[1]  To the Sultan's attendants ,who will convey this prayer
In thanks for sovereignty ,away from sight drive not the beggar

[2]   From the watcher imperious lust demon of nature ,- I take shelter in my God
Perchance that gleaming light God's bounty and grace may ,for God's sake ,give a little aid .

[3]   If Thy dark eye - lash arrow - like made for our blood ,
O Idol think of its deceit in blood - shedding and ,make no mistake lest Thou suffer regret for my blood

[4]   When by Thy splendour Thou enkindlest thy face ,Thou consumest a world
From this ,what profit hast Thou that Thou doest no kindness

[5]   All night all my life in this hope I am that the breeze of dawn the angel of death
With the message of lovers giving release by death from the world's tumult will cherish me the lover .

[6]   O true Beloved what is the tumult that to lovers thou displayedest
Thy face like the gleaming moon ,Thy stature like the heart - ravishing cypress

[7]   O murshid to the lover Hafiz morning - rising ,give thou ,for God's sake ,a draught of wine of love
May his prayer of the morning - time avail thee

[8]   Hafiz's sorrowful heart that through separation from Thee ,is full of blood ,
What would be its state if ,awhile ,it should attain union with the true Beloved

[1]  Wer überbringet das GesuchDen Freunden des Sultanes?Vom Bettler wende nicht den BlickFür deine Herrschaft dankbar.

[2]  Ich flücht' vom Nebenbuhler, derDes Teufels ist, ich flüchteZu meinem Gott, vielleicht daß ErDurchs Feuer ihn verzehret.

[3]  Wenn deine schwarzen Wimpern dirZum Blutvergießen winken,So denke, daß sie Schelme sind,Laß dich ja nicht verführen.

[4]  Du steckst die ganze Welt in Brand,Wenn deine Wangen leuchten,Sag' an, was hast du denn davonDaß du nicht milder herrschest? Geliebte was für Formen sindDem Liebenden erschienen!Welch ein Gesicht dem Monde gleichUnd Wuchs, gleich der Cypreße!

[5]  Ich hoffe ganze Nächte langDaß mit dem Hauch des MorgensMir eine Kunde kommen wirdVon meinen trauten Freunden.

[6]  Es blutet längst mein armes HerzDurch deine Zauberaugen.O meine Theure blicke herWie du mich hast ermordet!

[7]  Hafis! wenn jetzt im TrennungsstandDein Herz sich schon verblutet,Was harret sein, wenn einst GenußDasselbe soll beglücken.

[1]  Of His black tress the world complaint I have to such a degree that ask not
For ,on account of it ,without means and resource ,I am become in such a way that ask not .

[2]   In the hope of its fidelity ,let none abandon heart and soul the being a lover
For ,of this done ,I am penitent to such a degree that ask not .

[3]   For the sake of one draught of wine wherein is the injury of none .
From the ignorant man ,such torment 1 suffer that ask not .

[4]   Zahid from us in peace depart for this ruby wine
Taketh from ths hand ,heart and faith in that way that ask not .

[5]   In this Path ,the talk is that life melteth :
Every one the contention of this one is that look not of that one ,that ask not .

[6]   Corner of retirement taking and safety were my desire .But ,
That maddening narcissus practiseth a way that ask not .

[7]   I said From the ball of the sky ,I ask the present state
It said In the curve of the chaugan ,that I endure that ask not .

[8]   To Him the true Beloved I said : By whose malice ,dishevelledest Thou Thy tress He said
Hafiz long is this tale by the Kuran I conjure thee that ask not .

[1]  Ueber schöne schwarze LockenKlag' ich so viel, frage mich nicht.Denn sie haben mich von meinenSinnen gebracht, frage nicht.

[2]  Hoffend auf die Treu' verlasseKeiner die Seel', oder das Herz.Denn ich habe oft genug schonDieses bereut, frage nicht.

