[1]  O heart the companion of thy journey ,fortune ,well - wishing ,is for thee enough
The footman of the path ,the breeze of the garden of Shiraz is for thee enough .

[2]   O Darvish from the true Beloved's abode ,again journey not ;
For ,the spiritual walk and the cloister - corner are for thee enough .

[3]   If from thy heart's corner ,a great grief make ambush ,
The fold of the court of the Pir of the Magians protection is for thee enough .

[4]   On the tavern - settle ,sit the cup ,drink
For ,of the world ,this degree of acquisition of wealth and of rank is for thee enough .

[5]   Excess ,seek not easy to thyself ,make work
For the flagon of ruby wine and ,an idol ,beauteous as the moon ,are for thee enough .

[6]   To the ignorant man ,the sky giveth the rein of desire
A man of excellence and of knowledge ,thou art .This very sin is for thee enough .

[7]   The desire for the accustomed dwelling this world and the covenant of the ancient Friend God
With way - experienced way - farers ,asking pardon on account of thy refraining from the journey for thee enough ,

[8]   To the favour and kindness of others ,accustom not thyself .For ,in both worlds ,
The will of God ,and the favour of the king are for thee enough .

[9]   Hafiz J of any other task ,no need is thine
The midnight - prayer and the morning - exercise are for thee enough .

[1]  O Herz, das gute GlückSey als Gefährte dir genug!Der Hauch des Gartens von SchirasSey dir als Bot' genug.

[2]  Derwisch entfern' dich nichtDurch Reisen von des Liebchens Ort,Die Reise in Gedanken sey,Die Zelle dir genug!

[3]  Und stürmt der Schmerz auf dichHer aus des Herzenshinterhalt,So ist des Wirthes Hof für dichAls Zufluchtsort genug.

[4]  Komm' auf den ersten PlatzDes Schenkensoffa's trinke Wein,Denn statt der Ehren und des Gold'sDies zu gewinnen ist genug.

[5]  Verlange nicht zu vielUnd mache selbst dir Alles leicht,Denn eine Flasche voll mit Wein,Ein Mond ist dir genug.

[6]  Der Himmel giebt den ZaumDer Wünsche nur Unwissenden,Du bist gelehrt und tugendhaftDer Sünden ists genug.

[7]  Verlasse dich ja nicht HafisAuf Gnaden Anderer, es istFür beide Welten Gottes Gnad'Des Schahes Gnad' genug.

[8]  Für dich Hafis bedarf es wohlKein überflüßiges Gebet,Des Abends und des Morgens istDein Beten schon genug.

[1]  Not in pursuit of pomp and of pageant ,to this door of the murshid we have come
For shelter from ill - fortune ,here we have come .

[2]   Way - farers of love's stage are we and from the limits of non - existence ,
Up to the climes of existence ,all this way we have come .

[3]   The freshness of Thy down ,we saw and ,from the garden of paradise ,
In search of this love - grass ,we have come .

[4]   With such treasure ,whose treasurer is the faithful spirit Jibra ,il
In beggary to the door of the King's house we have come .

[5]   O bark of grace the family of Muhammad thy anchor of patience 'Ali Murtaza is where
For ,in this ocean of liberality ,immersed in sin we have come .

[6]   O cloud ,sin - cleansing honour goeth mercy rain
For in the court of action as opposed to theory black of book ,we have come ,

[7]   Hafiz this woollen khirka of outward worship cast .For with love's consuming and melting
From behind the kafila with the fire of sighing and wailing we have come .

[1]  Ob Pracht und Größe bin ich nicht Zu dieser Thür gekommen. Mich zu verwahren vor dem Loos, Bin ich hierher gekommen.

[2]  Ich wandle auf der Liebe Pfad, Und von des Nichtseyns Gränzen Bis in das Land des Seyns bin ich Hieher des Wegs gekommen.

[3]  Ich sah den grünen Flaum des Barts, Und bin vom Paradiese, Zu pflücken dieses seltne Kraut, Ganz eigens hergekommen.

[4]  Der Hüter über solchen Schatz, Ist Gabriel der Engel, Als Bettler bin ich zu der Thür Des Schatzes hergekommen.

[5]  O Schiff der Leitung und der Huld! Wo ist der Güte Anker? Ich bin im Meere dieser Welt In die Gefahr gekommen.

[6]  O Regen, der die Sünden wäscht, Mein Wangenglanz verschwindet, Wasch' mich, ich bin durch meine Schuld In's schwarze Buch gekommen.

[7]  Hafis wirf weg das woll'ne Kleid, O wirf es in das Feuer, Denn hinter Karawanen her Bin ich mit Weh gekommen.

