[1]  O breeze murshid thy passing by the dwelling of the true Beloved ,keep not back
For the wretched lover Hafiz news of Him the true Beloved keep not back .

[2]   O rose in thanks that ,to thy heart's desire ,thou blossomedest ,
From the bird of the morning the bulbul the breeze of union keep not back .

[3]   When thou wast the new moon in the beginning of youthful beauty I was thy companion
Now ,that in beauty thou art the full moon ,from the state of me foolish the glance of mercy keep not back ,

[4]   Mean small and contracted is the world and all that in it is
O true Beloved from the people of divine knowledge ,this contracted portion keep not back .

[5]   Now ,that the fountain of sugar the water of life is Thy sweet ruby lip
Utter speech and from the parrot Hafiz sugar the true Beloved keep not back .

[6]   To the far horizon ,taketh the poet thy deeds noble and generous
From him ,allowance and provision for the journey keep not back .

[7]   O praised One since thou desirest good mention of thy self this the matter :
In respect of the price of speech good mention silver and gold keep not back .

[8]   Hafiz grief's dust departeth better cometh thy state
From this thoroughfare ,the water of thy eye tears keep not back .

[1]  Beim Verliebten, o Ostwind, gehe vorbei,Kunde bringe dem Liebenden,Verweigre mir's nicht!

[2]  Lieblich blühst du, o Rose, dankbar dafür,Einen Duft für die NachtigallVerweigre mir nicht.

[3]  Dein Verehrer war ich, o wachsender Mond,Einen Blick, nun du älter bist,Verweigre mir nicht.

[4]  Erdengüter sind leicht, und niederen WerthsDiese Kleinigkeit, WürdigenVerweigre sie nicht.

[5]  Wie der Kandel sind deine Lippen mir süß,Zucker spende dem PapageyVerweigre mir's nicht!

[6]  Deine Tugenden führt zum Kafe das Lied,Reisezehrung dem Liedermund,Verweigere du nicht.

[7]  Wer verherrlicht seyn will, höre dies Wort:Gold und Silber ist Liederpreis,Verweigert es nicht.

[8]  Gram und Schmerzen vergeh'n, und beßer wird's einst,Deine Thränen auf jenem Pfad,Verweig're sie nicht.

[1]  Even as in the rose - season the time of manifestations of glories of mysteries of repentance of wine love I became ashamed ,
So of un - upright conduct abandoning wine - drinking let none be ashamed .

[2]   My counsel the circulation of the cup is all the snare of the Path and ,of the argument ,
On account of the lovely one ,or of the Saki ,in no way am I ashamed .

[3]   It may be that ,through His compassionate nature ,the true Beloved asketh not my sin
For ,of question I am vexed and of answer ,ashamed .

[4]   Of the blood ,that ,last night ,went flowing from the pavilion of the eye ,
In the sight of the night - prowlers of sleep that come upon the path of the eye we were ashamed .

[5]   Lawful it is ,if the intoxicated narcissus cast down its head
For ,of that Beloved's eye full of wrath ,it became ashamed .

[6]   Than the resplendent sun ,more beauteous of face ,thou art .Thanks to God
That ,in the sun's face ,of thee O murshid I am not ashamed .

[7]   The veil of the Zulmat darkness the gleaming water of life of Khizr established for the reason that it became ,
Of the pure nature of Hafiz and of this his poetry lustrous like water ,ashamed .

[8]   Beneath the lip ,poison - laughter ,why expresseth the cup ,
If ,of Thy ruby lip ,the ruddy wine became not ashamed

[9]   Its face in the veil of the shell ,it the pure pearl concealed on that account ,
That ,of the pearls of my lustrous verse ,the pearl of pure water became ashamed .

[1]  Ich habe nie vor deiner ThürNoch meine Wangen abgewendet,Durch Gottes Gnade hab' ich michDerselben nicht zu schämen.

[2]  Ich fieng an in der RosenzeitDer Reu' des Trinkens mich zu schämen,Und doch soll Niemand deß, was erNicht recht gethan sich schämen.

[3]  Es ist die EingezogenheitAuf meinem Wege nur ein Fallstrick,Denn ich will mich der Schönen nichtUnd nicht der Schenken schämen.

[4]  Die Freundinn wird ob ihrer HuldMit Fragen mich vielleicht verschonen,Mich kränkt die Frage und ich mußDer Antwort mich nur schämen.

[5]  Des Blutes halb, das gestern nachtsGeflossen ist von meinen Augen,War vor den Nachtgesichtern ichIm Falle mich zu schämen.

[6]  it allem Recht hängt die NarzißDen Kopf auf eine Seite nieder,Sie muß sich vor des Liebchens Aug'Sobald es zürnet, schämen.