[3]  Wegen eines HefenrestesWelcher kein Leid Menschen gethan,Muß ich Armer von den ThorenTragen zu viel, frage nicht.

[4]  Frommer Mann o geh' vorüberRuhig und still, denn der RubinIn dem Glase hat mir Seele,Glauben geraubt, frage nicht.

[5]  Manche Sage geht, es würdenSeelen zerschmelzt wandernd allhier,Jedermann ist in Verwirrung;Schaue du nicht, frage nicht.

[6]  In dem Winkel wollt' ich sitzenNur auf das Heil einzig bedachtDoch da schmeichelte so viel mirJene Narziß, frage nicht.

[7]  Fragen wollt' ich erst den HimmelUeber das Weh meines Gefühls;Himmel dienen mir statt BallenSagte der Freund, frage nicht.

[8]  Weßhalb sprach ich zu dem Freunde,Hast du das Haar zornig gekrümmt,Lang' sprach er ist die GeschichteWahrlich Hafis! frage nicht.

[1]  O murshid if wine them drink ,pour a draught on the dust the sons of dusty Adam
The sin ,wherein an advantage to the stranger reacheth ,what fear .

[2]   With whatever thou hast ,go drink and regret ,suffer not .
For on thy head the sword of destruction time pitilessly striketh .

[3]   O graceful cypress ,my cherisher by the dust of Thy foot ,
I conjure Thee on the day of events the day of death take not off Thy foot from the head of my dust ,

[4]   What dweller of hell ,what dweller of paradise ,what man ,what angel ,
In the religion of all ,infidelity to the path tarikat is baseness .

[5]   The path of the house of six sides this world the geometrician of the sky reason
Established so that ,beneath the snare of the pit this world is no path of flight from it

[6]   The path of reason ,the deceit of the daughter of the vine wonderfully attacketh
Till the judgment - day ,ruined be not the vine - trellis

[7]   Hafiz by the path of the wine - house ,happily thou wentest ,
The prayer of one of heart ,the consoler of thy pure heart be

[1]  Auf gar wunderlichen Wegen,Führet den Verstand der Wein,Dies Gewölb' bleibt unzerstöretBis zum jüngsten Tag.

[2]  Trinkst du Wein, so schütt' die HefenAuf die Erde aus,Fürchte nicht die Sünde, welcheAndern Nutzen bringt.

[3]  Ohne Scheu genieße alles,Alles was du hast.Denn das Mörderschwert des Schicksals,Haut dich ohne Scheu.

[4]  Ich beschwöre dich o LiebchenBei der Füße Staub,Komm' an meinem Todestage,Komm' zu meinem Grab.

[5]  Ey! was Himmel oder Hölle!Engel oder Mensch,Die Enthaltsamkeit ist immerEine Ketzerey.

[7]  Unsere Erde hat des HimmelsBauherr eingeschränkt,So daß weiter aus derselbenKeine Straße führt.

[1]  My eye ,an ocean of weeping I make to the desert ,patience ,I cast
And ,in this wprk ,my heart into the ocean I cast .

[2]   From the straitened heart the sinner ,I heave such a sigh
That ,into the sin of Adam and of Havva ,fire I cast .

[3]   There ,where is the heart - possessor ,is the source of happy - heartedness
I strive that ,perchance there ,myself ,1 may cast .

[4]   O moon ,sun of cap in effulgence the fastening of thy coat ,loose
So that like thy long ,trailing tress at thy feet ,my passion - stricken head I may cast .

[5]   The sky's arrow of affliction I have endured wine of love give ,so that ,intoxicated of head ,
Into the girdle of the waist of the quiver of Jauza Gemini a knot I may cast .

[6]   On this moving throne the revolving sky a draught of wine ,I pour
Into this azure vault the sky the resounding shout of strife ,I cast .

