[1]  Ho Saki ,pass around and offer the bowl of love for God
For the burden of love for God at first on the day of covenant appeared easy ,but now difficulties have occurred .

[2]   By reason of the perfume hope of the musk - pod ,that ,at the end of night the breeze displayeth from that knotted fore - lock ,
From the twist of its musky dark ,fragrant curl ,what blood of grief befell the hearts of the lovers of God

[3]   In the stage this world of the true Beloved ,mine what ease and pleasure ,when momently ,
The loud bell of the call of death giveth voice ,saying Bind ye up the chattels of existence

[4]   With wine ,becolour the prayer - mat if the Pir of the magians the perfect murshid bid thee
For of the way and usage of the stages to God not without knowledge is the holy traveller the perfect murshid

[5]   The dark night of the world and the fear of the wave of grief and the whirlpool so fearful the time of death
The light - burdened ones of the shore ancestors who have passed the flood of death how know they our state

[6]   By following my own fancy in hastening to union with God me only to ill fame all my work brought
Secret ,how remaineth that great mystery of love whereof great assemblies speak

[7]   Hafiz if thou desire the presence union with God Most High from Him be not absent
When thou visitest thy Beloved ,abandon the world and let it go .

[1]  Reich mir o Schenke das Glas,Bringe den Gästen es zu,Leicht' ist die Lieb' im AnfangEs folgen aber Schwierigkeiten.

[2]  Wegen des Moschusgeruchs,Welchen der Ostwind geraubtDeinen gekrau'sten Locken,Wie vieles Blut entfloß dem Herzen!

[3]  Folge dem Worte des WirthsFärbe den Teppich mit Wein.Reisende sind der Wege,Sie sind des Laufs der Posten kundig.

[4]  Kann ich genießen der LustIn des Geliebten Gezelt,Wenn mich zum Aufbruch immerDer Karawane Glocke rufet!

[5]  Finstere Schatten der Nacht!Wogen und Wirbelgefahr,Können Euch wohl begreifen,Die leicht geschürzt am Ufer wohnen?

[6]  Durch die befriedigte LustWard ich zum Mährchen der Stadt,Kann ein Geheimniß bleibenDer Stoff der allgemeinen Sage?

[7]  Wünschest du Ruhe Hafis,Folge dem köstlichen Rath:Willst du das Liebchen finden,Verlaß die Welt und laß sie gehen.

[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]  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]  In praise of those good qualities of the Beloved or of the murshid every subtlety that I uttered ,
Every one who heard ,said The sayer of this ,what an excellent speaker is he

[2]   At first on the day of Alast easy appeared the acquisition of love and of profligacy
In the end ,in attempting the acquisition of these excellences ,the soul consumed .

[3]   On the head of the gibbet ,this subtlety ,sweetly singeth Hallaj Mansur
Questions of love like these ,of the Shafi'i order ask ye not .

[4]   I spake saying : The powerless soul ,Thou pitiest when
He said : At that time when ,between the lover and the Beloved life is not the intervener .'

[5]   I have given my heart to a Friend ,bold ,decorated ,arrayed ,
Agreeable of nature ,laudable of disposition .

[6]   Like Thy intoxicated obliquely - looking eye ,I was at the time of corner - taking retiring to solitude
Now ,like Thy inclined eye - brow ,I became an incliner to the intoxicated .

[7]   From my tears ,a hundred - fold Nuh's deluge ,I beheld
Yet ,from the heart's tablet ,Thy picture ever declined not .

[8]   O Beloved Hafiz's hand is the amulet of against the evil eye - wound
O Lord grant that suspended to circled around thy neck ,it the hand I may see

[1]  O weh! daß mir die Freundinn nichtZu ihr zu gehn erlaubte,So sehr von allen Seiten auchIch Stoff und Anlaß suchte.

[2]  Es sprach ein jeder, der mein WortZu Ihrem Lobe hörte,Das hat er recht und gut gethan,Es möge Gott ihm's lohnen!

[3]  Zwar schien es Anfangs mir so leichtZu trinken und zu lieben,Doch meine Seele ist zuletztIn dieser Kunst verbrennet.

[4]  Gar schön sprach jüngst vom Dach herabDer Reiniger der Wolle:O fragt den Schafiiten nichtUm Ausschluß dieser Fragen.

[5]  Ich sprach zur Freundinn: wann wirst DuDich meiner denn erbarmen?Sie sprach: am Tag wo Seelen einstSich ohne Schleier schauen.

[6]  Ich hab' mein Herz an einen Schelm,An eine zarte Schönheit,An eine Freundinn frommer Art,Und guten Sinns gegeben.

[7]  Ich zog' in Winkel mich zurück,Gleich deinem trunknen Auge,Und zu den Trunknen hab' ich michWie deine Braun geneiget.

[8]  Es zeigten meine Thränen mirWohl tausendmal die Sündfluth,Und doch ward aus der Brust dein BildKein einz'gesmal verwischet.

[1]  Although old ,shattered of heart ,powerless ,I have become ,
Whenever I recollected Thy face ,made ,young I became .

