[1]  Last night the first day of Eternity without beginning from the masjid the place where the soul is separate from the body towards the wine tavern the stage of truth and love our Pir Muhammad came
O friends of the Path after this lapse of time ,and this departure what is our plan

[2]   How may we ,disciples ,turn to the Ka'ba the Masjid when
Our Pir Muhammad hath his face towards the house of the Vintner the stage of Truth and Love

[3]   In the Fire - worshipper's Tavern the stage of Truth and Love we also shall be lodging
For ,in the Covenant of eternity without beginning ,even so was our destiny .

[4]   In the bond of His the Beloved's tress ,how happy is the Heart If Wisdom know ,
In pursuit of our tress - chain ,the wise will become distraught .

[5]   By its grace ,Thy beautiful face explained to us a verse of the Kuran
For that reason ,in our explanation ,is naught save grace and beauty .

[6]   A single night ,against Thy stony heart ,ever effecteth aught
Our sigh ,fire - raining supplicating God and the burning of our heart in the night - time

[7]   Beyond the sphere passeth the arrow of our sigh .Hafiz silence .
Show compassion to thy soul avoid the arrow of ours .

[8]   At the door of the wine - house ,dweller I shall be like Hafiz ,
Since a tavern - haunter became that friend of the Path ,the Pir of ours .

[1]  Unser Scheich wallte gesternAus dem Bethaus in die Schenke.O ihr frommen Männer saget,Was ist uns forthin zu rathen?

[2]  Wie doch können wir die JüngerDas Gesicht zur Kaaba wenden,Wenn der alte Vater ScheichSelber in die Schenke gehet!

[3]  Ey so lasset mit dem WirtheUns gemeine Sache machen!Denn so wars von EwigkeitenIn das Schicksalsbuch geschrieben. Sieh ein Windhauch in die LockenHat die Welt für mich verfinstert!Dieses also ist der NutzenDen mir deine Locken bringen. Ruhe hatte sich mein HerzIn dem Netze aufgefangen,Sieh da rollten auf die Locken,Und entflohen war die Beute.

[4]  Wüßte der Verstand, wie seligHerzen in den Locken ruhen,O! es würden die Verständ'genUnsrer Bande wegen närrisch.

[5]  Einen Vers vom SchönheitskoranHat mir dein Gesicht enthüllet.Deßhalb athmen meine VerseHohe Schönheit, reine Anmuth.

[6]  Können meine FeuerseufzerUnd die Gluthen meines Busens,So die ganze Nacht durch brennenNicht dein steinern Herz bewegen!

[7]  Sieh Hafisens Seufzer-PfeileSind zum Himmel aufgeflogen,Haben Mitleid mit demselben,Fürchte dich vor meinen Pfeilen.

[1]  The water - bank ,and the willow - root and the poetic nature and a friend ,happy
A companion ,the sweet heart - ravisher ,and the Saki ,rose of cheek ,happy .

[2]   Ho O fortune of destiny that knoweth not the worth of time ,
To thee ,be this pleasure pleasant for a time ,thou hast happy .

[3]   To whose heart is friendship through the love of a heart - ravisher ,
Say On the fire ,put rue to dispel the evil eye for a business ,thou hast happy .

[4]   For the bride of nature ,with generosity ,I bind thought's jewel
It may be ,from time's picture ,on my hand may fall an idol happy .

[5]   Plunder ,reckon the night of the Beloved's society and do justice to happy - heartedness ,
For ,heart - kindling ,is the moon - beam and stream - bank happy .

[6]   In God's name in the cup of the Saki's eye ,is wine
That giveth intoxication with reason and bringeth about a wine - sickness ,happy

[7]   Hafiz in carelessness ,went thy life with us ,to the wine - house the stage of love and of divine knowledge come
So that the intoxicated lovely ones perfect Arifs ,and the excellent murshid will teach thee ,a work ,happy .

[1]  Bacchusufer, Stämme der Weiden, Singkraft,Freunde treu, und in der Gesellschaft lieblich,Herzgeliebte, Schenken mit RosenwangenUnd dabei lieblich.