[1]  Evil of any we utter not inclination to the injustice of any we make not
Black ,the face of any one and blue ,our own religious garment ,we make not ,

[2]   Evil ,it is to show in deficiency or in excess the defect of the poor man ,or of the rich man
The counsel is that evil work at all ,we do not .

[3]   On the book of knowledge ,fallacious writing like worldly sages we write not
Confounded with the page of magic ,God's mystery ,we make not .

[4]   If with dignity ,the draught of profligates ,the king drink not .
By way of truth with splendour ,work of his we do not .

[5]   In the sight of way - farers ,we happily urge the world of our time
Thought of the precious black steed ,or of the golden saddle ,we make not ,

[6]   The sky shattereth the bark of the Lords of skill
Best ,that ,on this suspended ocean the sky reliance we make not .

[7]   If an envious one spake evilness and thereon a friend grieved ,
To the friend say Happy ,be for to the fool ,the ear of attention we make not .

[8]   Hafiz if the enemy utter falsehood as regards him ,exception we take not
If ,with truth ,he spake contention with the speech of truth ,we make not .

[1]  Zu schmählen sind wir nicht gesinnt, Noch Böses sonst zu machen, Wir wollen nicht die Nahmen schwarz, Nicht blau die Kutten machen.

[2]  Die Großen und die Mönche viel Und wenig schmählen taugt nicht. Es ist das Beste doch zuletzt Nichts Böses thun und machen.

[3]  Wir werden nicht der Weisheit Buch Mit unserm Kiel durchstreichen. Und zu Geheimnissen nicht gar Der Gaukler Künste machen. Wenn mir der Mönch den Wein versagt, So ist es wahrlich besser, Daß wir mit unsrem reinen Sinn Ihm keine Hoffnung machen.

[4]  Und trinkt der Schah mit Langmuth nicht Den Hefen der Betrunknen, So werden wir auch kein Geschäft, So wie sichs ziemet, machen.

[5]  Ey, laß uns tummeln unser Roß Vor aller Augen aufrecht, Wir wollen uns um Roß und Zaum Nicht graue Haare machen.

[6]  Vom Himmel ziehet man das Schiff Der Tugend selbst herunter, Weit besser ists auf dieser Welt Nicht Hoffnung sich zu machen.

[7]  Sagt dir der Neider Böses nach, Und zürnen dir die Freunde, So sag': sey froh, wir wollen nicht Die Dummen hören machen.

[8]  Hafis! und fehlte selbst dein Feind, Wir wollen ihn nicht tadeln, Und hat er Recht, so können wir Ja nichts dagegen machen.

[1]  The tale of my desire ,I wrote and weeping was my eye :
Come for ,through sorrowfulness without thee ,I am ready to die .

[2]   Through desire ,to my two eyes ,much I have said
O dwellings of Salma thy Salma is where

[3]   'Tis a strange event and a wonderful occurrence this ,
Afflicted ,was I and in the palpitating ,quivering ,fluttering state of one slain .Yet ,against me the slayer was complainer .

[4]   Reacheth to whom the power that ,at thy pure skirt ,he should carp
For ,like the dew - drop that ,on the rose - leaf droppeth ,pure thou art .

[5]   From the dust of thy foot ,it gave honour to the tulip and to the rose ,
When creation's reed wrote the decree on the watery and the dusty .

[6]   O Saki arise ambergris - scattering ,hath become the breeze
Bring the juice of the grape ,wine perfumed and pure the antidote of the lover's poison

[7]   Idleness ,abandon successful ,thou shalt be .For the proverb is
The road - provision of way - farers is alertness and expertness .

[8]   Without seeing thy praised qualities ,trace of me remaineth not .Yes
From thy face O Salma I behold the traces of life

[9]   Of the description of thy beauty ,how may Hafiz speak
For ,like the divine qualities ,beyond comprehension ,thou art .

[1]  Meiner Sehnsucht Trauerkleid Schrieb ich auf, die Thränen floßen, Komm' denn, ohne dich bin ich Ganz entseelt von Gram und Leiden.

[2]  Sehnsuchtsvoll nach dir entflammt Sprach ich oft zum blut'gen Auge, Stete meiner Selma sag', Sage, wo ist deine Selma!

[3]  Aeußerst wunderlich fürwahr, Und ein nie gehörtes Ding wär's, Wenn der Mörder selbst den Schmerz Des Ermordeten beklagte.

[4]  Darf sich Einer unterstehn, Deinen reinen Saum zu schmähen? Rein bist du wie Tropfen Thau's, Die auf Rosenblättern hangen.

[5]  Von dem Staube deines Gau's, Gab der Herr der Ros' und Tulpe Glanz, als Er am Schöpfungstag' Erd' und Wasser formend mischte.