[7]  Es überscheint der Sonnenglanz,Der Glanz von deinem Angesicht,Gott sey gelobt! ich habe michVor dir doch nicht zu schämen. Warum, lacht wohl das Glas voll WeinSo giftig zwischen deinen Lippen?Es muß vor dem Rubin des MundsDer Wein gewiß sich schämen. Die Perle hat ihr AngesichtVersteckt im Schleier einer Muschel;Denn vor den Perlen des GesangsMuß sie sich billig schämen. D

[1]  The friend I am of the sweet face ; and of the heart - alluring hair :
Distraught with the intoxicated eye ,I am and with pure unalloyed wine .

[2]   Thou askedest Of the mystery of the covenant of eternity without beginning ,say one word ,
I reply That moment when two cups of wine ,I drink ,I will tell thee .

[3]   Adam of paradise ,I am but in this journey through this world
Now ,captive to the love of youthful ones ,I am .

[4]   In being a lover of God is no escape from consuming and yet being content
Like the candle ,standing I am me of the fire of love affright not .

[5]   The mine of the ruby lip and the quarry of beauty is Shiraz
On that account ,harassed am I ,the poor jeweller .

[6]   From the many intoxicated eyes that in this city of Shiraz I have beheld ,
O God I swear that ,now ,no wine ,I drink and yet merry of head I am .

[7]   From six directions ,'tis a city full of the glance of lovely ones
Not a thing is mine if not of all six ,purchaser I be .

[8]   If fortune aid so that ,to the Friend ,my chattels ,I draw such my dignity will be that
The fragrant dust from my couch ,even the beperfumed tress of the Hur will wipe .

[9]   Hafiz the bride of my nature desireth splendour
No mirror have I ,on that account being mirrorless sigh ,I heave .

[10]   From the heat of fruitless thought ,Hafiz consumed
The Saki is where that ,on my fire ,water he may dash

[1]  Ich bin ein Freund von schönen Wangen, Von seinem Haar, Ich bin verliebt in trunkne Augen, In reinen Wein.

[2]  Du sprachst: wir kennen uns von ewig, Nun sag' ein Wort, Ich sprach: Ich sag' es gern, doch trinken Wir eh ein Glas.

[3]  Ich bin ein Mann des Paradieses, Doch auf der Welt Bin ich durch Liebe schöner Knaben Gar tief verstrickt.

[4]  Es kümmert sich um Gluth und Flammen Die Liebe nicht. Ich bin gerade wie die Kerze, Fürcht' nicht die Gluth.

[5]  Schiras ist rother Lippen Bergwerk, Der Schönheit Quell, Ich Münzeloser bin deßwegen So sehr verwirrt.

[6]  Ich hab' so viele trunkne Augen Allhier gesehn, Daß ich nun keinen Wein mehr trinke, Und trunken bin.

[7]  Die Stadt ist von den Schmeicheleien Der Schönen voll. Ich habe Nichts, sonst kauft' ich gerne Dieselben aus.

[8]  Wenn noch einmal mein gutes Schicksal Zum Freunde führt, So kehr' ich mit Hurienlocken Den Teppich ab.

[9]  Hafis! es lüstet mich zu sehen Den Reiz der Braut, Allein ich habe keinen Spiegel, Drob seufze ich. Hafis ist von der Gluth der Dummen Ganz angebrannt, Wo ist der Schenke, daß er gieße Ins Feuer Fluth.

[1]  O Thou ,whose face ,moon in appearance ,is the fresh spring of beauty ;
Whose mole and down are the centre of grace ,and the circle of beauty

[2]   Hidden in Thy eye full of intoxication the fascination of sorcery
Revealed on Thy restless floating tress ,the calm rest of beauty .

[3]   Not a moon shone like Thee from the mansion of goodness
Not a cypress arose like Thy stature from the stream of beauty .

[4]   By Thy darkish beauty ,joyous became the age of heart - ravishingness ;
By Thy grace ,expanded became the season of beauty .

[5]   From the snare of Thy tress ,and the grain of Thy mole ,in the world ,
Not a bird of the heart remaineth ,not become the prey of beauty .

[6]   Ever ,with grace ,from the midst of life nature's nurse ,
Thee ,cherisheth with care in the bosom of beauty .

[7]   Fresh and fresh is the dark violet hair about Thy lip ,for that reason ,
That it keepeth drinking the water of life from the fountain - source of beauty .

[8]   Hafiz severed desire when he seeth Thy equal
There is none save Thy face in the land of beauty .

[1]  Dein Mondgesicht, o Liebchen! ist Ein Frühlingstag der Schönheit. Es ist dein Flaum, es ist dein Maal Der Mittelpunkt der Schönheit.

[2]  In deinem Funkelauge ist Ein Zauberspruch geschrieben, In den verwirrten Locken liegt Beständigkeit der Schönheit.

[3]  Ein Mond, dir ähnlich, gieng nie auf Am Himmel der Vollendung. Und keine Zeder, die dir gleicht, Wuchs je am Strom der Schönheit.

[4]  Der Lebenslauf der Schönen wird Erfreut durch deine Anmuth. Durch deine Lieblichkeit wird froh, Der Weltenlauf der Schönheit.

