self this the matter :
In respect of the price of speech good mention silver and gold keep not back .

[8]   Hafiz grief's dust departeth better cometh thy state
From this thoroughfare ,the water of thy eye tears keep not back .

[1]  Beim Verliebten, o Ostwind, gehe vorbei,Kunde bringe dem Liebenden,Verweigre mir's nicht!

[2]  Lieblich blühst du, o Rose, dankbar dafür,Einen Duft für die NachtigallVerweigre mir nicht.

[3]  Dein Verehrer war ich, o wachsender Mond,Einen Blick, nun du älter bist,Verweigre mir nicht.

[4]  Erdengüter sind leicht, und niederen WerthsDiese Kleinigkeit, WürdigenVerweigre sie nicht.

[5]  Wie der Kandel sind deine Lippen mir süß,Zucker spende dem PapageyVerweigre mir's nicht!

[6]  Deine Tugenden führt zum Kafe das Lied,Reisezehrung dem Liedermund,Verweigere du nicht.

[7]  Wer verherrlicht seyn will, höre dies Wort:Gold und Silber ist Liederpreis,Verweigert es nicht.

[8]  Gram und Schmerzen vergeh'n, und beßer wird's einst,Deine Thränen auf jenem Pfad,Verweig're sie nicht.

[1]  O breeze from the dust of the true Beloved's path ,a perfume bring :
My heart's grief ,take ; glad tidings of the heart - possessor bring .

[2]   O breeze from the true Beloved's mouth ,a soul - expanding subtlety utter
From the world of mysteries ,a letter of pleasant news bring .

[3]   So that by the favour of Thy gentle breeze ,my perfume - place ,I may perfume ,
A little of the odours of the Beloved's breath bring .

[4]   O breeze ,I conjure thee by thy fidelity ,the dust of the path of that dearly Beloved ,
Without a particle of dust that from stranger appeareth ,bring .

[5]   From the Friend's thoroughfare ,a little dust ,for the blindness of the watcher ,
For the assuaging of this my blood - raining eye ,bring .

[6]   Immatureness and simple - heartedness is not the way of those life - sporting who ,for the heart - ravisher ,play the cash of the heart
From that heart - ravisher ,sorcerer ,a little news bring .

[7]   O bird of the sward thanks for that that thou art in ease ,
To the cage - captives ,glad tidings of the rose - bed bring .

[8]   Bitter became the soul's desire through the patience that I exercised without the Friend
The way of that sweet lip of the Friend's sugar - raining bring .

[9]   A long time it is since that my heart the face of its purpose ,beheld
O Saki that goblet ,the mirror of conduct bring .

[10]   Hafiz's ragged garment ,what is it worth Be - colour it with wine
Then ,to the head of the market ,him Hafiz intoxicated and ruined bring .

[1]  Einen Geruch, o Wind, vom Weg der Freundinn bring' her.Meinen Gram trag' fort, frohe Nachricht bring' her!

[2]  Sag' mir ein Wort von ihr, das Geist und Seele neu macht,Einen Brief von ihr, stille Kunde bring' her.

[3]  Daß ich mit deinem Hauch erfrisch' den Sinn des Wohldufts,Bringe Düfte mir der Geliebten, mir her!

[4]  Bringe bei deiner Treu' vom fernen Weg des Freund's Staub,So doch, daß solches nicht Fremde merken, mir her!

[5]  Bringe mir einen Staub, der Nebenbuhler sey blind!Einen Staub zum Trost blut'ger Augen bring' her!

[6]  Wonnegenuß ist nicht im Herzen roher Sinnart,Bring' mir deßhalb stets die Kund' vom Schelmenaug' her.

[7]  Dankbar für's Wohlseyn, für die Freyheit, Sänger der Flur,Bring' zum Käficht mir Kund' vom Rosenbeet her.

[8]  Ferne von ihr war ich, und bitter mir Geduld ward,Bringe einen Kuß von den Lippen mir her.

[9]  Lange schon hat mein Herz geseh'n des Wunsches Ziel nicht.Schenk'! o bringe reine Becher mir her!

[10]  Färbe Hafisens Kleid mit purpurfarbnem Weine,Bringet ihn dann selbst trunken von dem Markt her.