[6]  Ambra hauchend gieng vorbei Jetzt der Ostwind, auf! o Schenke! Bring' mir einen Becher Weins Lauter und Gerüche duftend.

[7]  Sag' dich von der Trägheit los, Nütz' die Zeit, es geht das Sprüchwort: List und Schlauheit suche du Bei dem Wanderer des Weges.

[8]  Ohne deine Milde bleibt Einst von mir kein Denkmal über, Meinen Thaten kannst nur du Leben in die Zukunft geben. Sieh' der Rose Wangenglanz, Und der Füßestaub der Ceder, Danken solchen Zauberreiz Nicht dem Wasser, nicht dem Staube.

[9]  Wie vermöchte wohl Hafis Deine Schönheit zu beschreiben, Da die göttliche Natur Unsre Hoffnung übersteiget?

[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

[43]   O true Beloved like the worthless tear from the eye of man ,him Thou easiest ,
Him ,whom a moment ,away from Thy sight ,Thou drivest .

[44]   Away from before Thyself ,Thy own grief - stricken Hafiz ,drive not
For ,through love for Thy face ,he gave sacrificed heart ,faith ,and youth .

[45]   In the path of love to Thee ,like the pen ,a foot out of his head Hafiz made ,
It ,one moment ,like a letter out of kindness ,why readest Thou not

[46]   Breeze of the morning of happiness for that trace that thou knowest ,
To a certain one's street ,pass at that time that thou knowest .

[47]   The footman of the chamber of mystery ,thou art and on the head of the Path ,is my eye
By manliness ,hot by order ,urge in that way ,that thou knowest .

[48]   Say : From my hand passed my feeble soul .For God's sake ,
From Thy ruby lip soul - refreshing ,give that that Thou knowest .

[49]   O true Beloved these few words I wrote ,in such a way that the stranger hath not known
Them by way of kindness ,do Thou also read in such a way that Thou knowest .

[50]   On Thy girdle ,gold - woven ,hope how may I not establish
O idol in that waist ,is a subtlety that Thou knowest .

[51]   With us ,the image of Thy slaying sword is the tale of the thirsty one and of water whereto he desireth to reach
Thy own captive ,Thou seizest .Slay in such a way that Thou knowest .

[52]   Hafiz in this matter ,one are Turki and Tazi Arabian
Love's tale ,relate in every tongue language that thou knowest .

[53]   Two friends holy travellers good of understanding ,and of old wine a quantity ,two mans ,'
A little leisure ,and a book ,and a sward - corner .

[54]   For this ,and the next ,world I give not this state
Though ,of carpers momently ,fall upon me

[55]   Every one who ,for the world's treasure ,gave the treasure of contentment ,
Sold ,the precious Yusuf of Egypt for a very paltry sum .

[56]   Come ; for not less becometh the amplitude of this workshop the world
By the austerity of one like thee or ,by the profligacy of one like me .

[57]   On the day of events of death with cheering wine ,'tis necessary to tell one's grief
For ,on none ,is reliance at a time like this .

[58]   Happy of heart ,in a corner sit and behold
That none keepeth in mind so strange a calamity .

[59]   In the hand of the mean the watcher I keep seeing my idol the beloved
Thus ,the vengeful sky recognised the right of service of one like me .

[60]   In the mirror of the Picture - establisher God the hidden form ,behold
If ,for thee out of the country of contentment ,desire maketh a native land .

[61]   O heart strive thou for patience .For God delivereth not
A seal - ring so precious as patience to the hand of an evil one .

[62]   From the fierce wind of vicissitude ,one cannot see ,
That ,in this sward ,hath been even a red rose ,or a wild white rose .

[63]   From this simum blast of lust that ,by the garden - borders ,passed ,
Wonder that from the heart of love's lust the colour of a rose remaineth ,or the perfume of a jessamine .

[64]   I have heard that ,for dogs ,thou appointest a collar
On Hafiz's neck ,why placest thou not a rope

[65]   Hafiz in this calamity ,ruined became time's temper
Where is the thought of a physician or the judgment of a Barhaman

[66]   Drink the cup of the wine of unity of a man
So that ,by it grief's root ,up from the heart ,thou mayst pluck .

[67]   Expanded ,keep the heart ,like the cup of wine
Head closed how long like a large jar

[68]   When ,from the jar of selflessness ,a ritl thou drinkest ,
Less of thyself voluntarily thou boastest of self .

[69]   Like the humble and worthless stone at thy foot be ,not like the water of the cloud glorying in sublimity
All colour of deceit ,thou mixest and wet of skirt lust - stained thou art .