[1]  The world - possessor ,defender of the faith perfect sovereign
Yahya bin Muzaffar ,king ,just - doer :

[2]   O thou thy court ,the shelter of Islam ,hath opened
On the face of the world ,the window of the soul ,and the door and the heart .

[3]   Necessary and proper to the soul and to wisdom ,is reverence to thee
To existence and dwelling the universe thy reward is abounding and comprehending .

[4]   On the day of eternity without beginning ,from thy reed ,a drop of blackness ink
That became the solver of questions ,fell on the face of the moon .

[5]   When on thy face ; or on the moon's the sun beheld that dark mole ,to his heart ,he said
Would to heaven that I had been the fortunate slave the dark mole

[6]   O king on account of thy banquet ,the sky is in dancing and in sama'
From the skirt of this zamzama ,thy hand let not go .

[7]   Drink wine and give the world be joyous For ,of the tress of thy noose ,
Captive to chains became the neck of thy ill - wisher .

[8]   Now ,altogether ,in the way of justice ,is the sky's revolution
Be happy that the tyrant taketh not the path to the stage of his object

[9]   Hafiz when in the power of the king of the world is the partition of subsistence ,
For thy livelihood ,make no useless thought .

[1]  Er, der vollkomm'ne Fürst,Der Herr der Welt, des Glaubens SiegIst ein gerechter Schah.

[3]  Der Seele, dem Verstande ziemt,Dein Lobspruch und dein Preis,Denn über Raum und Zeiten dehnt,Sich deine Gnade aus.

[4]  Am Tage der Bestimmung fielEin Tröpflein deines KielsHin auf den Mond, wovon er schwarzUnd ganz verfinstert ward.

[5]  Die Sonne als sie dieses MaalErblickte, sprach bei sich:O wäre ich so glücklich nur,Als jener Mohr es ist!

[6]  O Schah! der Himmel selber tanzt,Aus Lust bei deinem Fest,O ziehe deine Hand vom SaumDes Freudenlärms nicht ab!

[7]  Du trinke Wein, verschenk' dabeiDie Güter einer Welt,In deiner Locken Banden liegtDes Feindes Hals verstrickt.

[8]  Des Himmels Lauf geht kurze Zeit,Den Weg der Billigkeit,Erfreue Dich, der Böse fandDen Weg zum Posten nicht.

[9]  Hafis! es ist des Schatzes Thor,Der Gnaden Schenkeplatz,Deßhalben sey du unbesorgt,Um deiner Nahrung Loos.

[1]  Although ,from His tress ,a knot of difficulty hath fallen upon my work
Even so ,from His liberality ,the solution of it I expect .

[2]   To joy ,the ruddiness of my face attribute not For ,like the cup ,
Forth from my cheek ,the ruddy reflection ,the heart's blood giveth .

[3]   Me ,forth from power will take the melody of the minstrel
Alas ,if on that account ,within this screen of the melody mine ,access be none .

[4]   Night ,all night ,the guardian of my heart's fold have I been
So that ,into this screen of dark night save thought of Him ,naught I pass .

[5]   That poet - magician am I ,who ,with the sorcery of speech ,
From the reed - pen ,all candy and sugar ,rain .

[6]   By His tale ,to sleep went fortune's eye
Where ,a breeze of favour ,that ,me ,awake may make

[7]   When ,in the wind's thoroughfare ,Him ,my Friend ,I see not
To whom ,may I speak saying A word to my Friend ,utter .

[8]   Last night ,he kept saying All double face and hyprocisy is Hafiz
Hafiz replied Save with the dust of Thy door ,say in work with whom ,am I

[1]  Ich trat mit großer HoffnungDen Weg an in die Wüste,O Führer meines Herzens,Laß mich hier nicht zurücke.

[2]  Wiewohl mir eine LockeVom Haar ist zugefallen,So öffn' ich doch die AugenNach neuer Huld und Gnade.

[3]  O glaube nicht, daß froher SinnMir so die Wangen röthet,Es ist das Blut des Herzens,Das außen wiederscheinet.

[4]  Es wird des Sängers WeiseMich selber nie entziehen.O weh! wenn diese WeiseMir nicht erlaubet würde.

[5]  Ich bin durch ganze NächteDes Herzharemes Wächter,Nur ihrem Bild erlaub' ichs,Den Schleier durchzuschlüpfen.

[6]  Ich bin der süsse Sänger,Der durch des Wortes Zauber,Vom Rohr' der Feder ZuckerUnd reinen Kandel träufet.

[7]  Sie hat durch ZaubereienDas Schicksal eingeschläfert,O sag' dem Ost, o sag' ihm,Daß er mich doch erwecke.

[8]  Da ich im Zug des WindesNicht sehen kann die Freundinn,Wem soll ich's sagen daß erDer Freundinn etwas sage.

