[1]  If fortune give aid ,to my hand I will bring His skirt
If the skirt I draw O great the joy If ,me ,He slay great the honour

[2]   How more derived this heart full of hope the advantage of mercy
Though to every quarter ,the talk of the day kept taking my tale .

[3]   Mine became no opening from the curve of Thy eye - bro
Alas in this crooked fancy ,became the destruction of dear life .

[4]   Leader of me ,miserable ,when becometh the Friend's eye - brow
From this bow ,none hath struck the arrow of desire on the target .

[5]   Awhile ,the love of idols ,stone of heart ,I cherish
No recollection of the father make these unfavoured sons .

[6]   In the fancy of being a zahid ,corner - sitting I became and strange it is that ,
From every side ,me ,with the sound of the harp and the drum ,the young magian proclaimeth .

[7]   Void of knowledge are the zahids the charm ,utter and speak not
Intoxicated is the muhtasib ; the cup ,drink ; and fear not .

[8]   Behold the city - Sufi ,how a doubtful morsel ,he eateth
Long be his crupper ,this animal of good fodder

[9]   Hafiz if ,in the path of love's household ,thou plant thy foot
The guide of thy path shall be the blessing of the watchman of Najaf Ali

[1]  Wenn mein Glücksgestirn mir Hülfe gewähret,Leg' ich die Hand an ihren Kleidsaum,Wenn ich zu Handen ihn bring', o welche Wonne!Bringt sie mich um, o welch ein Adel!

[2]  Dieses Herz voll Hoffnung hoffet von KeinemGnädigen Blicks erhört zu werden,Ob ich gleich überall hin mit eignen Worten,Was ich erlitt, verkündet habe.

[3]  Dieser Augenbrauen Krause hat meinenBitten die Thür nie aufgemachet,Wehe mir! Daß ich verlor der schönsten Jahre,Besseren Theil in solchen Wünschen.

[4]  Ach, wann werden einst die Brauen des FreundesReichen die Hand uns armen Schwachen!Keinem gelang's noch den Pfeil der Herzbegierde,Solcher Gestalt in's Ziel zu schießen.

[5]  Ha wie lange soll ich steinerne HerzenKosend mit Schmeicheleien nähren!Diese verzärtelte Zucht von bösen KindernFraget nicht viel nach ihrem Vater.

[6]  In den Winkel zog ich mit Verlangen,Einsam zu seyn, und fromm zu leben,Wunderlich scheint mir's daher, daß aller Orten,Jünglinge Pauck' und Lauten schlagen.

[7]  Eremiten sind unwissend, o singeLustigen Ton, und laß den ersten,Suche den Wächter voll Wein, er ist von Sinnen,Bringe nur Wein und fürchte Nichts sonst.

[8]  Schauet nur den frommen Mann aus der Stadt an,Ißt er zu Nacht nicht Leckerbissen?Heilsam bekomme das Mahl, und die VerdauungDiesem mit Heu genährten Thiere.

[9]  Wenn Hafis du auf dem Pfade der Liebe,Weiter hinaus zu gehen verlangest,Diene als Führer des Wegs der Wächter,Heiligen Grabs, Ali's zu Redschef.

[1]  'Tis a city full of graceful ones and ,on every side ,an idol .
O friends 'tis love's salutation ,if ye make a bargain .

[2]   More fresh than this ,the sky's eye seetli not a youth
In the hand ,none beheld more beautiful than this an idol .

[3]   Created of soul ,who shall have seen a body
On this skirt ,of these dusty ones be not a particle of dust

[4]   The shattered one like me ,from before thyself wherefore drivest thou
For great expectation is mine ,of a kiss ,or of an embrace .

[5]   Know the wine is without alloy haste the time is opportune
Another year ,who hath hope of a new spring

[6]   In the garden ,companions like the tulip and the rose ,
Each a cup taken to the memory of the face of a friend .

[7]   This knot ,how may I loose This mystery ,how may I unfold
A pain ,and a severe pain a work ,and a difficult work .