[7]   O Hafiz since reliance on time is error and defect ,
Then ,to to - morrow ,the pleasure of to - day why do I cast

[1]  Das Aug' will ich in's Meer verwandeln, Auf Felder die Geduld hinwerfen, Und unter solchen Dingen will ich Mein Herz in's Meer hinunterwerfen.

[2]  Ich will aus meinem sünd'gen Herzen Solch einen starken Seufzer stoßen, Daß es mir soll ein Leichtes werden In Adams Reue Gluth zu werfen.

[3]  Das Kapital der Freuden lieget Im Aufenthalte meine Freundinn. Wir trachten nun aus allen Kräften Uns selbst an diesen Ort zu werfen.

[4]  O Vollmond mit der Strahlenmithra, O löse auf den Busengürtel, Wir wollen uns gleich deinen Locken Aus Lust zu deinen Füßen werfen.

[5]  Es hat genug von seinen Pfeilen Der Himmel auf mich abgedrückt, Nun will ich einmal meine Pfeile Bis an des Schützen Gürtel werfen.

[6]  O Schenke reiche uns den Becher, Den Hefen auf den Tisch zu schütten, Laß uns der Saiten Lustgeklingel Bis an den Dom des Himmels werfen.

[7]  Hafis! Du weißt es ist ein Fehler Auf künft'ge Tage zu vertrauen, O! sag', weßwegen wir dann sollen Die Lust von Heut auf Morgen werfen.

[1]  The decision of the Pir of the Magians ,I have ; and an old saying ,it is ,
That unlawful is wine there ,where is neither the friend nor the companion .

[2]   This ragged religious garment of hypocrisy I will rend what shall I do
The society of the uncongenial nature is excruciating torment to the soul .

[3]   So that ,perchance ,on me ,the true Beloved's lip may scatter a draught
For that reason ,years dweller I have become at the door of the wine - house of love

[4]   Perchance ,passed from His memory hath my ancient service :
O morning breeze Him ,recollection of the ancient covenant ,give .

[5]   If ,after a hundred years ,Thy perfume blow over my dust ,
Forth from the clay of the grave its head the rotten bone dancing bringeth .

[6]   First ,from us ,with a hundred hopes ,the Heart - Ravisher took our heart
Apparently ,the covenant ,His merciful nature forgetteth not .

[7]   To the rose - bud the seeker who ,by not attaining the object of his heart ,is strait of heart speak ,saying : Of thy entangled work ,strait of heart be not
For ,from morn's breath ,and from the spirits of the breeze the perfect murshid aid thou wilt gain .

[8]   O heart thought of thy own welfare make by another door the door of the true Beloved
By the physician's treatment ,better becometh not the lover's pain .

[9]   The jewel of divine knowledge ,amass ,that ,it with thyself ,to the next world ,thou mayst take
For after thy death the portion of others is the wealth of gold and of silver .

[10]   Strong is the world's snare from it ,escape is impossible unless God's grace become thy friend ally
If not ,over Shaitan whelmed with stones ,Adam man prevailed not .

[11]   Hafiz if silver and gold thine be not ,what matter Be grateful .
Than the fortune of thy grace of speech ,and of thy gentle thought ,what better fortune

[1]  Permit us to pass by the highway of the tavern
For ,for a draught ,in need of this tavern - door ,we are all .

[2]   On the first day of eternity without beginning when ,of profligacy and of love ,we boasted ,
Its condition was that ,no path save the Path of this way of love we tread .

[3]   The place this world where the masnad of Sulaiman goeth to the wind of destruction
Pleasant ,it is not if we suffer grief .Best ,that we drink wine .

[4]   Let us see ,it may be that ,in his girdle ,one's hand one can fix
Seated in the heart's blood ,like the red ruby ,are we .

[5]   Admonisher to us make not the counsel of the distraught .For we ,
With possessing the glorious dust of the Friend's street ,look not at Paradise .

