[1]  If that Bold One the true Beloved of Shiraz gain our heart ,
For His dark mole ,I will give Samarkand and Bukhara both worlds

[2]   Saki give the wine of divine love remaining from the people of religion for ,in Paradise ,thou wilt not have
The bank of the water of the Ruknabad the lover's weeping eye nor the rose of the garden of Musalla the lover's heart

[3]   Alas These saucy dainty ones lovely women sweet of work ,the torment of the city ,
Take patience from the heart even as the men of Turkistan take the tray of plunder .

[4]   The beauty of the Beloved God is in no need of our imperfect love
Of lustre ,and colour ,and mole and tricked line of eyebrow what need hath the lovely face

[5]   By reason of that beauty ,daily increasing that Yusuf the absolute Existence ,the real Beloved ,God had ,I the first day knew that Love for Him would bring
Zulaikha us ,things possible forth from the screen of chastity the pure existence of God

[6]   O murshid thou to amend my work spakest ill of me and I am happy .God Most High forgive thee thou spakest well
The bitter reply suiteth the ruddy lip ,sugar - eating .

[7]   O Soul Hear the counsel of the Murshid
For ,dearer than the soul ,hold happy youths the counsel of the wise old man .

[8]   The tale of minstrel and of wine of Love utter little seek the mystery of time
For this mystery ,none solved by skill thought and knowledge and shall not solve .

[9]   Thou utteredest a ghazal ; and threadedest pearls of verse Hafiz come and sweetly sing
That ,on thy verse ,the sky may scatter in thanks the cluster of the Pleiades .

[1]  Nähme mein Herz in die Hand der schöne Knabe aus Schiras,Gäb ich fürs Maal Samarkand und Buchara.

[2]  Reiche mir Schenke den Wein, im Himmel suchst du vergebensRoknabad's Blumengestad, und Mosella's.

[3]  Wehe! die Schelmen mit schwarzem Aug und süsser GebärdeRauben dem Herz die Geduld, wie die Türken.

[4]  Unvollkommene Liebe bedarf nicht die Schönheit des Freundes,Schöne Gesichter bedürfen nicht Schminke.

[5]  Jusufs berauschende Schönheit erklärt den Zauber der Liebe,Welcher zerrissen den Flor bei Sulicha.

[6]  Böses hast du gesprochen. Verziehn! Wohl ward es gesprochenBitteres ziemet den zuckrichten Lippen.

[7]  Höre den Rath, denn wiß': ein wohlerzogener JünglingSchätzt wie die Seele die Worte der Alten.

[8]  Bleibe beym Sänger, beim Glas, erforsch nicht verborgene DingeKeiner noch hat es gelöset, wird's lösen.

[9]  Lieder hast du gesungen Hafis, und Perlen gebohret.Werth, daß Pleiaden der Himmel verstreue.

[1]  My heart ,in desire of the face of Farrukh ,
Is in confusion like the dishevelled hair of Farrukh .

[2]   Save the black Hindu slave of his tress ,is none ,
That enjoyed prosperity from the face of Farrukh .

[3]   The black tress pf good fortune is that which ever
Is the fellow - traveller and the fellowknee - sitter of Farrukh .

[4]   Like the trembling aspen ,becometh the cypress of the garden ,
If it see the heart - alluring stature of Farrukh .

[5]   O Saki give wine of arghavan hue
To the memory of the eye of sorcery of Farrukh .

[6]   Bent like a bow ,became my stature
From grief continuous as the eyebrow of Farrukh .

[7]   The breeze of the musk of Tatar ,ashamed made
The perfume of the tress of ambergris of

[8]   If to a place ,be the inclination of any one's heart ,
The inclination of my heart is towards the grace of Farrukh .

[9]   I am the slave of resolution of that one who is
Like Hafiz ,the attendant of the black tress of Farrukji .

[1]  Mein Herz verlangt nach dem Gesicht Farruch's,Es ist verwirret wie das Haar Farruch's,

[2]  Ich nehme aus sein Hindufarbes Haar,Sonst Niemand naht sich dem Gesicht Farruch's,

[3]  O dreymal glücklich ist er, dieser Schwarze,Er, der Begleiter und Gefährt' Farruch's,

[4]  Wie Weiden zittert die Cypreß' im Garten,Sobald sie sieht den hohen Wuchs Farruch's

[5]  Gieb mir den safranfarben Wein, o Schenke,Zum Angedenken der Narziß' Farruch's.

[6]  Aus Gram hat sich mein Leib gekrümmt zum Bogen,Zum Bogen wie die Augenbraun' Farruch's,

[7]  Den Moschushauch vom Tartarland beschämet,Der Hauch des Ambradufts vom Haar Farruch's.

[8]  Wenn jedes Herz sich neigt nach einer Seite,So neiget meines sich ganz zu Farruch.

[9]  Ich diene gern dem hohen Geist von Jenem,Der wie Hafis sich nennt ein Sklav Farruch's.

[1]  Last night ,me ,from power took and ruined the languishing sickness of Thy eye ;
But ,from the bounty of Thy lip ,the form of new life ,I established .