[8]   In the hand of the tress ,of a saucy one ,is every thread of Hafiz's hair
'Tis difficult to dwell in a land like this .

[1]  Voll von Zarten ist die Stadt, Ueberall sind Schönheitsbilder, Freunde fangt zu handeln an, Denn es ist die Zeit der Liebe.

[2]  Nie noch hat das Aug' der Welt Frisch're Jünglinge gesehen, Keinem ist ein schön'res Bild In die Hände je gefallen.

[3]  Habt sein Auge ihr geseh'n, Ganz aus Lebensgeist erschaffen? Niemals soll von diesem Staub' Seinen Saum ein Stäubchen drücken.

[4]  Wenn ich ganz zerschlagen bin, Wer kann sich darob wohl wundern? Hab' ich nicht umsonst geharrt Auf Umarmungen und Küsse.

[5]  Eile! sieh' der Wein ist rein, Nütze diese frohen Zeiten, Wer kann für das nächste Jahr Frühlingsfreuden dir versprechen?

[6]  Zwey Gesellen bleiben noch In dem Garten Ros' und Lilie, Beide halten hoch den Kelch Auf des Freundes Angedenken.

[7]  Wenn die Liebe sich entrollt, Das Geheimniß sich aufschließt, Fühl' ich Pein, o harte Pein, Fühl' ich Schmerz, o schwerer Schmerz!

[8]  Immer liegt Hafisens Haar In des Freundes Locken, Schwer ist's wahrlich, lange hier Auf der Wache auszuhalten.

[1]  Tis a time when expectant ,us thou keepest ;
Not in the way of others ,thy slaves ,thou keepest .

[2]   Not opened towards me became the corner of the eye of thy satisfaction
Like this ,the honour of those possessed of vision thou keepest .

[3]   Best that Thou cover up that arm when ,for the sake of colouring ,
In the heart's blood of those full of skill ,Thy hand Thou keepest .

[4]   O true Beloved from the stain of grief of separation from Thee ,escaped neither the rose nor the bulbul in the garden
All clamouring ,garment - rending ,Thou keepest .

[5]   O thou that ,in the coloured tattered garment of the Sufi seekest the delight of the presence of God it ,how mayst thou obtain
Wonderful by those void of knowledge ,hope of satiation thou keepest .

[6]   O eye and lamp since the narcissus of the garden of vision thou art ,
With me ,heart shattered ,the head heavy wherefore is it that thou keepest

[7]   From the mine of the other world ,is the jewel of the world - viewing cup of Jamshid the Arif acquainted with m'arifat
From the clay of the pitcher - makers dry zahids desire for this jewel vainly Thou keepest .

[8]   O heart the father of experience of the end ,thou art .Wherefore is it that
Desire for the love and the fidelity of these youths thou keepest

[9]   Departed heart and faith but truly I cannot speak ,
For in respect of them heart and faith me ,consumed of heart ,Thou keepest .

[10]   Though ,profligacy and depravity are our sin ,yet ,
A lover spake ,saying : On them profligacy and depravity the slave Thou keepest .

[11]   Hafiz in reproach ,abandon not the day of safety
From the passing world ,what expectation is it that thou keepest

[1]  Es ist schon eine gute Zeit, Daß du mich in Erwartung hältst, Und daß du deinen Diener nicht Auf gleichen Fuß mit Andern hältst.

[2]  Der Winkel deines Auges ward Zu meinem Wohle aufgemacht, Ist's recht, daß du die Liebenden Auf solche harte Weise hältst?

[3]  Weit besser ist's, wenn du den Arm Vor aller Leute Blick versteckst; Du der die Hand stets in das Blut Der Redlichen getauchet hältst.

[4]  Es kann sich nicht die Nachtigall, Die Rose nicht von dir befreien, Weil du sie mit zerrißnem Kleid Und Wehgesang von dannen hältst.

[5]  O du der mit dem blauen Kleid Noch Ruhe und noch Frieden suchst, Ich weiß, daß auf Geheimnisse Unwissender du vieles hältst.

