[1]  In the age of the king ,fault - forgiving ,crime - covering ,
Flagon - drinker ,became Hafiz and cup - drinker ,the mufti .

[2]   Forth from the cloister - corner ,the Sufi sate drinking at the wine - jar's foot ,
Since he beheld the muhtasib a wine - pitcher on his shoulder bear .

[3]   The state of the shaikh ,and of the kazi and of their jew secret drinking ,
I asked ,in the morning ,of the Pir ,the wine - seller .

[4]   He said Unfit to be uttered is the matter though thou art a confidant
From slander thy tongue indraw the screen of high and of low preserve and wine of love drink .

[5]   Saki spring arriveth and means of wine drinking is none
On getting means a thought make .For ,from grief of want of means of wine - drinking into tumult hath come my heart's blood .

[6]   Love and poverty ,and youth ,and the new spring ,all this is
My excuse .It ,accept and ,in mercy's trail ,the crime conceal .

[7]   Like the burning candle ,tongue extending in clamour how long makest thou
O friend the moth of thy desire hath arrived .Silence

[8]   O King ,in form and in truth like thee ,
No eye hath seen no ear hath heard .

[9]   Remain ,until the khirk a of hypocrisy ,accepteth
Thy youthful fortune from the old ,tattered garment - wearing sky .

[10]   Hafiz from this inconstant sphere ,I sought my purpose
It said To the wine - house ,go and the cup of wine ,drink .

[11]   Last night ,from the hidden ,to the ear of my heart ,reached a voice
Hafiz less grief suffer thou tranquil sit wine ,drink .

[1]  In der Zeit des milden SchahesTrinkt Hafis aus seinem Kruge,Dem Mufti aus seinem Becher.

[2]  Von der Zelle in das WeinhausGeh'n Sofis, seit sie den VogtSah'n, die Kanne auf den Schultern.

[3]  Um den Scheich, um den Richter,Um den Trunk der Juden fragt' ichIn der Früh' den Weinverkäufer.

[4]  Bist du gleich ein Eingeweihter,Sprach er, kann ich's doch nicht sagen,Trinke schweigend und verstecket.

[5]  Schenk', der Frühling ist gekommen,Aber hin ist's Geld, bedenkeWie mein Herzensblut nun wallet.

[6]  Geldlos und verliebt im Frühling!Halte mich damit entschuldigt,Und verzeihe meine Fehler.

[7]  Ey wie lange wirst du schwätzenWie die Kerze, sieh! des WunschesSchmetterling ist da, nun schweige.

[8]  Herrscher nach dem Wort und Sinne,Den kein Auge noch gesehen,Den kein Ohr noch hat gehöret,

[9]  Bleibe bis dein junges SchicksalVon dem alten Greis des HimmelsSeine blaue Kutte annimmt.

[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]  Saki come for the goblet of the tulip hath become full of wine
Mutterings ,how long raving words till when

[2]   Pride and disdain ,abandon .For Time hath seen
The wrinkling in decay of the robe of the Kaisar and the abandoning in death of the crown of Kay .

[3]   Sensible be drink wine For the bird of the sward became intoxicated with love for the rose Ho
Vigilant be for the sleep of non - existence is in pursuit .Alas

[4]   O branch of fresh spring gracefully thou wavest ;
Be it not that distress be thine from the torment of the wind of December .

[5]   On the kindness of the sphere ,and its way ,reliance is none
O woe to that one who became safe careless of its deceit

[6]   O Zahids to - morrow after death the wine of Kausar is for us and the har ;
To - day before death the Saki the murshid moon of face and the cup of wine of love

[7]   Recollection of the covenant of youth ,the morning breeze giveth
O kind youth me ,the life - elixir that pain taketh ,give .

[8]   The pomp and the sovereignty of the rose ,regard not .For ,scattereth
The chamberlain of the breeze every leaf of it beneath the foot .

[9]   To the memory of Hatim Tai the perfect murshid give the cup of one ' man ' two gallons
So that we may fold up the black book of the misers void of God's bounty ,ignorant of His love

[10]   That wine that ,to the ruddy Arghavan ,gave colour and grace ,
Casteth out in sweat from His face the grace of His nature .

[11]   To the garden ,take the cushion .For ,in service ,like attendants ,
The cypress is standing and loin - girt is the reed .

[12]   Hafiz the tale of magic of thy sweet deceit thy lustrous verse hath reached ,
To the limits of Egypt and of Chin ,and to the boundaries of Rum and of Rai .

[13]   For wine of love for God pledge the things of time
For ,of the man of the Path ,hath remained naught .

[1]  Komm', o Schenke, mit Wein sind der Tulpen Kelche gefüllet, Wie lange noch den Mönchebrauch!

[2]  Laß den Stolz und laß Schmeicheleien bei Seite, Wo sind die Kaiser Sina's? Rom's?

[3]  Sey' vernünftig, es hat der Vogel sich eben betrunken. Erwach'! der Schlaf des Nichts harrt dein.

[4]  Ast des Frühlings, wie schön ist deine Schaukelbewegung! Dich treffe nicht der Sturm des Winters!

[5]  Freunde, glaubet mir, traut den glatten Worten des Glücks nicht, Weh' dem! der sich darauf verläßt.

[6]  Morgens warten Huris auf uns in Edens Gefilden, Und heut die Schenken mit dem Glas.

[7]  Es erinnert der Ost an die Zeiten der Fürsten von Saba, Gieb uns das Glas zur Seelenkur,

[8]  Sieh' nicht auf die Pracht, und auf den Schimmer der Rose, Der Wind zerstreut jedes Blatt.

[9]  Auf die Gesundheit Hatems gieb uns ein Glas von zwey Maaßen, Man bürde uns den Geiz nicht auf!

[10]  Dieser Wein von röthlicher Farb' und süßem Geschmack Macht meinen Liebling roth und süß.

[11]  Bringe den Polster heraus, es warten auf dich in dem Garten Die Ceder und die Flöte schon. Höre die Sänger der Flur, sie haben zusammengestimmet Die Flöten und das Barbiton.

[12]  Deine Zaubergesänge, Hafis, sind durchaus verbreitet, Von Sina bis nach Griechenland.

[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 .