[2]   Not of to - day ,is my love for Thy musky tress
Long time 'tis ,since that with this cup ,like the new moon ,intoxicated I was .

[3]   From my own constancy ,happily came this subtlety : With violence ,
At the head of Thy street ,down from the foot of search ,I sate not .

[4]   From me ,wine - house - sitter ,ease expect not
For ,since I was of the service of profligates ,boasted have I .

[5]   In love's path ,from that quarter of effacement ,are a hundred dangers
Take care thou sayest not that ,when to an end in effacement hath come my life ,from these calamities I have escaped Nay before the heart ,after death ,are a hundred thoughts of danger

[6]   After this ,of the arrow of torment of the envious ,mine what care ,
When ,to my Beloved of bow - eyebrow ,joined I am

[7]   Lawful to me ,is the kiss on the casket of Thy cornelian lip
For ,despite Thy tyranny and oppression ,love and fidelity ,I shattered not .

[8]   My heart ,a warrior - idol plundered and departed
Pity ,if the grace of the king the murshid take not my hand and justice give me

[9]   To the lofty sky ,had ascended the grandeur of Hafiz's knowledge
Me ,grieving for Thy lofty box - tree the true Beloved's stature made low .

[1]  Gestern hat mir dein schmachtendes Auge die Seele geraubet,Doch der Lippen Reiz gab sie mir wieder zurück.

[2]  Nicht seit heute bin ich in den Moschus des Bartes verliebet,Lange berauschte ich schon mich aus des Nuemonds Pokal.

[3]  Meiner Festigkeit kömmt ein einziger Umstand zu Guten,Daß ich nie in dem Gau hinter dem Fuße herlief.

[4]  O erwarte kein Heil, von mir, der die Schenken besuchet,Denn seitdem ich bin, dien' ich den Trunkenen stets.

[5]  Tausend Gefahren des Untergangs hat die Straße der Liebe,Glaube nicht, daß der Tod dich schon von allen befreyt.

[6]  Ha! was kümmern mich wohl die Bogen und Pfeile der Neider,Da mich der Hochaltar meines Geliebten empfängt.

[8]  Mit der geplünderten Brust ist der Krieger von hinnen gegangen,Weh! o wehe mir, wenn sich der Schah nicht erbarmt!

[9]  In den Himmel erhöht die Wissenschaft zwar Hafisen,Aber die Liebe zu dir hat ihn erniedrigt zu Staub.

[1]  If ,with the sword of tyranny He the true Beloved slay me ,His hand ,I seize not
If ,upon me ,this arrow He strike ,obliged I am .

[2]   To the true Beloved say At that our eyebrow ,Thy arrow strike ,
That ,before Thy hand and arm ,I may die .

[3]   If ,me from off my feet ,the world's grief bring ,
Save the cup ,my hand - seizer helper is who

[4]   O Sun of the morning of hope the true Beloved come forth
For ,in the hand of the dark night of separation ,captive am I .

[5]   O Pir of the tavern the murshid excellent and perfect come to my cry for justice
By a draught ,me young make for old am I .

[6]   Last night ,by thy tress ,I ate an oath ,
That ,my head ,from off thy foot ,I will not take .

[7]   Hafiz this ,thy khirka of piety ,hard as iron ,void of tenderness consume with fire
For even if a consuming fire I became ,I should kindle it not .

[8]   For fearful contemplation and manifestation ,I soar Every evening and morning ,that glorious bird ,am I ,
The sound of whose mighty cry in remembrance of God to the lofty Sidra tree reacheth .

[1]  Wenn sie mich mit dem Schwerdte mordet, So halt' ich sie nicht zurück, Und wenn sie Pfeile auf mich schießet, So halt' ich es für ein Glück.

[2]  O saget unsrer Bogenschützinn, Sie brauche mich statt des Pfeils. Von ihrer Hand, vor ihren Füßen Ereilet mich dann der Tod.

[3]  Wenn ob dem Gram und Schmerz des Glückes Die Haltung verlohren geht, Wer kann wohl anders, als der Schenke Die Hand ergreifen alsdann.

[4]  O komm' herauf du lang ersehnter, O Morgen der Hoffnung komm. Denn es ist in der Nacht der Trennung, Mir leider verstricket die Hand.

[5]  O komm' du Alter aus der Schenke, O komm, daß du helfest mir, Vergnüge mich mit einem Hefen, Schon lange bin ich ein Greis,

[6]  Ich hab' bei deinen Haaren gestern, Ich habe gethan den Schwur. Ich zieh' den Kopf aus deinen Haaren, In's Künftige nicht zurück.

[7]  Verbrenne du Hafis vor allen, Verbrenne die Bescheidenheit, Eh' eine andre böse Flamme Dieselbe vielleicht ergreift.

[1]  One lofty of stature ,bold ,picture - player o f mine
Made short the tale of renown of the long austerity of mine .

[2]   O heart thou sawest at the end of old age ,of austerity ,and of knowledge ,
What ,with me ,it did ,the eye of the beloved o f mine

[3]   The destruction of my faith ,I fear .For taketh ,
The prayer - arch of Thy eyebrow the presence essence of prayer of mine .