[6]  O meine Lampe, o mein Licht, Narzisse der Betrachtenden, Was treibet dich wohl an, daß du Den wunden Kopf so schwer nur hältst. So lang der Ost, die Nachtigall Den Rosen deine Schönheit liest, So sey versichert, daß du gleich Sie alle in Erwartung hältst.

[7]  Es kam der Stoff zum Glas Dschemschids Hieher aus einer andern Welt, Ich weiß, daß du auf Lehm und Thon Der Kannegießer vieles hältst.

[8]  Der Vater der Erfahrung bist Nur du mein Herz seit langer Zeit, Ich weiß nicht, wie du Lieb' und Treu' Von Jünglingen für möglich hältst.

[9]  Du leer vor allen Andern aus Den Beutel Silber oder Gold, Sobald nach Silberbusichten Du Sehnsucht und Verlangen hältst. Das Herz, der Glaube ist dahin, Doch sprechen kann ich nicht gerad Indem du mein verbranntes Herz Noch immer so von ferne hältst.

[10]  Wiewohl die Trunkenheit, der Rausch Nur meine eigne Sünde ist, So sprach ein Liebender doch jüngst, Daß du dazu uns unterhältst.

[11]  O bringe nicht mit Traurigkeit Hafis! den Tag des Heiles zu, Ich weiß nicht, was auf dieser Welt Du für Erwartung hegst und hältst

[1]  Alas full ,full of pain is my heart ,a plaister
God through loneliness ,to giving up life my heart hath come ; a companion

[2]   From the swift moving sky ,hope of ease ,hath who
O Saki a cup bring ,so that I may rest a while .

[3]   To a wit ,I said Behold these circumstances .He laughed and said
A work ,difficult a state ,the father of wonders perturbed ,a world .

[4]   In the pit of patience ,for that candle of Chigil ,I consumed
Of our state ,the King of the Turkans Turans is careless .Where a Rustam

[5]   In the Path of love - play ,calamity is safety and ease
Wounded be that heart that with on account of pain desireth a plaister

[6]   No path ,into the street of profligates ,is for the man of desire and indulgence
A wayfarer is necessary ,a world - consumer not a raw one ,without a grief .

[7]   In this dusty world ,to hand cometh not a man
It is necessary to make another world ,and anew a man .

[8]   Arise .To the saucy ones of Samarkand ,let us give our heart
For ,from its breeze ,the fragrance of the river Mulian the Oxus cometh anon .

[9]   Hafiz before in comparison with love's independence what weigheth thy weeping
For ,in this deluge ,the seven all the seas of the world appear only a little night - dew .

[1]  Voll von Schmerzen ist die Brust, Gebet mir ein Pflaster! Einsam ist mein Herz entseelt, Herr! gieb mir Vertraute!

[2]  Wer hofft von dem schwarzen Loos Frieden oder Ruhe! Schenke, bringe mir ein Glas, Um doch auszuruhen.

[3]  Siehe, sprach ich, sieh' das Ding, Aber lachend sprach Er: Wunderbar ist dieses Ding, Alles ist Verwirrung.

[4]  In dem Brunnen der Geduld Brannt' ich für die Kerze, Sieh' der Turkomanne schläft, Bringet mir Rustemen.

[5]  Auf dem Weg der Liebe ist, Ruhe nur ein Unglück. Immer bleibe wund das Herz, Welches Pflaster fodert.

[6]  Allumstrickte führt kein Weg Zu dem Gau' der Trunknen, Ein verbrannter Armer ist Hier der beste Weiser.

[7]  Keinen Adam giebt es mehr Auf dem Erdenrunde, Andre Welten sind mir noth Und ein andrer Adam.

[8]  Stehe auf, daß ich mein Herz Jenem Türken gebe, Denn von seinem Hauche kömmt Mir der Duft des Oxus.

[9]  Wiegest du Hafisens Gram Gegen Wohlbehagen? Gegen diese Sündfluth sind Sieben Meer' ein Tropfen.

[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 .