[1]  For God's sake come to my cry relief O pious ones murshids of the age forth from the hand of control goeth my heart in perturbation For God's sake come to my cry and aid me
O the pain that the hidden mystery of love should be disclosed .

[2]   We are boat - stranded ones O fair breeze the murshid or divine love arise
It may be that ,again ,we may behold the face of the Beloved God

[3]   For the short space of ten days ,the sphere's favour is magic and sorcery entrancing
O friend regard as booty ,goodness in friends companions ,disciples

[4]   Last night in the assembly of the rose and of wine the banquet of taste ,of desire ,of glories ,of splendour ,of love for God 'the bulbul murshid sweetly sang
O Saki give wine O intoxicated ones come to life

[5]   O generous one in thanks for thy own safety
One day ,make inquiry of the welfare of the foodless darvlsh .

[6]   The ease of two worlds this and the next is the explanation of these two words
With friends ,kindness with enemies ,courtesy .

[7]   In the street of good name outward rectitude they Fate and Destiny gave us no admission If thou approve not ,change our Fate .
That true wine of the love of God ,which is like to thee bitter wine ,which the

[8]   Sufi Muhammad called The mother of iniquities ,
To us ,is more pleasant and more sweet than the kisses of virgins .

[9]   In the time of straitedness ,strive in pleasure and in intoxication
For ,this elixir of existence maketh the beggar rich as Karun .

[10]   Be not arrogant for thee ,like a candle ,with wrath will consume ,
The Heart - Ravisher the true Beloved ,God in whose hand ,the hard stone is as soft wax .

[11]   The cup of wine the heart filled with recollection of God is Sikandar's mirror .Behold ,
So that it may show thee the state of Dara's kingdom the soul

[12]   Life - givers ,are the lovely ones ,Persian - prattling
O Saki this news ,give to the old men of Pars Persia

[13]   Of himself ,Hafiz put not on this patched ,wine - stained garment of poverty
O shaikh ,pure of skirt hold us excused .

[1]  Meiner Hand ist das Herz entflohen ihr Herzenbesitzer!Wehe! bey Gott! Weh mir! denn das Geheimniß ist weg!

[4]  Gestern tönte so schön von Wein und Rosen AodiBringet den Morgenwein, o ihr Betrunkenen her!

[5]  Gnädiger Herr! aus schuldigem Dank für blühenden WohlstandFraget doch eines Tags, wie es Derwischen ergeht.

[6]  Ruhe hienieden und dort verbürgen diese zwey Worte:Liebreich begegne dem Freund, Feinden begegne mit Gunst.

[7]  Mir ward Eintritt ins Land des guten Namens versaget.Tadler, gefällt es dir nicht, änd're das ewige Loos.

[8]  Dieser bittere Saft, dem Weisen die Mutter der LasterSchmeckt viel lieblicher mir als ein jungfräulicher Kuß:

[9]  In unfreundlicher Zeit genieß, und freu dich des Rausches!Dieser Alchymiker macht Bettler wie Karun beglückt.

[10]  Sträube dich nicht, sonst wirst du wie Kerzen in Gluthen verflammen,In der Geliebten Hand werden die Steine zu Wachs.

[11]  Schau in das Glas! es ist der Spiegel des griechischen Königs,Alle Plane Daro's wirst du erspähen darinn

[12]  Persische Schönen verleihn mit ihren Worten das Leben,Greisen und Frömmlingen gieb Schenke die Kunde davon!

[13]  Ach nicht mit Willen besudelt Hafis die Kleider mit Weinfleck.Frommer Lehrer verzeih! O du verzeihest es ihm.

[1]  Last night ,to me ,a mystery - knower ,keen of sense ,secretly spake ,
Saying Concealed from thee ,one cannot hold the mystery of the wine - seller .

[2]   He said To thyself ,action easy take .For ,from nature's way ,
On men hard - striving ,hard the world seizeth .

[3]   Then ,me ,he gave a cup ,from whose splendour on the heavens ,
To dancing came Zuhra and the lute - striker player kept saying Drink

[4]   With the bloody wounded heart ,bring forth display the laughing lip like the cup laughing with wine's sparkle
If ,thee ,a cleaving wound reach ,like the shrieking reed ,into clamour of grief come thou not .

[5]   So long as ,with this screen of mystery thou becomest not acquainted ,a hint thou hearest not
Not the place for Jibra ,il's message ,is the ear of the unprivileged .

[6]   O son counsel ,hear ,grief for the world's sake ,suffer not
To thee ,a tale ,I utter lustrous as a pearl if thou canst ,hear .

[7]   In love's fold ,of talking and of hearing one cannot boast
For ,there ,eye and ear ,must be all thy limbs .

[8]   On the carpet stage of subtlety - knowers ,is the condition ,no self - selling boasting
O man of wisdom either words known understood and weighed utter or silent be .

[9]   O Saki wine ,give .For Hanz's profligacies ,understood
Asaf ,the Lord of conjunction ,fault - forgiving ,defect - concealing .

[1]  Gestern sagte zu mir ein Vielverständiger heimlich:Nimmer birgst du vor mir heimliche Dinge des Wirths.

[2]  Weiteres sprach er zu mir: Erleichtere Alles dir selber,Denn es fällt ja diese Welt immer den Schweren zu schwer.

[3]  Einen Becher gab er mir dann, von dessen GefunkelVenus zu tanzen begann; trinke, so sagt' er dazu.

[4]  Blutet dein Herz, doch lächle die Lippe dir ähnlich dem Glase,Ist dein Inneres wund, tanze mit Lautengetön!

[5]  Du erfährst kein Geheimniß bis du nicht Freundschaft beginnest,Denn in Unheilige dringt himmlische Kunde nicht ein.