[1]  As my love so the work of Thy beauty took a great perfection
Happy be on this account that ,this beauty of love and of form hath not even a little decline .

[2]   In my imagination ,it cometh not that in the vain imaginings of wisdom ,
In any way ,should come more beautiful than this a form .

[3]   Life's delight would have been gained ,if ,with Thee ,for us ,
Ever in life only one day had been the lot of a great union .

[4]   That moment when ,with Thee ,I may be ,the space of one long year is only a short day
That moment when ,without Thee ,I may be the momentary twinkling of the eye is a long year .

[5]   O beloved in sleep ,the image of thy face how may I behold ,
Because ,out of sleep ,my eye seeth naught save an image

[6]   On my heart ,bestow pity .For ,from love for the lovely face ,
My powerless body became slender and_ ,wan like anew crescent moon .

[7]   Hafiz if thou desire union with the Beloved ,make no complaint
For thee ,on account of separation ,is necessary greater than this a load .

[1]  Deine Schönheit, meine Liebe, Beide sind vollkommen; Sey getröstet, meine Seele, Diese Schönheit stirbt nicht.

[2]  Ich begreife keinesweges, Daß noch größre Schönheit, Der Verstand in meinem Bilde, Mir entwerfen könnte.

[3]  Dann erst würde ich erlernen Den Genuß des Lebens, Wann nach meinem Wunsch mir einstens Dein Genuß zu Theil wird.

[4]  Bleibe ich bei dir, so scheinen Mir die Jahre Tage. Bin ich fern von dir, so scheinen Mir Minuten Jahre.

[5]  O Geliebte, sag', wie kann ich Seh'n dein Bild im Schlafe, Da ich von dem Schlafe selber Nur das Traumbild sehe.

[6]  Habe doch mit mir Erbarmen, Denn ob deinen Wangen Ist mein Leib so dumm geworden, Wie der Mond im Neuschein.

[7]  Wünsch'st du den Genuß des Freunds, O Hafis! so klag' nicht, Denn du hast noch mehr zu leiden, Als nur diese Trennung.

[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 .

[64]   I have heard that ,for dogs ,thou appointest a collar
On Hafiz's neck ,why placest thou not a rope

[65]   Hafiz in this calamity ,ruined became time's temper
Where is the thought of a physician or the judgment of a Barhaman

[66]   Drink the cup of the wine of unity of a man
So that ,by it grief's root ,up from the heart ,thou mayst pluck .

[67]   Expanded ,keep the heart ,like the cup of wine
Head closed how long like a large jar

[68]   When ,from the jar of selflessness ,a ritl thou drinkest ,
Less of thyself voluntarily thou boastest of self .

[69]   Like the humble and worthless stone at thy foot be ,not like the water of the cloud glorying in sublimity
All colour of deceit ,thou mixest and wet of skirt lust - stained thou art .

[70]   To wine ,bind the heart ,so that ,like a man ,
The neck of hypocrisy and of piety thou mayst shatter .

[71]   Arise ,and ,like Hafiz ,an effort in the service of the Pir of tarikat make so that ,perchance ,
Thyself ,at the true Beloved's foot ,thou mayest cast .

[72]   Tis morning ; and ,droppeth hail from the cloud of the winter - month Bahman
The requisites of the morning cup ,prepare and give a cup of one ' man .'

[73]   The blood red wine of the cup ,drink for lawful is its blood
In the work of the cup ,engaged be ; for 'tis a work fit to be done .

[74]   If ,at dawn ,thee ,wine - sickness give headache ,
Verily ,best ,that the forehead of the vintner ,thou shatter .

[75]   Saki at hand to give the cup be for ,in ambush for us ,is grief
Minstrel so that grief may not reach us keep this very path of song that thou singest .

[76]   Give wine for ,the secret to my ear ,the harp hath brought and said
Happily pass life and ,hear this bowed Pir the harp

[77]   Hafiz by the independence of profligates ,I conjure thee drink wine ,
So that ,thou mayst hear the song of the Singer ,God the Independent One .

[78]   Into the sea of self and self - praise ,I am fallen .Bring
Wine ,so that freedom from self and self - praise me ,it may give .

[79]   Hafiz in the rivulet of the eye ,the plant of thy stature
Drank blood ,and established fruit .It thou wishest to up - pluck .

[80]   O thou who ,in our slaughter ,mercy exercisest not
Profit and capital ,thou consumest manliness ,thou showest not .

[81]   Deadly poison ,the sorrowful ones of calamity lovers ,sorrowful through sepa - ration from thee drink
The design of slaying this tribe of lovers is dangerous .Take care that it ,thou doest not .

[82]   Since ,with a corner of thy eye ,our grief it is possible to take ,
The part of justice it is not ,that our remedy for freedom from grief thou makest not .