[1]  O true Beloved the splendour of the moon - beauty the illusory beloved is from the illumined face of Thine
The lustre of beauteousness from the chin - dimple of Thine

[2]   My soul at the lip ready to depart in death desireth the sight of Thee
Back it goeth forth ,it cometh what order is Thine

[3]   By the revolution of Thy eye ,none obtained a portion of enjoyment
Best ,that they sell the veil of chastity to the intoxicated ones of Thine .

[4]   Our sleep - stained fortune will ,perchance ,become vigilant ,
On that account that a little water on its eye ,expressed that gleaming face of of Thine .

[5]   Along with the wind divine inspiration send from Thy cheek a handful of roses the viewing of God's glory
It may be that I may perceive a perfume of comfort from the dust of the rose garden of propinquity of Thine .

[6]   O Sakis of the banquet of Jam ,long be your life that is our desire .,
Although our cup be not full of wine at the circulation of the cup of yours .

[7]   O breeze messenger of desire from us ,to the dwellers of Yazd the people of God say
Be the head of those not recognising truths the dwellers of Shlraz the chaugan ball of yours .

[8]   From the plain of propinquity ,though we be far ,not far is desire
The slave of your King we are ,and the praise - utterer of yours

[9]   O King of Kings ,lofty of star for God's sake ,a blessing ,
That ,like the sky ,I may kiss the dust of the court of yours .

[10]   Hafiz uttereth a prayer .Listen say an amin
Be my daily food the lips sugar - scattering of Thine .

[1]  Der Mond der Schönheit borgt sein LichtVon deiner Wangen Strahlen,Der Glanz der Anmuth strahlet ausVon deines Kinnes Grübchen.

[2]  Des Sinnes dich zu schauen kamMein Geist auf meine Lippen,Soll er entfliehn? Soll er zurück?Was ist dein Herrscherwille?

[3]  Was nützet die EnthaltsamkeitDem, der dein Auge sah?Viel besser ists, die NüchternheitDem Trunknen nicht verkaufen.

[4]  Mein träges Glück, das lange schlief,Ist endlich aufgewachet,Der Schimmer deines AngesichtsHat ihm ins Aug' geblitzet.

[5]  Der Ostwind bring' mir einen StraußVom Rosenbusch der Wangen,Vielleicht wird mir dann sein GeruchVom Staube deines Gartens.

[6]  Ihr sollet leben, Euer WunschWerd' stets erfüllt ihr Schenken!Wiewohl mein Glas zu Eurer ZeitNicht einmal voll geworden.

[7]  Verwaiset ist mein Herz, o gebtHievon den Freunden Kunde!O Freunde! meine Seele istMit Euern Seelen Eines.

[8]  Kann mein versammeltes GemüthMit deines Haares Locken,Die ganz zerstreuet sind, o Gott!Sich je zusammen finden.

[9]  Gehst du vorbey, heb' auf den SaumVom Blute und vom Staube,Denn viele deiner Opfer sindAuf diesem Weg gefallen.

[10]  O Morgenwind zieh hin nach JesdSag denen, die dort wohnen,Der Kopf deß, der nicht dankbar istSey Eurer Ballen Schlägel.

[11]  Zwar bin ich weit von Euch entfernt,Doch ist mein Geist nicht ferne,Ich bin der Diener Eures SchahsUnd Euer Loberedner.

[12]  Ich habe Muth, ich fleh bey Gott!O höchster Schah der Schahe!Ich küß die Erde deines ZeltsWie das Gewölb des Himmels.

[13]  Horcht auf! es betet nun Hafis.Sagt Amen, denn er betet.Herr! gieb uns unser täglich BrodVom Zucker ihrer Lippen.

[1]  O true Beloved come ,so that ,in my shattered and grief - stricken heart ,power may enter again
Come so that ,in my dead body ,life may enter again .

[2]   Come for separation from Thee hath closed my eye in such a way
That ,it ,only the opening of the door of union with Thee may perchance open again .

[3]   That grief ,that ,like the black army of Zang took ,in blood ,my heart ,
By the troop of horse of joyousness of the Rum the country of Thy face ,will be effaced again .

[4]   Before the mirror of the heart ,whatever I hold ,
Save the image of Thy beauty appeareth not again .

[5]   Through fear of the desert ,evil make not thy heart the ihram ,bind on
For reflecteth not the man of the Path ,though from the desert ,or from the journey he cometh not again .

[6]   Hafiz come .For the bulbul ,agreeable of heart ,
By the perfume of the rose - bed of union with thee ,singeth again .

[1]  O komm! mein wundes Herz, erlang die Kräfte wieder,O komm! den todten Leib beseele Leben wieder

[2]  O komm! die Trennung hat das Herz so fest verschlossenDaß nur dein Hochgenuß es kann eröffnen wieder.

[3]  Das Mohrenheer des Grams, das mich in Blut versenkteSchlug nun die weiße Schaar von deinen Wangen wieder.

[4]  Ich halte was ich will vor meines Herzens SpiegelSo strahlet er mir nichts als deine Schönheit wieder

[5]  Das alte Sprichwort sagt: daß Nächte schwanger sindDie Sterne zähl' ich nun zu sehn was sie gebähren.