[6]   Since by sama' the Sufis are in the mystic state of the dance ,
We also by the sorcery of love - play a hand uplift in rapture

[7]   From thy draught sprinkling earth gained the rank of the mighty ruby
Before Thee ,less than the dust are we helpless lovers because ,to us Thou inclinest not

[8]   Hafiz when there is no path to the turret of the palace of union ,
Our head ,with the dust of the threshold of this door ,let us take .

[1]  Laßt uns vorbeigehn, an der Schenke Thür, Denn wir bedürfen all' ein wenig Rest von Wein.

[3]  Wo man Dschemschid's und Salomon's gedenkt. Dort seyd nicht traurig, dorten trinket Wein.

[4]  Um an den Freund zu legen meine Hand, Bin ich in Blut getaucht wie der Rubin.

[5]  O Prediger ermahne Trunkne nicht. Der Staub des Freund's ist uns den Himmel werth.

[7]  Dein Hefen macht aus bloßem Staub Rubin. Weh! daß du mich verachtest wie den Staub?

[8]  Hafis! kein Weg führt zum Pallast der Lust, Wohlan begnüge dich mit Schwellenstaub.

[1]  O true Beloved for God's sake ,with khirka - wearers hypocrites little sit
From resourceless profligates inwardly pure and clean Thy face ,conceal not .

[2]   In this khirka of the austere zahids is many a stain
O happy the time of the kaba of the wine - drinkers void of stain

[3]   Among these Sufi - like ones ,a pain of love I see not ,
Pure be the pleasure of the dreg - drinkers

[4]   Thou art of delicate nature and power hast not to endure
The hardship of the handful of ragged garment - wearers .

[5]   When by shewing Thyself me ,intoxicated Thou hast made ,veiled ,sit not
When me ,the sweet draught Thou hast given ,me ,poison cause not to drink .

[6]   Come and the deceit of these hypocrites ,behold
Like the flagon ,they have the heart of blood ruddy wine like the harp ,they are a - twanging .

[7]   Of the heart - ardency of Hafiz full of caution be
For a heart like the seething caldron ,he hath .

[1]  Beim Herren! geselle dich nicht zu dem Mönch, Verhülle die Wangen vor Trunkenen nicht.

[2]  Befleckt ist die Kutte nur leider zu viel, Gesegnet die Zeiten der Kleider voll Weins!

[3]  Mir thaten die Weiseren nie was zu Leid, Die Freude der Trinker sey niemals getrübt.

[4]  Du bist von zu zarter und feiner Natur, Ertragest der Kutten Beleidigung nicht.

[5]  Du hast mich berauschet, verstecke mich nicht, Eröffne die Lippen, das trunkene Aug'! Es brauset der Wein aus Verlangen nach dir,

[6]  O schau, wie von diesen Bedrückern bedrängt, Die Flasche voll Blut ist, das Barbiton stürmt.

[7]  Nimm dich vor der Hitze Hafisens in Acht! Es brauset gleich siedenden Töpfen sein Herz.

[1]  Displayed from the garden border hath become the diadem of the Sultan ,the rose the true Beloved
O Lord to the cypress and the jessamine disciples and lovers of the Path its arrival happy be

[2]   In his own proper place ,happy was this imperial sitting the Sultan ,rose
Since now in his own proper place ,every one sitteth .

[3]   To Sulaiman's seal - ring ,news of the happy conclusion give ,
Whereby ,short the hand of power of ahriman the enemy the ism - i - a'zam made .

[4]   Be prosperous to eternity without end ,this house the world from the door of which ,
Every moment ,with the perfume of mercy ,the breeze of felicity the words of the perfect murshid bloweth

[5]   The majesty of Pashang's son ,Afrasiyab ,king of Turan and his world - seizing sword ,
In all king - chronicles ,the tale of the assembly is .

[6]   Obedient to thee ,became beneath the saddle ,the chaugan - steed of the sphere ,
O royal horseman since to the field of sport thou hast come ,the ball strike .

[7]   The stream of the country is the water lustre of thy sword
The tree of justice ,plant thou : the root of ill - wishers ,tip - pluck .

