[1]  To the true Beloved I said O Sultan of lovely ones show pity to this poor stranger
He said In the desire of his own heart ,loseth his way the wretched stranger .

[2]   To Him ,I said Pass awhile with me .He replied Hold me excused .
A home delicately nurtured one ,what care beareth he for such griefs of the poor stranger

[3]   To the gently nurtured one ,asleep on the royal ermine ,what grief ,
If ,should make the couch of thorn and ,the pillow of the hard stone ,the poor stranger .

[4]   O thou in the chain of whose tress ,are the souls of so many lovers ,
Happily ,fell that musky mole ,on thy coloured cheek ,so strange .

[5]   In the colour of the moon - like face ,appeareth the reflection of wine of love or of unity
Like the leaf of the ruddy Arghavan on the surface of the wild red rose ,strange .

[6]   Strangely hath fallen that ant - line the down around thy face
Yet ,in the picture gallery of Arzhang the musky line of shading is not strange .

[7]   I said O thou tress of night - hue the attraction of grace the evening shelter of the stranger
In the morning time ,beware ,if his need bewail this stranger .

[8]   He said Hafiz at my beauty friends are in the stage of astonishment
Far from wonder it is not ,if shattered and wretched sitteth the stranger .

[1]  Ich sprach zu dem Schah der Schönen:Erbarme dich dieses Fremden,Er sagte: wohl mögen im SinnVerirren sich die Fremden.

[2]  Ich sagte: Verweil' ein wenig,Er sprach: halt' mich entschuldigt;Was kümmert uns Kinder vom HausDer Gram von solchen Fremden!

[3]  Wer königlich hingebettetAuf Hermelinen lieget,Der kennet nicht Kissen aus Stein,Das Dornenbett des Fremden.

[4]  O du, in den Ketten dessenSo viele Freunde schmachten,Es schickt sich das Maal zum Gesicht'Gar schön gleich einem Fremden.

[5]  Auf deinem Gesicht erscheinetDer Widerglanz des Weines,Wie Purpurblüh lieblich erscheinetAuf der Narziß’ der Fremden.

[6]  Es scheinen die feinen HaareAuf deinen Wangen fremde,Doch sollte auf Sina's GemäldenDer Haarstrich nicht befremden.

[7]  Ich sprach zu dem Abend: schwarz istDein Haar, dem Fremde huldigen,Mit Rechte beklagen sich dannZur Morgenzeit die Fremden.

[8]  Es sprach zu sich selbst der DichterBekannte werden irre;So minder dann darf dich befremdenDer Gram und Schmerz der Fremden.

[1]  When His the true Beloved's tress ,ambergris - diffusing ,the breeze fate and destiny dishevelled ,
Every shattered one ,with whom it the breeze joined ,his life fresh became .

[2]   A fellow - breather is where so that to him explanation of my grief ,I may give
From the time of separation from Him ,what torments my heart endureth .

[3]   Of the leaves of the rose the limbs of man time made a token of Thy face O true Beloved
But on looking - well through shame of Thee ,concealed it man in the rose - bud the closed tomb

[4]   Thou asleep and no limit appeared
Thanks be to God for this Path of love that hath no end

[5]   Perchance ,the beauty of the Ka'ba the true Beloved desireth excuse for want of union of the way - farer to the Ka'ba
For ,in its desert ,consumed the soul of those alive of heart lovers of God

[6]   To this shattered house of sorrow the lover's body who bringeth .
From the pit of the true Beloved's chin trace of the Yusuf of the heart

[7]   That tress - tip the world of evidence ,or this world I take and it to the khwaja's hand ,I give ,
That ,perchance ,my justice from its hands he may take and ,holding me excused ,may not drive me away

[8]   In the morning ,by the border of the sward ,from the bulbul I heard
His melody of Hafiz ,sweet of voice ,sweet of song .

[1]  Ach wer bringt in mein Haus die TrauerkundeVon dem Jusuf des Herzens aus dem Kinnbrunn!

[2]  Als der Ostwind aus ihren Locken hauchte,Lebten Kranke, die er umfloß, von Neuem.

[3]  Wo sind Freunde, daß ich den Gram erzähle,Den mein Herz von der Trennung erlitten.

[4]  Nachgeahmt hat Natur dein RosenantlitzUnd ihr Werk dann beschämt versteckt in Knospen.

[5]  Sorglos bist du, die Liebe hat kein Ende;Preis den Herrn, denn er ist auch unendlich!

[6]  Nachsicht Kaaba der Schönheit hast du nöthig,Denn die Wüste verbrennt beseelte Herzen.

[7]  Ihre Locken ergreif' ich, leg' sie in dieHand des Herren, damit er mich doch räche.

[1]  Last night ,me ,from power took and ruined the languishing sickness of Thy eye ;
But ,from the bounty of Thy lip ,the form of new life ,I established .