[6]  O komm! die Nachtigall von dem Gemüth HafisensKommt auf den Duft der Rosen des Genußes wieder.

[1]  Through desire of thy lip ,forth cometh not my desire yet
In the hope of the cup of thy ruby lip a dreg - drinker am I yet .

[2]   On the first day the day of Alast in desire of thy two tresses ,departed my faith
Let us see ,in this phrensy ,what my end will be yet .

[3]   O Saki perfect Murshid of that water ,fire of hue ,one draught ,give me .For I ,
In the midst of those experienced in His Love ,inexperienced am I yet .

[4]   One night ,in mistake ,I called Thy hair the fragrant musk of Khutan
Momently ,a sword on my limbs saying why didst thou liken His glorious hair to contemptible musk the hair striketh yet .

[5]   In my khilvat ,a ray of splendour of Thy face ,the resplendent sun beheld
Momently ,like the shadow ,to my door and roof ,he the sun goeth yet .

[6]   One day ,in mistake ,to the true Beloved's lip ,went my name
To people of heart ,from my name the perfume of the soul of the Beloved cometh yet .

[7]   To us ,in eternity without beginning ,the Saki gave the ruby of Thy lip
The draught of a cup ,of which cup ,senseless am I yet .

[8]   O Thou that saidest Give thy soul ,that ease of heart may be thine ,
In griefs for Him the true Beloved my soul ,I gave .Mine ,not ease ,is yet .

[9]   The tale of the ruby of Thy lip ,Hafiz brought into his pen writing
Momently ,from my pens ,the water of life floweth yet .

[1]  Nach den Lippen bleibt mein WunschUnerfüllt noch immer,Harrend deinem GlasrubinTrink' ich Gram noch immer.

[2]  An dem Tag des Looses stahlMir dein Haar den Glauben,Ach! ich harre auf das EndDieser List noch immer.

[3]  Schenke gib den Hefen mirDieses Feuerwassers.Denn in der gekochten KreisBin ich roh noch immer.

[4]  Ich verglich dein Haar bei NachtEinstens mit dem MoschusJedes Haar sticht mich dafürWie ein Schwert noch immer.

[5]  Deinen Schimmer sah bei mirEines Tags die Sonne,Seitdem geht dem Schatten gleichVon der Thür sie nimmer.

[6]  Eines Tags entfiel dem FreundUngefähr mein Name,Seht mein Name haucht seitdemSeelenduft noch immer.

[7]  Vom Rubin der Lippen trankIch am Tag' des Looses,Von dem Hefen dieses TrunksTaumle ich noch immer.

[8]  Gieb die Seele, sprachst du mirDaß du ruhig seyest,Sieh' ich gab sie ab dem SchmerzRuhe fehlt noch immer.

[9]  Seit Hafisens Feder schriebVom Rubin der Lippen,Träuft des ewgen LebensquellAus der Feder immer.

[1]  In the dawn ,when ,from the private chamber of the palace of wonders ,
On all sides ,the candle of the east the sun casteth splendour - rays

[2]   When from the pocket of the horizon ,the juggler or the dancer draweth forth the mirror
And in a thousand ways ,displayeth the world's face ,

[3]   In the recesses of the joy - house of the Jamshid of the sky ,
The organ ,to the melody of sama' ,Zuhra tuneth .

[4]   Into twang ,cometh the harp ,saying : The denier of love is where
Into juggling laughing cometh the cup ,saying The forbidder of wine is where

[5]   The way of revolution of the sphere behold pleasure's goblet ,take with God's lot ,be content
For ,in every state ,the best of ways is this .

[6]   All snare and deceit ,is the tress of the mistress of the world
As to the end of this thread ,no strife of opinion do Arifs seek .

[7]   The king's long life ,seek ,if the world's profit thou seek
For ,it is an existence ,gift - giver and a generous one ,favour - conferring .

[8]   The place of evidence of the grace of eternity without beginning ,the luminosity of hope's eye
The summation of science and action ,and the world's soul ,are Shah Shuja' .

[9]   O Hafiz J with the usage of the slave ,dweller at his door ,be
For he Shah Shuja' is an obedient king ,and Shahinshah of those who are obeyed all other kings

[1]  Hafis steh Sklaven gleich an seiner Thür beständig,Denn er gehorchet Gott, und ich gehorch' dem Schahe.

[2]  Des Morgens, als aus dem geheimen Köschk des AufgangsDie Sonne Strahlen Pfeile schoß auf alle Seiten,

[3]  Als aus dem Sack den Spiegel zog der Kreis des HimmelsUnd als darin die Welt erschien in tausend Formen;

[4]  Als in dem Hoch-Pallast des himmlischen DschemschidsDer Sohre Orgel schlug, gleich meiner Lauten Tönen,

[5]  Da scholl die Leyer laut: Wo ist der Liebesläugner?Da lächelte das Glas: Wer kann es mir verwehren?

[6]  O Schenke schau' den Gang der Welt ergreif' die Freude,Für jeden Fall ist dies das beste Thun und Lassen.

[7]  Betrug und Schlingen sind die Locken der Geliebten,Die Weisen sind zu klug in Streit sich einzulassen.

[8]  Wenn du das Wohl der Erde wünschest, wünsch' dem KönigEin langes Leben, denn sein Körper ist allgnädig.

[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]  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 .