[1]  The reed's tongue hath no desire for the explanation of separation
If not ,to thee ,I give the explanation of the tale of separation .

[2]   Alas life's span ,in hope of union ,
Hath reached to an end and to an end ,hath not come the time of separation .

[3]   That head that ,in glory ,1 rubbed on the head of the sphere ,
I swear by the true ones that I compelled by Fate and Destiny placed it on the threshold of separation .

[4]   In desire of union ,how may I unfold the wing ,
For its feathers ,the bird of my heart hath shed on the nest of separation .

[5]   Now ,what remedy ,when ,into the great whirlpool of grief's ocean ,
The bark of my patience hath fallen on account of the sail of separation .

[6]   Not much it wanted that the bark of my life should be overwhelmed ,
With love's wave from the limitless ocean of separation .

[7]   O Lord into the world ,who brought disjunction and separation
Dark be the day of disjunction ,and the house of separation .

[8]   O true Beloved comrades of the troop of Thy fancy and fellow - riders with patience ,are we lovers of Thee
The associate of labour ,and of'distress and the companion of separation .

[9]   Union with Thee ,how may I claim By my soul I swear that hath become ,
My heart ,the secretary of fate and my body ,the pledge of separation .

[10]   Roast - flesh became my heart from the burning of desire and far in separation from the true Beloved ,
Ever ,the blood of the liver ,I drink from the tray of separation .

[11]   When ,captive to love's circle ,the sky beheld my head ,
The neck of my patience ,it bound with the cord of separation .

[12]   Hafiz if ,with the foot of desire ,this Path of love to the end thou hadst gone ,
To the hand of disjunction ,none would have given the rein of separation .

[1]  Wer brachte denn zuerst die Trennung auf die Erde?Auf immer bleibe schwarz das Haus der Flucht, der Trennung.

[2]  Der Feder Zunge spricht nicht aus den Schmerz der Trennung,Sonst hätt' ich dir erklärt die Sagen von der Trennung.

[3]  Des Lebens Zeit verfloß in Hoffnung des Genusses,O Weh! und noch nicht ist zu End' die Zeit der Trennung.

[4]  Ich heb' den Kopf mit Stolz bis an des Himmels Giebel,Und aus Geradheit lieg' ich auf die Schwell' der Trennung.

[5]  Wie kann ich fliegen mit dem Wunsche des Genusses?Entfiedert ward der Aar der Brust im Nest der Trennung.

[6]  Der Nachen der Geduld fiel auf dem Meer der Leiden,In einen Wirbel mit dem Segeltuch der Trennung.

[7]  Noch wenig fehlt, so wird des Lebens Schiff versinken,In Sehnsuchtsfluthenschwall im weiten Meer der Trennung.

[8]  Wenn ich die Trennung erwische, fürwahr! ich will sie ermorden,Und mit Thränen bezahl' ich dann die Blutschuld der Trennung.

[9]  Ich ziehe voll Geduld mit ihres Bildes Heeren,Ich wandle auf der Gluth der Flucht, im Schmerz der Trennung.

[10]  Wie kann die Seele fodern des Genusses Freuden?Mein Herz erliegt dem Loos, den Leib umfaßt die Trennung,

[11]  Der Sehnsucht Gluth hat längst mein armes Herz verbrennet,Vom Freunde ferne trink' ich Blut am Tisch der Trennung,

[1]  IF into the curl of Thy two tresses ,my hand again should reach ,
With Thy chaugan ,what heads there are that like a ball ,I shall play .

[2]   Long life to me is Thy long tress but there is not
In my hand ,a hair - tip of this long life .

[3]   O candle Beloved give the order for rest .For ,to - night ,
From the heart's fire ,before Thee ,like the consuming candle I melt .

[4]   That moment when ,with a laugh ,life I give up like the flagon ,
I would that a prayer for me Thy intoxicated ones should offer .

[5]   Since the prayer of me stained is not an acceptable prayer
In the wine - house ,on that account less are not my burning and consuming .

[6]   In the masjid and in the wine - house ,if Thy image come ,
Of Thy two eye - brows ,I make the prayer - arch of praying and the lute of wailing

[7]   If ,one night with Thy face ,my khilvat ,Thou illumine ,
Like the morning in the horizons of the world ,my head ,I exalt .

[8]   In this path of love laudable is the end of love's work ,
If ,in desire of passion for Ayaz the true Beloved my head goeth .

[9]   Hafiz the heart's grief ,to whom shall I utter
Not fit is it that ,save the cup ,the confidant of mystery be mine .

[1]  Wenn ich zur Spitze der Locken gelangte, Schlug' ich viel Köpfe als Schlägel davon.

[2]  Wohl wird durch Locken das Leben verlängert, Aber noch ward mir kein Härchen davon,

[3]  Kerze, o gieb mir des Schmetterlings Ruhe, Denn ich zerschmelze vor dir wie das Wachs.