[5]  Die Locken sind ein Netz, es ist Das Maal ein Korn der Lockung, Darum ist jeder Vogel stets Die Beute deiner Schönheit.

[6]  Der Anmuth Amme nähret dich In unsrer Seelen Mitte, Sie nähret dich mit Schmeichelei'n Am Busenrand der Schönheit.

[7]  Um deine Lippen blüht so frisch Die Veilchensaat des Flaumes, Weil sie das Lebenswasser trinkt Frisch aus dem Quell der Schönheit.

[8]  Es hofft Hafis nun nimmermehr Dein Angesicht zu sehen. Denn außer deinen Wangen giebt Es Nichts im Land der Schönheit.

[1]  O Beloved for Thy rose - leaf ruddy face of the musky fragrant hyacinth the tress the veil make
That is Thy face conceal and a world ruined make .

[2]   The sweat from Tby face ,scatter on the borders of the garden
As from seeing Thee the flagons of our eyes are full of rose - water ,tears so full of rose - water the garden make .

[3]   Haste for departing ,like swift life ,the rose - season maketh :
Saki in the circulation of the cup of roseate hue ,haste make .

[4]   Thy narcissus ,full of sleep ,intoxicated ,gracefully open
And ,in envy of Thy eye to sleep the eye of the lovely narcissus put .

[5]   The dark violet's perfume ,perceive and the dark tress of the idol the true Beloved take
At the want of colour of the white lily ,gaze resolution for the ruddy wine make :

[6]   Since the way and usage of lover - slaying is thine ,
With enemies ,the goblet drain with us ,reproach make .

[7]   On the face of the goblet the murshid like vanishing bubbles ,open thy eye ;
The foundation of this house this world from that of vanishing bubbles ,estimation make .

[8]   By the path of prayer ,union ,Hafiz seeketh
O Lord the prayer of those heart - broken accepted make .

[1]  Verhüll' mit Moschushyacinthen Die Rosenblätter, Das ist die Wangen mit den Locken, Verheer' die Welten.

[2]  Ström' Schweiß von deinem Angesichte, Füll' an die Gärten, Wie die Pokale unsrer Augen, Mit Rosenwasser.

[3]  Des Lebens Tage geh'n vorüber Schnell wie die Rosen, O Schenke! eil' die Weinrubinen Herumzureichen.

[4]  Schließ auf die schlafende und trunkne Narziß liebkosend, Daß die Narzissen eifersüchtig Sich schlafen legen.

[5]  Mach' dich bekannt mit Veilchendüften, Schau' an die Locken, Schau' an der Tulpen Flor, begehre Das Glas zum trinken.

[6]  Seitdem die Liebenden zu morden, Dir ward zur Sitte, Reichst du den Becher hin den Feinden Und schmählest unser.

[7]  Siehst du das Weinglas, o so rolle Dein Aug' wie Blasen, Und schließ' aus Blasen auf den Zustand Des Weltgebäudes.

[8]  Hafis gieng auf dem Weg des Betens Nach dem Genusse; O Herr, erhöre die Gebete Der kranken Herzen.

[1]  This khirka that I have in pledge for wine best
This meaningless book immersed in pure wine of ma'rifat best .

[2]   My life ,how I ruined as much as I gazed ,
In the tavern - corner ,fallen intoxicated ,best .

[3]   Since ,from poverty ,far is counsel - considering ,
Both my heart full of fire best ; and my eye full of water ,best .

[4]   To the people ,the state of the zahid ,I will not utter ,
For this state ,if I utter ,with the harp and the ribab best .

[5]   Since ,in this way ,headless and footless fickle are the sky's motions ,
In the head ,desire for the Sakl ; in the hand ,wine best .

[6]   From a heart - possessor like thee ,the heart up I pluck not .Yes ,
If I endure torment ,at least in the curl of that tress ,best .

[7]   Hafiz since old thou hast become ,forth from the tavern ,come
In youth's season ,profligacy and desire best .

[1]  Versetze ich mein Ordenskleid, so ist es besser, Und senke ich das Buch in Wein, so ist es besser,

[2]  Als ich verschwendete die Lebenskräfte, sah ich, In Schenkenwinkeln sey es wahrlich um viel besser.

[3]  All' die Geschäfte sind entfernet von Derwischen; Die Brust voll Gluth, das Aug' voll Thränen ist weit besser.

[4]  Ich will des Mönches Thun dem Volk nicht offenbaren, Mit Lautenspiel es kund zu machen ist weit besser.

[5]  So lang des Himmels Thun noch ohne Hand und Fuß ist, So ist die Schenkenlieb' und reiner Wein viel besser.

[6]  Ein Liebchen, wie du bist, kann ich vom Sinn nicht bannen, Und leid' ich Pein, so ist die Pein der Locken besser.

[7]  Du bist nun alt, Hafis, geh' fort nun von der Schenke, Im Jugendalter ist der Rausch, die Liebe besser.

[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 .