[1]  O breeze with softness speak to the beautiful fawn the murshid
Saying Thou hast given to us desire for the mountain and the desert the hardship and pain of separation

[2]   The sugar - seller the murshid ,seller of the sugar of Divine knowledge whose life be long why
Maketh he no inquiry of the welfare of the parrot Hafiz ,the disciple sugar of divine knowledge devouring

[3]   O rose murshid ,beautiful as the rose perhaps the pride of beauty hath not given thee permission .
That thou makest no inquiry as to the state full of grief ,void of hypocrisy of the distraught nightingale Hafiz

[4]   By beauty of disposition ,people of vision one can captivate
Not by snare and net ,take they the wise bird .

[5]   I know not why the colour of constancy ,they have not
Those straight of stature ,dark of eye ,moon of face the prophets in the garden of the shar'

[6]   O murshid when thou sittest with the beloved Muhammad and drinkest wine the acquisition of divine bounty
Bring to mind the beloved ones ,wind - measuring astoniedand bewildered

[7]   Of defect in thy beauty ,one cannot speak save to this degree
That the way of love and of constancy belongeth not to the lovely face .

[8]   On the sky ,what if ,of Hafiz's utterances
Zuhra's singing should bring to dancing the Masiha Christ

[1]  Sage Morgenwind mit SchmeichelnJener lieblichen Gaselle,Auf die Berge, in die WüstenHat die Liebe mich getrieben.

[2]  Warum frägt der Zuckerhändler(Herr erhalte ihm das Leben)Warum frägt er nicht ums WohlseynSeines Zucker Papageyes?

[3]  Wisse Rose dir geziemt esNicht so stolz zu seyn, auf SchönheitDaß aus Stolz du nach der irrenNachtigall nicht einmal fragest.

[4]  Nur mit guter Art und WeiseWirst du den Geliebten fangen,Denn es gehen kluge VögelNicht ins Netz und in die Schlinge.

[5]  Wer belehrt mich, warum dieseDunkeln Augen, hohe FormenDiese vollen MondsgesichterMir so gar nicht hold seyn wollen!

[6]  Wenn du bey dem Liebchen sitzestWein an seiner Seite trinkest,O erinnre dich der Freunde,Die umher gleich Winden irren.

[7]  Deiner Schönheit fänd' ich wahrlichGar nichts anders auszusetzen,Als daß insgemein die SchönenNichts von Treu' und Liebe wissen. Für den Umgang mit den Freunden,Für die Gunst des Glückes dankbar,Sey auch eingedenk der Fremden,Die durch Heid' und Wüsten streifen.

[8]  Was ists Wunder wenn im Himmel,Durch Hafisens Lied gewecket,Zu dem Lautenspiele Suhre'sDer Messias Reigen tanzet?

[1]  Saki murshid with the light of wine divine love up - kindle the cup of the heart of ours .
Minstrel murshid speak ,saying The world's work hath gone agreeably to the desire of' ours .

[2]   In the cup of the heart we have beheld the reflection of the face of the Beloved God
O thou void of knowledge of the joy of the perpetual wine - drinking of ours .

[3]   Never dieth that one ,whose heart is alive with true love to God
On the world's record ,is written the everlasting existence of ours .

[4]   The coy glance and the grace of those straight of stature illusory beloved ones is only till
With grace ,moving like a lofty pine - tree ,cometh the cypress the true Beloved of ours .

[5]   O breeze if thou pass by the rose - bed of beloved ones ,
Take care present to the beloved the murshid the message of ours .

[6]   O breeze from thy memory ,our name why purposely takest thou
Itself forgetfulness cometh ,when after death cometh no recollection of ours .

[7]   To the eye of our heart - binding beloved the murshid pleasing is intoxication
For that reason ,to intoxication they Fate and Destiny have given the rein of ours .

[8]   On the day of up - rising the resurrection I fear ,a profit taketh not .
The lawful bread piety of the shaikh ,more than the unlawful water wine of love of ours .

[9]   Hafiz from thy eye ,keep shedding a tear - drop
It may be ,that the bird of union may attempt the snare of ours .

[10]   The green blue sea of sky ,and the bark of the new moon the mysteries of the sphere
Are immersed'in the favour of Haji Kivam the murshid of ours .

[11]   Like the tulip ,in the cold air of love my heart was caught contracted
O bird of fortune Beloved of the soul when wilt thou go into the snare drawings of love of ours

[1]  Schenk! erleucht' mit dem Licht des Weins den Becher,Sänger singe; nun geht's nach unsern Wünschen.