[2]  Merke auf mein Schicksal, erkenn' der ZeitenGanzen Werth, in denen du dies genießest,Wohl bekomme dieses Vergnügen dir, dieTage sind lieblich.

[3]  Jeder, der in seinem Gemüthe eineLast der Liebe für den Geliebten traget,Werf' sie in das Feuer, damit sein HandelnFrey sey und lieblich.

[4]  Von dem Schmucke meiner Gedanken hab' ichMeiner Seele Braut ein Geschmeid' geschenket,Einstens entsteiget eine Gestalt den ZeitenGlänzend und lieblich.

[5]  Eine Beute seyen die Nachtgespräche;Fodre nun die Rechtsgebühr froher Herzen!Denn der Mondesschimmer erhellt die Herzen,Bäche sind lieblich.

[6]  Wein entglänzt und perlet im Becher vor demAug' der Schenken. Wahrlich ein Namen Gottes!Er berauschet selbst die Vernunft und macht denRebensaft lieblich.

[7]  Sorglos ward das Leben Hafis versplittert,Komm', nun komm' zur Schenke mit uns, damit duLernest dieser lieblichen Sitte, denn ihrAnstand ist lieblich.

[1]  O thou that hast the blood - price of the precious musk - pod of Chin ,the dust of the path of thine
And the sun ,cherished in the shade of the border of the cap of thine

[2]   O beloved forth beyond limit ,the narcissus carrieth her amorous glance move forth and display thy glance that the narcissus may know thy worth
O soul be a sacrifice for the glance of the dark eye of thine

[3]   My blood ,drink .For ,with beauty like this ,even any angel ,
From his heart ,it cometh not to record the sin of thine .

[4]   O beloved the cause thou art of the people's ease and the world's slumber
On that account ,the border of my eye and of my heart became the repose - place of thine .

[5]   Mine ,every night in recollection of thy effulgent face with every gleaming star is the work of weeping and wailing
In envious regret for the splendour of the moon - like effulgent face of thine .

[6]   From each other separated all are friends ,fellow - sitters
But together are I and the threshold of the empire - shelter of thine .

[7]   Hafiz favour ,desire not .For ,in the end ,
To grief's harvest ,setteth fire the smoke of the sigh of thine .

[8]   To - morrow ,the day of assembly the resurrection when is the presenting of the people ,
In the midst ,possibly ,may fall on me the kind glance of thine

[1]  Das Blutgeld für den Moschus aus Sina Ist deiner Füße Staub. Die Sonne selbst sie wurde genähret Im Schatten deines Orts.

[2]  O sieh! wie die Narzissen es treiben Mit ihren Schmeichelei'n; O zeig dich, und sie opfern die Seele Dem Nicken deines Augs.

[3]  O trinke kühn mein Blut, denn es waget Zu deiner Schönheit sich Kein Engel in die Nähe, daß selber Aufmerke deine Schuld.

[4]  Du bist die Ursach', daß hier auf Erden Die Menschen ruhig sind. Deßwegen ist mein Herz, und mein Auge Zum Wohnort dir geweiht.

[5]  Ich habe jede Nacht mit den Sternen Mein eigenes Geschäft, Aus Sehnsucht nach dem strahlenden Glanze Von deinem Mondgesicht.

[6]  Die Freunde, die vereiniget waren, Sind alle nun getrennt, Ich aber blieb als Schwelle der Zuflucht Vor deinem Glück zurück.

[7]  Hafis! verzweifle nicht an der Gnade Von deinem Gott und Herrn, Es wird des Grames Scheune verbrennen Bei deinem Seufzerrauch.

[1]  The skirt - trailer damsel kept moving in cloth ,gold - embroidered ,
In envy of her ,a hundred moon - of - face ,the collar of hempen cloth rent

[2]   From the heat of the fire of wine ,round about her cheek ,sweat ,
Like drops of night - dew on the rose - leaf dropped .

[3]   A pronunciation ,eloquent and sweet a stature ,tall and beautiful
A face ,gracious and heart - alluring ; the eye in a bow sweetly drawn .

[4]   Her soul refreshing ruby lip of the water of grace born
The boxtree stature sweetly moving ,in daintiness cherished .