[4]  Wenn ich wie Flaschen die Seele verlache Wünsch' ich, daß Trunk'ne leben für mich.

[5]  Weil mein Gebet nicht befreyt ist von Mackeln, Hör' ich nicht auf in den Schenken zu fleh'n,

[6]  Wenn ich in Schenken, in Tempeln dich sehe, Mach' ich die Brauen zum hohen Altar.

[7]  Wenn dein Gesicht mein Gemach einst erleuchtet, Heb ich den Kopf wie der Morgen empor.

[8]  Endlich gelingt es mir doch wie Mahmuden Wenn ich verliere den Kopf für Ajas.

[9]  Könnte Hafis sein Geheimniß vertrauen, Da zum Vertrauten das Glas Er nur hat?

[1]  Joyous that day when from this desolate abode this world I go
The ease of soul the true Beloved I seek and for the sake of the Beloved I go .

[2]   Though I know that to such a place the stranger findeth not the path ,
To the sweet perfume of that dishevelled tress ,I go .

[3]   From dread of the prison of Sikandar this fleeting world my heart took contraction
I bind up my chattels and to the Land of Sulaiman the lasting world I go .

[4]   With the sick heart ,and powerless body ,like the swift breeze ,
For the love of that moving cypress ,I go .

[5]   In His path ,like the pen ,if on my head it is necessary to go ,
With the heart ,wound - enduring and weeping eye ,I go .

[6]   If of this grief one day come to an end ,I have vowed that
To the wine - house door ,joyous and song - singing ,I will go

[7]   That like a mote ,in love for Him ,
To the lip of the fountain of the resplendent sun ,I will go .

[8]   Since ,to the Arabs those gone before ,who rest in proximity to God and who have escaped from time's tumult grief for us of heavy loads is none ,
Persians murshids of the faith guides of the Path of certainty A little help ,that happy and easy of heart in that Path I may go .

[9]   And if ,out from the desert ,I take not the path like Hafiz
Along with the constellations of the Asaf of the age I go .

[1]  O froher Tag! an dem aus diesem Zerstörten Haus ich werde gehen! An dem ich Seelenruhe suchen, Und nach der Freundinn werde gehen.

[2]  Wiewohl ich weiß, daß diese Straße Zu Nichts den fremden Wandrer führet, So will ich doch nach Wohlgerüchen, Der tief verwirrten Locken gehen.

[3]  Ein Schrecken hat mein Herz ergriffen, In diesem Kerker Alexanders. Ich werde nun mein Bündel schnüren, Zum Thron der Salomonen gehen.

[4]  Ich will mit meinem kranken Herzen, Und mit dem kräftelosen Körper Dem Ostwind gleich, blos aus Begierde Nach dieser schwanken Ceder gehen.

[5]  Und müßt' ich wie die Schreibefeder Sogar auf meinem Kopfe gehen, Ich würde doch mit wundem Herzen, Mit Thränen in den Augen gehen.

[6]  Ich that ein heimliches Gelübde, Wenn ich von diesem Scherzen einstens Befreiet bin, mit frohem Herzen Und Sang zur Schenke hinzugehen.

[7]  Aus Lust zu ihr und aus Begierde, Vermöchte ich wie Sonnenstäubchen Bis an den Rand des Aug's der Sonne Im Tanz und Glanz hineinzugehen.

[8]  Weil jene leicht geschnüret sind, Die auf arabischen Hengsten reiten, So wollen wir zu frommen Männern, Ganz leicht und frohen Muthes gehen.

[9]  Und wenn ich wie Hafis die Straße Nicht finden kann aus Trennungswüsten, So will ich immer mit dem Heere Des Großwesir's der Zeiten gehen.

[1]  Last night ,in sleep ,I saw that forth ,a great moon had come ,
From the reflection of the face whereof ,to an end ,the night of separation had come .

[2]   The explanation is what The much journeyed Friend the true Beloved arriveth
O would that by my door ,He ,splendour - giving and adorned ,had come

[3]   My Saki ,auspicious of omen whose mention be for good
Ever ,by my door ,with the goblet and the cup ,he used to come .

[4]   Happy ,had it been if ,in sleep ,his native land he had seen
So that the guide to us ,the recollection of its association would have come .

[5]   If ,with force and gold ,to our hand ,the bounty of eternity without beginning union with the true Beloved had come ,
The water of life of Khizr .Sikandar's portion would have come .

[6]   O true Beloved wherefore fleest Thou Be memory of that time ,when ,from roof and door ,to me ,
The message of the Beloved and the letter of the Heart - ravisher ,used to come .

[7]   Such power of tyranny ,Thy watcher where would have obtained ,
If ,one night ,to the Ruler's door ,an oppressed one had come

[8]   Love's desire ,how know the immature ones of the Path
One of ocean - heart generous seek and a bold one who is a chief .