[2]  Ich erblick im Pokal der Wangen Abglanz.Wiß es, der du nichts weißt vom Glück des Trinkens.

[3]  Wessen Zunge die Lieb' beseelet, stirbt nicht.Ewig bleibet mein Ruhm im Weltenbuche.

[4]  Dieser Schmächtigen Reiz gefällt so lang nur,Bis sich meine Cypreß mit Schwanken nahet.

[5]  Ostwind, gehst du vorbei beim Rosenhaine,Gieb doch Kunde von mir dem treuen Freunde.

[7]  Rausch und Trunkenheit ziemt dem Aug des Freundes;Deßhalb raubt mir der Rausch so Zaum als Zügel.

[8]  Ich befürchte, daß nicht am jüngsten TagePriesterbrod und der Wein von gleichem Werth sey.

[9]  O mein Auge verstreu' das Korn der Thränen,Daß sich fange im Netz der Wollust Vogel.

[10]  Du Aetherische Fluth, und du o Mondschiff,Ihr verschwindet zugleich in seiner Großmuth.

[1]  From all the heart - ravishers ,it is fit that thou 0 Muhammad shouldest take tribute
For ,over all lovely ones prophets thou ,crown - like ,art chief .

[2]   Thy two intoxicated eyes ,the tumult of all Turkistan
To the curl of thy tress ,Ma chin and Chin have given tribute .

[3]   The whiteness of mercy of thy face appeared more luminous than the face of day
The darkness of vengeance of thy tress ,more dark than the darkness of dark night .

[4]   To the water of life of Khizr ,thy small mouth hath given permanency
Over the sugar of Egypt ,thy candy - like lip hath taken currency .

[5]   In truth ,from this disease of love for ,and of separation from ,thee where shall I find recovery
If ,from thee ,my heart - pain reacheth no remedy .

[6]   O my soul from stone - heartedness ,why shatterest thou
The feeble heart which ,through feebleness ,is fragile like crystal .

[7]   Thy hair is ever fresh like Khizr and thy mouth ,the water of life
Thy stature ,the cypress thy waist ,a hair and thy chest ,like lustrous ivory .

[8]   In the head of Hafiz ,the desire of a sovereign like thee hath fallen
Would to Heaven he Hafiz were the humble slave of the dust of thy door

[1]  Wie knüpfst die Mitte du, mit einem einz'gen Haar.Wie lösest du so schön, den Leib aus Elfenbein!

[2]  Es ziemt, daß du von allen Schönen Steuer nimmst,Indem du in der Schönen Laube König bist.

[3]  Durch deine Augen ist ganz Turkistan empört,Und Sin und Hind bringt deinen krausen Locken Zoll.

[4]  Die Weisse des Gesichts ist heller als der Tag,Die Schwärze deines Haars ist finstrer als die Nacht.

[5]  Dein enger Mund verleiht, dem Quelle Chisers Dauer.Aegyptens Zuckerrohr, versteckt sich vor den Lippen.

[6]  Wie soll ich denn von dieser Krankheit Heilung finden,Wenn in mein Herz von dir, kein Heilungsmittel kömmt.

[7]  Warum zerschlägst du meine Seele, steinern Herz!Aus Zartheit bricht mein schwaches Herz wie Glas.

[8]  Dein Flaum ist Chiser, und dein Mund des Lebensquell,Der Wuchs ein Baum, die Mitt' ein Haar, der Busen Wachs.

[1]  The reed's tongue hath no desire for the explanation of separation
If not ,to thee ,I give the explanation of the tale of separation .

[2]   Alas life's span ,in hope of union ,
Hath reached to an end and to an end ,hath not come the time of separation .

[3]   That head that ,in glory ,1 rubbed on the head of the sphere ,
I swear by the true ones that I compelled by Fate and Destiny placed it on the threshold of separation .

[4]   In desire of union ,how may I unfold the wing ,
For its feathers ,the bird of my heart hath shed on the nest of separation .

[5]   Now ,what remedy ,when ,into the great whirlpool of grief's ocean ,
The bark of my patience hath fallen on account of the sail of separation .

[6]   Not much it wanted that the bark of my life should be overwhelmed ,
With love's wave from the limitless ocean of separation .

[7]   O Lord into the world ,who brought disjunction and separation
Dark be the day of disjunction ,and the house of separation .

[8]   O true Beloved comrades of the troop of Thy fancy and fellow - riders with patience ,are we lovers of Thee
The associate of labour ,and of'distress and the companion of separation .

[9]   Union with Thee ,how may I claim By my soul I swear that hath become ,
My heart ,the secretary of fate and my body ,the pledge of separation .