[8]   After this if ,despite the perfume of thy sweet nature ,it Iran blossometh not ,
From Iran's plain ,the musk - pod of the musk of Khutan the well - being and welfare of Iran ariseth and departeth

[9]   Expectation of sweet splendour ,the corner - takers recluses make ,
Aslant in pride place the cap and ,from thy face ,the veil up - pluck .

[10]   In love - playing with my own reason ,I consulted .He said Hafiz drink wine
O Saki according to the word of the trusty adviser reason wine give .

[11]   O breeze to the Saki of the banquet of Atabak the praised one prefer the request ,
That ,from that cup ,gold scattering ,me ,a draught he may give .

[1]  Die Krone der Fürstinn, Der Rose zeigte sich auf Fluren. Es sey den Cedern und Jasminen Gesegnet die Ankunft.

[2]  Nun stehet in Wahrheit Der Kaiserthron an seinem Orte, Es setze sich ein Jeder auf den Ihm eigenen Platz hin.

[3]  Dem Ringe Dschemschidens Gieb von dem guten Ende Kunde, Der große Name, der ihn zeichnet, Bezwingt Ahrimanen.

[4]  Es blühe beständig Das hohe Haus, das du bewohnest, Von dessen Thürenstaub ein Lüftchen Erbarmender Huld weht.

[5]  Die Größe des Sohnes Peschengs, sein Schwert, das Welten zwinget, Ist durch des Schahrame's Geschichten Zur Sage geworden.

[6]  Den Renner des Himmels, Bezäumtest du mit deinem Zügel, O Reiter, du bist auf dem Rennplatz, Nun schlage den Ballen.

[7]  Es strahlen die Reiche Durch deines Säbels Glanz und Wasser, O pflanze du den Baum des Rechtes, Entwurzle die Bösen.

[8]  Was ist es zu wundern? Wenn du so süß und milde duftest, Und wenn die Düfte Chotens hauchen, Iredschische Steppen.

[9]  Die Winkelbewohner Erwarten deine Schmeicheleien, Entblöß' den Kopf von deiner Mütze, Zerreiße den Schleier.

[10]  Ich fragte die Klugheit: O trinke Wein, Hafis! so sprach sie, O Schenke! reiche uns den Becher, Dem Rathe zu folgen.

[11]  Ostwind dem Schenken Beim Fest der Atabegen melde, Daß er von jenem goldnen Glase Den Hefen mir gebe.

[1]  The down the world's up - springing of the true Beloved's cheek ,eclipsed is the moon by which ,
Is a joyous ring ; but path is none out from it .

[2]   The eye - brow the world ,the stage of acquisition of love of the Friend God is the corner stone of the prayer - arch of fortune
There ,thy face rub thy need the degrees of the first and the last world and the ladders of loftiest stages ask from Him .

[3]   O thou that art the draught - drinker the holy traveller of the assembly of Jamshid the murshid ,perfect and excellent thy heart keep pure
For a mirror this is the cup world - viewing the heart of the murshid Alas for it .

[4]   The hypocritical conduct of the men of the monastery abids and the austere ones ,who for deceiving men ,made wailing me ,a wine - worshipper ,made .
Behold this smoke of their hypocritical wailing and sighing black with wine - worshipping became my book by which

[5]   To the Shaitan of grief ,whatever is possible say and do
With the wine - sellers to whom no access is his I have taken shelter from him .

[6]   Saki the luminous lamp of wine on the sun's path keep
Say : the torch of the morning enkindle from it .

[7]   O murshid on the day - record of our deeds ,a little water of thy kindness scatter
Perchance ,the letters of sin ,one can efface with it .

[8]   Hafiz ,who ,the arrangement of the assembly of the lovers straight made ,
The space of this banquet - place be not void of him

[9]   In this fancy ,that a city - beggar hath ,
May it be that ,one day ,the king may make recollection of him .