[5]   That heart - alluring ruby lip of hers ,behold and that laughter full of ripple
That sweet moving of hers ,behold and that gait reposed .

[6]   Forth from our snare ,that mistress ,dark of eye ,hath gone
Friends what remedy may I make with this heart affrighted

[7]   Take care so far as thou canst ,injure not people of vision
No fidelity ,hath the world .O light of both eyes

[8]   On account of that heart - fascinating eye ,reproach how long shall I endure
One day ,glance ,O friend well chosen

[9]   If ,on account of Hafiz thy noble heart be grieved ,
Come back .For ,repentance ,we have made of that uttered and heard .

[10]   On account of the Khwaja's service ,many the thanks that I shall utter ,
If to my hand fall that fruit matured .

[11]   Every evil that ,in respect of us ,the enemy uttered thou heardest
O Lord the adversary's tongue be severed

[1]  Er schleppte nach die Schleppe Vom goldgestickten Hemd, Und hundert Mondgesichter Zerrissen ihr Gewand.

[2]  Der Schweiß trof auf die Wangen Von heißer Gluth des Weins, Wie auf die Rosenblätter Ein Tropfe frischen Thaus.

[3]  Voll süßer schöner Worte, Hochstämmig und gewandt, Vom lieblichen Gesichte Und anmuthsvollem Blick.

[4]  Es war aus Lebenswasser Geformt des Munds Rubin, Sein Buchs war aufgewachsen, Genährt mit Schmeichelei'n.

[5]  O schaue die Rubinen Und dieses Lächelns Reiz, Den Gang voll Huld und Anmuth, Den wohlgemeßnen Schritt.

[6]  Der Hirsch mit schwarzen Augen Entkam aus unsrem Netz, Was ist zu thun, o Freunde, Für ein zerschlagnes Herz!

[7]  Hüt' dich, bist du's im Stande, Rühr' Liebende nicht an, Die Welt hat keine Treue, O du mein Augenlicht!

[8]  Wie lang schilt mich dein Auge, Das alle trüget, aus? Wann wirst du mir dann schmeicheln, Mein auserwählter Freund?

[9]  Hat deine edle Seele Beleidiget Hafis, So komm', denn That und Worte Will herzlich ich bereun.

[10]  Ich will den Herren loben Aus schuld'ger Dankbarkeit, Wenn diese Frucht gereifet In meine Hände fällt.

[1]  To the adversary ,utter not the mysteries of love and of intoxication ,
So that ,without knowledge of love in pain of self - worshipping ,he may die .

[2]   O Zahid the lover of the true Beloved be if not ,one day ,the world's work endeth
And from the workshop of existence the world the picture of thy purpose unread unattained ,thou shall die

[5]   Veiled in the corner of safety ,how can one be ,
As long as ,to me ,the mysteries of intoxication thy narcissus eye uttereth

[6]   At the threshold where humbleness is greatness of the true Beloved ,of the lofty sky loftiness of rank think not
God foroid that ,from the summit of loftiness to the dust of lowliness ,thou shouldest fall

[7]   Although the thorn diminisheth life ,pardon for it the rose seeketh ,
By the side of intoxication's delight ,easy is the bitterness of wine .

[8]   Sufi the cup ,drink Hafiz the great flagon prepare
O ye short of sleeve ,how long practise ye long - handedness

[1]  Saget nicht dem Nebenbuhler Rausch und Liebegeheimniß, Sonsten geht voll Eigendünkel Ohne Kund' er zu Grunde.

[2]  Sey verliebt, es werden Welten Einstens gehen zu Grunde, Kommt der Tod, gehst du hinnen Aus dem Hause des Daseyns.

[3]  Mein Götze sprach noch gestern schön Bet Götzen mit den Heiden an.

[4]  O Herr! mich brach entzwei dein Haar, Wie lange raubt der Schwarze noch?

[5]  Wie ist Sicherheit möglich Im verborgnen Winkel, Wenn die trunkene Narzisse, Rauschgeheimnisse plaudert.

[6]  Ich sah das Unheil, was mich traf, Du flohst mich in der harten Zeit.

[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]  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