[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]  If thou be the compassionate friend ,true of covenant ,be :
The companion of the closet in grief and of the hot bath and of the rose - garden in ease be .

[2]   To the power of wine ,the curl of thy dishevelled tress give not so that its perfume may not agitate lovers
Speak not saying Say ,lovers' hearts agitated be .

[3]   If thine be desire to be in exaltation fellow - sitter with Khizr ,
Hidden from Sikandar's eye ,like the water of life ,be .

[4]   Not the work of every bird is the power of love - playing
Come and of the bulbul ,ghazal singing Hafiz the new rose beloved be .

[5]   The path of service ,and the usage of attendance - making
For God's sake ,let go to us and Sultan be .

[6]   On the prey the lovers of God of the sacred fold ,again draw not forth the sword .Take care
Of what thou hast done with our heart ,penitent ,be

[7]   O true Beloved the candle of the assembly Thou art one of tongue ,one of heart ,be
The fancy of the moth's effort in sparing not its own life behold and laughing consuming like the candle be .

[8]   In glance - playing ,is the perfection of heart - ravishingness and beauty of beloved ones
Of the crowd of the rare ones of the age ,in the art of viewing and comprehending others be .

[9]   Hafiz silence and of the Beloved's violence ,bewail not
Who spake to thee saying At the lovely face of the Beloved astonied be

[1]  Hast du einen trauten FreundTreu in Worten sey.So im Bad als RosenbeetSein Begleiter sey.

[2]  Gieb des durchgewühlten Haar'sKrause nicht dem Wind',Daß nicht der Verliebten SinnGanz zerrüttet sey!

[3]  Wünschest du allein zu seynUnd mit Chiser gut.Du für Alexandern dannLebenswasser sey!

[4]  Nicht ein jeder Vogel singtSüßen Liebeston,Komm' und für die NachtigallEine Rose sey!

[5]  Uebertrage mir die PflichtTreu zu seyn als Knecht,Uebertrag' sie mir bey Gott!Und du Kaiser sey!

[6]  Zieh' nicht noch einmal das SchwertIn dem Heiligthum;Und für das was du gethanGanz zerknirschet sey!

[7]  Eine Zunge und ein HerzHaben unsre Kerzen.Sieh' des Schmetterlings Bemüh'n,Ob es nicht zum Lachen sey.

[8]  Aller Reiz und Schönheit liegtIn dem Minnespiel'.Du daher in diesem SpielUnerreichbar sey!

[9]  Schweig' Hafis und klage nichtUeber Freundes Schuld,Wer befahl, daß ihr GesichtAnzustaunen sey!

[1]  Bird ,auspicious of foot ,gracious of message ,welcome
Happy thy arrival What news of the Friend He is where His path is what

[2]   O Lord be the grace of eternity without beginning the guide of this kafila ,
By means of which ,to the snare the enemy hath come and to His desire ,the Beloved .

[3]   No limit hath tale of me and of my Beloved
Whatever no beginning hath ,no ending taketh .

[4]   Grace beyond limit ,bringeth the rose the true Beloved with generosity ,Thy face display
Elegance ,the cypress displayeth and in its pride pleasant is not .For God's sake so that it may be ashamed forth gracefully move

[5]   Since the heart - possessing tress keepeth ordering me the zunnar the mystic cord which is contrary to the khirka
O khwaja go for ,on our body ,unlawful is the khirka .

[6]   The bird of my soul that ,from the summit of the Sidra tree ,crieth out
It ,at last ,into the snare of Thy beauty the grain of Thy mole cast .

[7]   For my blood - raining eye ,how is sleep fit
He who hath a grievous malady that slayeth how sleepeth he

[8]   To me ,heart - bereft ,Thou showest no pity I said
This is my claim that Thou pity me and this ,Thou art and this is the opportune time .

[9]   If inclination for Thy eye - brow ,Hafiz have ,it is fit
In the corner of the prayer - arch ,their dwelling ,men of eloquence or men of the Kuran will make .

[1]  Sey willkommen, o glücklicher Vogel,Gesegneter Bothe!Welche Kunde vom Freunde vom Guten?Wo führet sein Weg hin?

[2]  Herr! Du leite der Reisenden HeerzugDurch ewige Güte;Sie verstricken die Feinde in Schlingen,Sie beglücken Verliebte.