[2]   Not of to - day ,is my love for Thy musky tress
Long time 'tis ,since that with this cup ,like the new moon ,intoxicated I was .

[3]   From my own constancy ,happily came this subtlety : With violence ,
At the head of Thy street ,down from the foot of search ,I sate not .

[4]   From me ,wine - house - sitter ,ease expect not
For ,since I was of the service of profligates ,boasted have I .

[5]   In love's path ,from that quarter of effacement ,are a hundred dangers
Take care thou sayest not that ,when to an end in effacement hath come my life ,from these calamities I have escaped Nay before the heart ,after death ,are a hundred thoughts of danger

[6]   After this ,of the arrow of torment of the envious ,mine what care ,
When ,to my Beloved of bow - eyebrow ,joined I am

[7]   Lawful to me ,is the kiss on the casket of Thy cornelian lip
For ,despite Thy tyranny and oppression ,love and fidelity ,I shattered not .

[8]   My heart ,a warrior - idol plundered and departed
Pity ,if the grace of the king the murshid take not my hand and justice give me

[9]   To the lofty sky ,had ascended the grandeur of Hafiz's knowledge
Me ,grieving for Thy lofty box - tree the true Beloved's stature made low .

[1]  Gestern hat mir dein schmachtendes Auge die Seele geraubet,Doch der Lippen Reiz gab sie mir wieder zurück.

[2]  Nicht seit heute bin ich in den Moschus des Bartes verliebet,Lange berauschte ich schon mich aus des Nuemonds Pokal.

[3]  Meiner Festigkeit kömmt ein einziger Umstand zu Guten,Daß ich nie in dem Gau hinter dem Fuße herlief.

[4]  O erwarte kein Heil, von mir, der die Schenken besuchet,Denn seitdem ich bin, dien' ich den Trunkenen stets.

[5]  Tausend Gefahren des Untergangs hat die Straße der Liebe,Glaube nicht, daß der Tod dich schon von allen befreyt.

[6]  Ha! was kümmern mich wohl die Bogen und Pfeile der Neider,Da mich der Hochaltar meines Geliebten empfängt.

[8]  Mit der geplünderten Brust ist der Krieger von hinnen gegangen,Weh! o wehe mir, wenn sich der Schah nicht erbarmt!

[9]  In den Himmel erhöht die Wissenschaft zwar Hafisen,Aber die Liebe zu dir hat ihn erniedrigt zu Staub.

[1]  O heart a moment ,void of love and of intoxication ,be not
At that time ,go when ,from non - existence to existence ,thou escapedest .

[2]   If the khirka - wearer ,thou see ,engaged in thy own work be
Every kibla that is better than self - worshiping is .

[4]   In the religious order of tarikat love immatureness is kufr
Yes ,the path of profligacy is expertness and quickness ,

[5]   As long as in thyself the wisdom of excellence thou seest and ,of that wisdom ,art proud thou sittest void of divine knowledge
To thec ,one word I say : Thyself ,behold not ,so that in safety thou mayst escape .

[6]   These calamities that have arisen I had fore - seen that day ,
When ,awhile with us ,through perverseness ,thou satest not .

[7]   O my Sultan for God's sake ,exercise pity us ,thy black tress hath shattered
Long - handedness like this ,how long maketh the black

[8]   Last night ,in the assembly of the magians ,to me how well said that idol
If the idol ,thou worship not ,with the kafirs ,what work is thine

[9]   O soul to the power of the deluge ,thee ,love will consign
Swiftly like lightning ,thou thoughtest that from this tumult ,thou wouldst escape .

[10]   From the Path ,Hafiz gazed till he beheld thy lovely tress ;
Notwithstanding his loftiness ,trodden in lowliness truly humble he became .

[1]  O Lieb' und trinke stets mein Herz! Dann ist dir Seyn und Nichtseyn gleich.

[2]  Siehst du die Frommen, schau' auf dich, Denn Selbstsucht ist das Böseste.

[3]  Freue dich mit deiner Schwäche Wie der Ostwind erfreue dich, Denn die Krankheit ist hienieden Besser als die Gesundheit.

[4]  Die Kälte zeigt von wenig Treu, Der Rausch ist listig und gewandt,

[5]  Du bist unwissend wenn du prahlst, O glaube, liebe dich nicht selbst.

[6]  An den Himmel denke immer In dem Kreis der Geliebten, Denn du fällst vom Glückesgipfel Sonst hinab in Verachtung.

[7]  Zwar verletzen mich diese Dornen, Dennoch verlang' ich Rosen, Bitterkeit des Weins ist lieblich In der Süße des Rausches.

[8]  Mönche trinken aus dem Becher Und Hafis aus den Flaschen, O ihr kurzen Aermel, wann, wann Werden kürzer die Hände.

[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