[2]   Thanks to God that whatever ,from God ,I sought ,
To the limit of my spirit ,prosperous I became .

[3]   O young rose - bush the fruit of fortune enjoy for ,
Beneath Thy shade ,the bulbul of the world's garden I became .

[4]   At first in eternity without beginning of the word and the cry of the world no news was mine
In the school of grief for thee O murshid a subtlety - knower like this I became .

[5]   To the tavern the stage of divine knowledge me ,fate consigneth so that ,thence ,profit and advantage I may reap
As much as like this a sage I go and like that a zahid I became .

[6]   To my heart ,the door of reality became opened that day
When ,of the dwellers of Thy court ,the Pir of the Magians ,I became .

[7]   In eternal fortune's highway to fortune's throne ,
With the cup of wine ,to the desire of the heart of friends I went .

[8]   From that time when the calamity wound of Thy eye reached me ,
From the terrible calamity of the end of Time the last age of this world safe I became .

[9]   Not old in years and months ,am I the faithless friend ,it was ,
Who ,swiftly ,like swift life ,passeth by me from grief of that ,old ,I became .

[10]   Last night ,me ,glad tidings ,he the Pir of the Magians ,the perfect murshid gave ,saying Hafiz
Come back ; for the pardon of thy sins ,surety I became .

[1]  Zum Greise ward ich nichtDurch Monde und durch Jahre,Die Falsche gieng vorbei,Da bin ich alt geworden.

[2]  Ich bin zwar alt und krankUnd kräftelos geworden,Allein ich dachte dein,Und bin dann jung geworden.

[3]  Es sey gelobt der Herr!Und was ich bat den Herren,Ist mir nach meinem WunschDurch mein Bemüh'n geworden.

[4]  O junger Dornenstrauch!Genieße deines Glückes,In deinem Schatten binIch zum Bülbül geworden.

[5]  Ich wußte lange NichtsVom Ton und Laut der Welten,Durch deinen Gram bin ichBekannt damit geworden.

[7]  Das ew'ge Loos hat michZum Schenkendienst bestimmet,Was ich auch anders that,Ich bin nun so geworden.

[8]  Ich bin am Weg des GlücksAuf einem SchicksalsthroneMit einem Glas voll WeinZu Wunsch dem Freund geworden.

[10]  Mit jener Stunde, daDein böses Aug' mir zukam,Bin ich nicht mehr besorgtUm's Künftige geworden.

[1]  In the morning when ,his standard on the mountainous lands ,the Khasrau of the east the rising sun pitched ,
With the hand of mercy ,the door of hopeful ones ,my beloved beat

[2]   Before morning ,when it became manifest what is the inconstant state of the sphere's love ,
It the morning ascended and ,on the pride of potentates ,a sweet laugh expressed .

[3]   Last night ,when with the intention of dancing ,my idol stood up ,
From the tress ,she unloosed the knot and on the hearts of beloved ones beat .

[4]   From goodness and the colour of rectitude and piety that moment ,I washed my hand in the heart's blood
When His the beloved's eye ,wine - measuring ,to the sensible ones ,invitation for drinking wine expressed .

[5]   This usage of deceit ,what iron heart taught Him the true Beloved
That when from his own house He came out ,those keeping awake at night the 'abids ,and the zahids He first attacked .

[6]   The idea of horsemen my wretched heart matured and near to them went
O Lord preserve it ,for ,on the centre of the horsemen ,it dashed .

[7]   In the lustre and colour of his cheek ,what soul we gave and what blood of grief we drank
When His picture first appeared ,on those soul - surrendering ,the writing of effacement he expressed .

[8]   By the woollen khirka ,how into the noose of my power may I bring Him ,
A hair - clad one whose eye - lash ,those dagger - thrusting attacked .

[9]   The great king ,Muzaffar of pomp ,the bravery of the kingdom ,and the faith of Mansur
Whose exceeding liberality without hesitation ,laughter ,against the generous spring - cloud ,expressed .

[10]   From that moment when ,by his hand ,the cup of wine became honoured ,
In memory of its wine - drinkers ,the cup of joyousness ,time drained .

[11]   With his head - cleaving sword ,gleamed victory that day
When ,like the star - consuming sun ,on thousands ,alone he dashed .

[12]   Hafiz from God's grace ,ask for his Shah Mansur's lasting life and kingdom
For ,in the time of the people ,this coin of fortune ,the sphere struck .

[13]   On the die of grace ,and the felicity of the King's fortune ,my glance is
O beloved give the desire of the heart of Hafiz who ,the omen of the fortunate ,struck .

[14]   God most high since it gained the sorcery of existence ,excellent the nature of Shah Mansur
The purity of whose pure essence ,the breath of equality with the austere expressed .

[1]  Morgens als die Fahne der Sonne Aufgesteckt war auf den Bergen, Sieh da kam der Liebling des Herzens Aus Erbarmung an die Thüre.

[2]  Weil der Morgen deutlich erblickte, Was da sey des Glückes Liebe, Fieng er an im Ernste zu lachen Ueber jene, die d'rauf stolz sind.