[3]  Was sich alles mit mir und dem LieblingHat Verschiednes ereignet,Hat kein Ende, denn leider! gebrichts hierSo am Ausgang wie Anfang.

[4]  Allzu üppig erscheinen die Rosen,Zeig' die Hülle des Geistes!Wohl bewegen sich schwankend Cypressen,Doch nicht lieblich, o Wandler!

[5]  Wenn der Liebling befiehlt, aus den LockenFeuergürtel zu machen,Dann, o Meister! ist's uns nicht erlaubet,Ordenskleider zu tragen.

[6]  Jüngst noch prahlte der Vogel des GeistesMit dem Lebensbaum Sidra,Sieh da hat ihn das Körnlein des MaalesIn die Schlingen gelocket.

[7]  Sage, ziemt es dem blutigen AugeZiemt es ihm wohl zu schlafen?Kann derjenige schlafen, der siechendStets in Todesgefahr liegt.

[8]  Du zeigst leider! mir Elenden keineHuld, keine ErbarmungDieses ist vorüber, ich klage,So bist du und die Zeiten.

[9]  Wenn Hafis zu den Brauen sich hinneigt,Ist's nicht anders als billig,Denn es machen die Künstler der RedeHochaltäre aus selben.

[1]  In fruitlessness and lustfulness ,passed my life
O son me ,the cup of wine ,give ,so that to old age thou mayst reach .

[2]   In this city ,what sugars that became contented ,
The mighty falcons of tarlkat with the stage of a pitiful fly

[3]   Last night ,in the crowd of slaves of His door ,I went ,
He spake saying O friendless ,remediless ,one the load of what person art thou

[4]   Despite the heart become blood in grief to be like the pleasant fragrant musk - pod ,is necessary for him ,
Who became world - renowned for a fragrant breath of excellence

[5]   From the direction of Tar ,lightning flashed ; to it ,I inclined in love
Perchance ,thee ,a brand of bright flame ,I may bring .

[6]   Departed in death hath the Karvan of friends and ,in the ambush - place ,thou in sleep
Arise prepare the requisites of the end .Alas of so many crashes of the great bell of death wholly void of knowledge ,thou art .

[7]   O bird of my soul thy pinion ,spread and ,from the lofty Tuba tree ,the shout of praise in recollection of Thy Creator raise
Woe is it that a glorious bird like thee captive of the cage of worldly delights that befit thee not thou art

[8]   So that ,like the censer ,a moment ,we may take the skirt of the beloved ,
We placed our heart on the fire ,for the sake of a pleasant breath .

[9]   In desire of Thee ,in every direction ,Hafiz runneth how much
O object of desire to thee ,easy the path ,may God make .

[1]  Ohne Zweck in eitler Begier ist das Leben verstrichen, Jüngling gieb mir das Glas, morgen schon wirst du zum Greis. Sieh', es erglänzet die Flamm' von ferne auf Sinai's Höhen, Und wie Zunderschwamm fanget den Funken mein Herz.

[2]  Dankbar, fürwahr! geziemt uns zu seyn in unserer Hauptstadt, Wo der Falke der Jagd sich mit der Ameis begnügt.

[3]  Gestern drängte ich mich vor die Thür' des Geliebten zum Pferdetroß. Armer, sprach er zu mir: Wer hat dich also beschwert?

[4]  Blutigen Herzens muß seyn, doch froh zugleich wie die Blase, Welcher durch Moschusduft Ruhm sich erwarb in der Welt.

[5]  Hast den Blitz, der von Sina ausgieng, du zum Vertrauten gewählet? Oder nahte zu dir irgend ein flammend Gestirn?

[6]  Fort ist die Karawane, nun schläfst du sorglos im Winkel. Mancher verschlief wie du jenes Signales Geläut.

[7]  Schlage die Flügel, und singe das Lied des Lammes aus Eden, Armer Vogel, o weh'! daß du im Kefichte bist.

[8]  Um ein Düftchen vom Saum des Geliebten zu haschen wie's Rauchfaß Hab' ich entschlossen mein Herz hin auf die Gluten gelegt.

[9]  Dir zu Lieb' hat Hafis auf allen Seiten gesichert. Herr mein Gott! o mach' Suchenden leichter den Weg.

[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