[10]   Roast - flesh became my heart from the burning of desire and far in separation from the true Beloved ,
Ever ,the blood of the liver ,I drink from the tray of separation .

[11]   When ,captive to love's circle ,the sky beheld my head ,
The neck of my patience ,it bound with the cord of separation .

[12]   Hafiz if ,with the foot of desire ,this Path of love to the end thou hadst gone ,
To the hand of disjunction ,none would have given the rein of separation .

[1]  Wer brachte denn zuerst die Trennung auf die Erde?Auf immer bleibe schwarz das Haus der Flucht, der Trennung.

[2]  Der Feder Zunge spricht nicht aus den Schmerz der Trennung,Sonst hätt' ich dir erklärt die Sagen von der Trennung.

[3]  Des Lebens Zeit verfloß in Hoffnung des Genusses,O Weh! und noch nicht ist zu End' die Zeit der Trennung.

[4]  Ich heb' den Kopf mit Stolz bis an des Himmels Giebel,Und aus Geradheit lieg' ich auf die Schwell' der Trennung.

[5]  Wie kann ich fliegen mit dem Wunsche des Genusses?Entfiedert ward der Aar der Brust im Nest der Trennung.

[6]  Der Nachen der Geduld fiel auf dem Meer der Leiden,In einen Wirbel mit dem Segeltuch der Trennung.

[7]  Noch wenig fehlt, so wird des Lebens Schiff versinken,In Sehnsuchtsfluthenschwall im weiten Meer der Trennung.

[8]  Wenn ich die Trennung erwische, fürwahr! ich will sie ermorden,Und mit Thränen bezahl' ich dann die Blutschuld der Trennung.

[9]  Ich ziehe voll Geduld mit ihres Bildes Heeren,Ich wandle auf der Gluth der Flucht, im Schmerz der Trennung.

[10]  Wie kann die Seele fodern des Genusses Freuden?Mein Herz erliegt dem Loos, den Leib umfaßt die Trennung,

[11]  Der Sehnsucht Gluth hat längst mein armes Herz verbrennet,Vom Freunde ferne trink' ich Blut am Tisch der Trennung,

[1]  To the shattered one ,when thou comest ,the Fatiha recite
Thy lip ,open for life to the dead ,the ruby of thy lip giveth .

[2]   That one the holy traveller who ,for inquiry after my state came the Fatiha readeth and departeth ,
A breath where that my soul after him ,I may move sacrifice

[3]   O thou that art the physician of the shattered my face and tongue ,behold
For ,on the tongue ,this breath and sigh of my chest is the heart's load .

[4]   Though hot with love ,fever made my bone ,and departed ,
From my bone ,like the fever ,love's fire departeth not .

[5]   Like the state of thy dark mole on the ruddy fire of its native land thy luminous ,ruddy ,cheek is the state of my heart
On account of those two eyes of thine that against me consider tyranny lawful shattered and powerless my body hath become .

[6]   With the water of my two eyes ,quench my heat of love's fever and feel
My pulse whether any trace of life it giveth .

[7]   That one the holy traveller who ,for the sake of rest ,me ,the wine of the bottle the heart had given ,
Momently ,to the physician ,my bottle the heart wherefore taketh he

[8]   Hafiz the draught of the water of life ,me ,thy verse gave
The physician ,forsake come the prescription of my draught sweet verse read .

[1]  Bet', wenn du zum Kranken kommst, ein kleines Gebetlein, Oeffne deinen Rubin, daß er beseele den Leib.

[2]  Wer da kommt zum Besuch, ein Fatiha betet und gehet, Sag' ihm: Habe Geduld; siehe dann folget der Geist.

[3]  Du der Herzen Arzt, beschäme das Aeußre des Herzens, Meine Zunge beschwert Seufzer und Rauch von der Brust.

[4]  Fieberhitze verbrennt das Gebein, doch geht sie von hinnen, Liebesfieber verbrennt, aber es gehet nicht fort.

[5]  Wie das verbrannte Maal ist das Herz im Feuer zu Hause, Deinem Auge gleich schmachtet deßhalben der Leib.

[6]  Lösche nun wieder aus die Gluth mit den Thränen der Augen, Greife mir den Puls, zeiget er Leben noch an?

[7]  Jener, der mir zum Trunk die Flasche der Liebe gegeben, Sage, warum trägt er immer die Flasche zum Arzt.

[8]  Dein Gesang, o Hafis, hat mich mit dem Leben getränket, Laß den Arzt, und komm, singe vielmehr mir ein Lied.

[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 .