[3]  Gestern als mein Schöner zum Tanze Aufgestanden war im Kreise, Löst' er auf die Bande der Locken, Warf dieselben auf die Freunde,

[4]  Als sein Wein ergründendes Auge, Die Vernünftigen zu rufen, Wusch ich über Frieden und Ruhe In dem Herzensblut die Hände.

[5]  Saget, welches eiserne Herz hat Diese List ihn wohl gelehret, Daß er so vor allem beginn't Nachtdurchwacher auszurauben?

[6]  Einen Reiter sah ich im Traume, Armes Herz! du war'st verloren, Herr, bewahr's vor allen Gefahren, Mitten unter Reiter fiel es.

[7]  Für den Glanz von seinem Gesichte, Wurden Blut und Geist geopfert, Doch erfüllt er einmal die Wünsche, Danken es ihm die Entseelten.

[8]  Ha! wie soll ich denn mit der Kutte Eine Locke Haar's erobern, Deren einz'le Härchen auf Straßen Tapfre Männer ganz ausrauben.

[10]  Seit der Stunde, da er das Weinglas Nahm zuerst in seine Hände, Gab die Zeit den Becher der Freude Allen Trinkern in die Hände.

[11]  Von dem Goldverspendenden Schwerte, Strahlte Sieg an jenem Tage, Als Er, wie die Sonne der Sterne, Tausende allein geschlagen.

[12]  Seines Lebens, seiner Regierung Dauer fleh', o Herz! vom Herren, Denn die Münze ward von dem Loose Nach dem Laufe der Zeit geschlagen.

[13]  Meines Muthes Loos ist gebunden An des Schahes Glück und Segen, Sey vergnügt Hafis, denn die Losung Ist auf's Beste ausgefallen.

[1]  How a lustrous verse exciteth afresh the heart that is sorrowful through love for ,and through the stain of ,the world and from search after lust
A subtlety out of this book ,we uttered and enough is this very subtlety .

[2]   O beloved if ,from thy ruby lip I gain a ring of protection ,
Beneath the order of my seal - ring ,will be a hundred countries of Sulaiman .

[3]   O heart on account of the calumny of the envious ,it is not proper to be sorrowful
When thou lookest well and arrives at the truth of the matter it is possible that ,in this ,is thy good .

[4]   Who understandeth not this my reed ,image loftily raising of God
Let his form ,move not ,let him die ,even if he himself be the celebrated painter of Chin .

[5]   The cup of wine of ease and the blood of the heart of grief each ,they Fate and Destiny gave to each one
In the action of destiny's circle ,thus it is to one grief ,to another ease

[6]   In the matter of rose - water and of the rose ,the decree of eternity without beginning was this
That that the rose should be the lovely one of the bazar the harlot and that this the rose - water should be the sitter behind the veil the chaste one

[7]   Possible it is not that from Hafiz's heart profligacy should depart
For ,till the last of time will be that custom of first of time .

[1]  Kann ein trübes Gemüth sich freun an fröhlichen Liedern, Laßt uns sagen ein Wort, sey es nun, was es auch sey.

[2]  Fänd' ich nur einen Ring, verfertigt aus deinen Rubinen, Wäre mir hundertmal unterthan Salomons Reich.

[3]  Du betrübe dich nicht, mein Herz, wenn die Neider dein spotten, Denn es liegt vielleicht manches des Guten darinn.

[4]  Wer den Sinn nicht versteht von meinem beseelenden Pinsel, Macht kein gutes Gemäld', wär' er ein Maler aus Sin.

[5]  Herzensblut und Wein, ein jedes ward Einem gegeben, Solchergestalt wird im Kreis unseres Schicksals getheilt.

[6]  Sehr ist verschieden das Loos des Rosenwassers der Rose, Jenes sitzet zu Markt, diese im Winkel versteckt.

[7]  Ha! es wird nicht geschehn, daß Hafis vom Rausch sich ernüchtre, Denn von ewig her ward dieser zum Loos ihm bestimmt.

[1]  In a pleasant dream ,I beheld that in my hand ,the cup was
Interpretation passed ; and ,entrusted to fortune ,the work was .

[2]   Forty years I endured trouble and vexation in love's path In the end ,
In the power of wine ,two years of age the glorious Kuran ,wherein I find every delight I sought the deliberation of it t was .

[3]   That pod of desire that from fortune ,I desired ,
In the tress - curl of that idol of musky tresses ,was .

[4]   In the morning ,grief's languor had overpowered me
Fortune became prosperous in the cup ,the wine of union with the true Beloved wine ,life - giving was .

[5]   Blood ,I ever drink on the threshold of the wine - house ,
As on the first day ,this very blood - drinking assigned to me was .

[6]   Who planted not love ,nor plucked a rose for its loveliness ,
In the wind's path ,the tulip's care - taker ever in trouble was .

[7]   By the rose - bed ,chanced my passing at morning - time ,
When sigh and wail ,the work of the bird of the sward was .

[8]   In praise of the king ,we saw Hafiz's heart - alluring verse ,
Every couplet of that book of verse better than a hundred letters was

[9]   That king ,savage of attack ,before whom the sun ,lion - seizing ,
Less than a fawn ,on the day of battle ,was .