[6]  Trinke, höre den Rath, mein Sohn, daß die Welt dich nicht kümmre;Wohl ein köstliches Wort, wenn du's zu fassen vermagst.

[7]  In dem Gemach der Liebe geziemt es sich nimmer zu sprechen,Jedes der Glieder sey dorten nur Auge, nur Ohr.

[8]  In dem Kreise der Weisen, sich selbst zu loben geziemt nicht;Du sey kundig des Worts, oder erzeige dich stumm.

[9]  Schenke gieb mir den Wein, Hafisens Trunkenheit kennetEr, der den Koran besitzt, Er, der gelinde Wesir.

[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]  If ,kind on our state the heart of that Beloved had been ,how well it would have been
For ,if kind like that ,He had been ,not like this our state would have been .

[2]   I would have said The breeze of the Friend's tress ,what is it worth
If ,for every hair - tip ,mine a thousand lives had been .

[3]   O Lord the order of our heart - happiness ,less how would it have been ,
If ,from the evil of time ,its the mark of safety had been

[4]   If ,me ,head exalting and dear ,time had kept ,
That dust of His threshold ,my throne of honour would have been .

[5]   Would to God forth from the screen ,like a tear - drop ,He had come ,
So that ,on my two eyes ,His order current would have been .

[6]   If the Path ,love's circle had not closed ,
Not like a point ,in the midst ,heart - bereft Hafiz would have been .

[7]   Would to God me ,the trace to His street ,some one had given ,
So that ,of the garden and the rose - garden illusory delights independence would have been .

[1]  Ey, was wär' es, wenn das Herz Meiner Freundinn freundlich wäre, Meine Lage wär' nicht so, Glaubt mir's wenn sie anders wäre.

[2]  Was, so sprach ich, wären werth Meiner Freundinn Locken, Wenn an jeder Spitze Haars Tausend Eine Seele wäre.

[3]  Was der Werth des Staubes sey, Würde dann erst gänzlich klar seyn, Wenn des Lebens Kapital Ewighin verzinset wäre.

[4]  Wenn die Welt mich werth geschätzt Und in hohen Ehren hielte, Ist's doch sicher, daß mein Thron Ihrer Thüre Schwelle wäre.

[5]  Käm' heraus vom Schleierzelt, Meiner Freundinn, wie die Thränen, O so wüßt' ich, daß sie dann Meiner Augen Fürstinn wäre.

[6]  Wenn der Weg zum Liebeszirkel Nicht der Welt verschlossen wäre, Glaube mir, daß dann Hafis Dennoch stets im Mittel wäre.

[1]  From the street of the friend the perfect murshid came the fragrant breeze of the nau - ruz guidance in the Path to God
From this breeze ,if them desire aid ,the lamp of the heart ,thou mayest kindle .

[2]   If ,like the red rose ,a particle of red gold thou hast ,for God's sake ,expend it in pleasure
For caused Karun's errors ,the passion for gold - gathering .

[4]   To the garden ,go that ,from the bulbul ,love's mysteries thou mayst take to mind ;
To the assembly ,come ; so that from Hafiz ,ghazal - singing ,thou mayst learn .

[6]   Seeking the path of the true Beloved's desire is what 'Tis the abandoning of our own desire
The crown of sovereignty is that which from this abandoning ,thou stitchest .

[7]   Within the screen ,speech I utter ; forth from thyself ,like the rose - bud from the bud come
For ,not more than a space of five days ,is the order of the chief of a nau - ruz .

[8]   The lament of the turtle - dove by the marge of the stream ,I know not where - fore it is
Perchance ,like me ,a grief it hath night and day .

[9]   A wine like the pure soul ,I have yet its detraction ,the Sufi maketh
O God let not ill fortune be the sage's portion - ^ even one day

[10]   Separated became thy sweet friend the murshid candle now ,sit alone
For this the sky's decree is whether thou be content ; or whether thou consume .

[11]   Excluded from the means of joy ,in wonder of knowledge ,one cannot be
Saki come ; to the fool arriveth the largest victual - portion .

[12]   O heart go wine drink and profligacy and the abandoning of hypocrisy practise
For a Path better than this ,I wonder whether thou mayst learn .

[1]  Vom Gau des Freundes kömmt der Hauch des neuen Festes, Fach' an, wenn's dir gefällt, damit des Herzens Lampe.

[2]  Hast du wie Rosen Gold, bei Gott! verwend's auf Liebe. Das Gold hat in Ruin Karunen nicht gestürzet.

[4]  Geh' auf die Flur, und lern' von Nachtigallen Liebe, Komm' in den Freundenkreis, und lern' Hafisens Lieder.

[6]  Erreichet wird dein Wunsch, wenn du dich selbst verläugnest, Dir wird der Freiheitshut, wenn Allem du entsagest.

[7]  Ich spreche ja verhüllt, o komm' heraus wie Rosen. Es währet ja das Fest nur fünf der flücht'gen Tage.

[8]  Ich weiß nicht, was am Strom die Turteltaube girret, Vielleicht ist sie wie ich bei Tag und Nacht in Schmerzen.

[9]  Ich habe reinen Wein, auf den der Fromme schmählet, O Gott! den Weisen soll nichts Widriges begegnen!

[10]  Es floh' dein süßer Freund, nun bleib' allein, o Kerze! So ist das Loos, nun sey geduldig, oder brenne.

[11]  Bewundern und zugleich entbehren ist verboten, Komm' Schenk'! der Dumme wird um so viel mehr jetzt heucheln. Trink' Wein, berausche Dich, o Herz! laß Gleißnereien, Es wunderte mich sehr, wenn du was Bessers wüßtest.

[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