[9]   That one who ,thee ,road - guide to stone - heartedness ,made ,
O would that against a stone so that he might fall his foot^ had come .

[10]   If ,in Hafiz's way ,another had written ,
Agreeably to the nature of the king ,skill - cherishing ,it would have come .

[1]  Mein Mond war gestern in dem Traum Zu mir herabgekommen, Zu Ende war's mit seinem Schein Der Trennungsnacht gekommen.

[2]  Wie sag' ich's, denn es kehrt mein Freund Zurück von seinen Reisen, O möchte er doch bald und bald Herein zur Thüre kommen.

[3]  Der Namen meines Schenken sey In löblicher Erinn'rung, Weil er mit Flasche und mit Glas Stets ist zu mir gekommen.

[5]  Wenn Gottes Huld ich mit Gewalt Mit Gold erworben habe, Dann wäre mir der Lebensquell Vielleicht auch zugekommen. Die Seele hätt' ich hingestreut Dem süßen Herzensschmeichler, Wär' er, wie ein verklärter Geist, Zu mir herab gekommen.

[6]  O gern gedenke ich der Zeit, Wo mir von Dach und Thüren Von meinem Freunde bald ein Brief, Bald Kunde ist gekommen.

[7]  Dem Nebenbuhler sag', wo fand'st Du solche Grausamkeiten, Was wirst du thun, wenn eines Nachts Zu dir die Kläger kommen?

[8]  Wer nie den Weg der Liebe gieng Was weiß er von der Liebe? Drum suche einen Liebling, der Gewandt ist, zu bekommen.

[9]  Wer dir mit Herzen hart wie Stein Die wahre Straße weiset, O möchte doch auf seinen Kopf Ein Stein von oben kommen!

[10]  Wenn Andere Hafisens Bild Zu zeichnen sich bestreben, So wird es dann dem Schah gar schön, Und wohlgefällig kommen.

[1]   The hearing of the Friend's message is felicity and safety
Be my precious life a ransom for the dust of the Friend's door .

[3]   To the evening shelter of strangers ,come and the bloody water of our eye ,behold ,
Like pure red w'ne in Damascus glass .

[4]   If ,in praise of the dweller of Arak the beloved the bird of happiness warbleth ,
From its gardens ,the moaning of my pigeons in desire of the possessor of Arak will not be separated .

[5]   Not much remaineth when to an end cometh the day of separation from the beloved
From the hills of Hima the beloved's abode I almost beheld the removing of tents .

[6]   O happy that moment when thou enterest ,and to thee I say : In safety ,
Happy arrival in the best of abodes ,thou hast alighted .

[7]   Being far from thee ,I have become slender lean as the new crescent moon
Although thy face like the moon ,in its fulness ,I have not seen .

[8]   If ,to paradise ,I inclined and became a covenant - breaker ,
Be neither my sleep agreeable ,nor my sleeping place tranquil .

[9]   Hope is that ,by good fortune ,thee I may quickly see ,
Thou being joyous in order - giving ; and I ,in slavery .

[10]   Hafiz like the string of pearls of good water is thy pure lustrous verse
For in the place of grace it surpasseth the verse of Ni'zami .

[1]  Düfte des Weins sind gekommen, und meine Begier ist gewachsen, Für den Staub der Thür' werde geopfert mein Geist.

[2]  Immer ist es ein Glück zu vernehmen Kunde vom Freunde, Ha! wer bringt von mir freundliche Grüße zu Saad!

[3]  Komm' am Abend der Fremden, und schau' mein Auge voll Thränen, So schwimmt reiner Wein in dem kristallnen Gefäß.

[4]  Wenn ich bräche den Mund und hin nach Eden mich sehnte, Fliehe von mir der Schlaf, fliehe der schmeichelnde Traum!

[5]  Lang' ist's wahrlich nicht mehr bis zu dem Tage der Trennung, Denn ich erblickte schon über den Hügeln das Zelt.

[6]  Selig der Augenblick, wo ich dich einstens begrüße, Wo ich dir sage: gegrüßt! Sey mir von Herzen gegrüßt! Weinet der Vogel des Glücks im Garten genannt Sileroki, Wird die Taube doch nicht weinen im Garten von Saad.

[7]  Ferne bin ich von dir, und irre herum in der Fremde, Ob ich gleich den Mond niemals im Vollschein geseh'n.

[8]  Wenn ich gleich Nichts besitze, das werth ist des Umgangs der Fürsten, So erlaube mir doch, daß dein Bedienter ich sey.

[9]  Bald, o bald, so hoff' ich, erblick' ich ein besseres Schicksal, Herrschen erfreuet dich, mich dir gehorsam zu seyn.

[10]  Deine Verse, Hafis, sind Perlen süßer Sorbete, Uebertreffen gar manchmal die Verse Nisami's.

[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