[4]   To myself I said With the garment of hypocrisy ,love's trace ,I concealed ;
The informer was the tear and made manifest the mystery of mine .

[5]   Intoxicated ,is the Friend and recollection of rivals lovers maketh not
His mention be for good ,the Saki ,the wretched - cherisher of mine .

[6]   O Lord when bloweth that breeze ,from whose fragrant breath
A perfume of His mercy becometh the work - doer of mine

[7]   With weeping ,a picture on water I depict .Now ,
How long associated becometh the truth with the illusory of mine

[8]   On myself ,like the laughing candle consuming and melting I weep ,
Till I see what with thee ,O heart of stone ,maketh worketh the consuming of mine .

[9]   Zahid equal are we when a work favourably proceedeth neither by prayer of thine ;
Nor also ,by the nightly intoxication and consuming and supplicating of mine .

[10]   With grief Hafiz burned .O breeze his state ,say
To the King ,friend - cherisher ,enemy - destroyer ,of mine .

[1]  Mein hohes Liebchen, voll Liebkosungen, Hat die Enthaltsamkeit mir abgekürzt.

[2]  Siehst du, was Alter, Tugend, Wissenschaft Mir angethan hat, sprach ich zu dem Liebchen.

[3]  Ich fürchte meiner Frömmigkeit Ruin. Der Brauen Hochaltar raubt mir die Ruhe.

[4]  Die Thränen haben mich in Gluth gestürzt, Sie haben mein Geheimniß ausgeplaudert.

[5]  Mein Freund ist trunken, denk' des Freundes nicht. Der Schenke gnädig für die Armen lebe.

[6]  O Herr! wann weht der Hauch des Morgenwinds, Durch dessen Duft ich einst gerettet werde?

[7]  Ich mahl' ein Bild auf meiner Thränen Fluth, Wann wird, o Herr! das Bildliche erst wirklich?

[8]  Wie Kerzen lächelnd wein' ich über mich. O steinern Herz, was macht die Fluth und Flamme!

[9]  O Mönch! Nichts kömmt aus dem Gebet heraus, Viel besser ists, bey Tag und Nacht zu trinken.

[10]  Der Gram verzehrt Hafisen, sag's, o Wind! Dem Schah, der Freunde nährt, und Feinde sengt.

[1]  Mine is an eye ,blood - shedding on account of the eye of that bow eyebrow
Full of tumult will become the world on account of that eye ,and of that eyebrow .

[2]   The slave of the eye I am of that saucy one such that ,in the sweet sleep of intoxication ,
The adorned rose - bed is her face and the musky canopy ,her eyebrow .

[3]   Through this grief ,my body became lean and slender like a crescent moon .For ,notwithstanding her musky dark fragrant writing the decorated eyebrow
Where is the moon that ,from the arch of sky will dare show its eyebrow

[4]   The watchers careless unacquainted with my secrets and ,momently ,from that eye and forehead ,ours
Are a thousand kinds of message and ,the curtain between them is the eyebrow .

[5]   To the soul of the corner - sitters ,the beauty of the rose - bed is only a little of his beauty
On the border of whose sward ,a saunterer becometh the eyebrow .

[6]   Notwithstanding such beauty ,again none speaketh of the Hur and the Par
Saying : Of this the Hur is like this ,the eye ; and of that the Pari like that ,the eyebrow .

[7]   Thou ,Kafir of heart ,bindest not the veil of thy tress .I fear
That my prayer - arch will turn ,the curve of that heart - ravishing eyebrow .

[8]   Although ,in possessing fidelity ,Hafiz is the wise bird yet
Him ,with the arrow of the glance ,prey made ,the eye of that bow eyebrow .

[1]  Blut verströmet mein Aug', verwundet vom Schwerte der Brauen, Welten werden verwirrt durch diese Augen und Brauen.

[2]  Gänzlich weihe ich mich dem Dienste des lieblichen Knaben, Sein Gesicht ist die Ros', und schattige Lauben die Brauen.

[3]  Abgezehret bin ich aus Gram so fein wie der Neumond, Weil der Mond es noch wagt, keck zu steh'n vor den Brauen.

[4]  Ha! es merken nicht auf die Nebenbuhler, indessen Kommt mir Kunde der Stirne des Augs vom Mittler der Brauen.

[5]  Wunderlich dünkt den Zellenbewohner die Stirne des Freundes. Denn es neigen herab sich auf die Flaumen die Brauen. Immer halte dein Aug' gespannt den Bogen der Schönheit, Denn es fliegen die Pfeile zum Mond vom Bogen der Brauen.

[6]  Keiner vergleiche den Freund hinfort mit Huris und Perien, Wo hat jene das Aug', und wo hat diese die Brauen?

[7]  Du ungläubiges Herz, verhüllest dich nicht mit den Locken, Aber ich fürchte, es stürzt der Altar zusammen vor Brauen.

[8]  Zwar ist in Sehnsucht und Lust Hafis ein lustiger Vogel, Aber er ward doch erlegt vom scharfen Pfeile der Brauen.

[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 .