[1]  At morn ,from the invisible messenger ,to my ear reached the glad tidings
Tis the age of Shah Shuja ' the soul wine love's tumult boldly drink

[2]   Gone hath that time when people of vision went aside fearing all
In the mouth ,a thousand forms of speech and from fear of the enemy silent the lip .

[3]   To the twang of the harp ,those tales that we have kept concealed shall we utter
For ,from the concealing of them ,seetheth the caldron of the heart .

[4]   In fear of the muhtasib ,the house secret wine having drunk
Now ,in Shah Shuja's time to the beloved's face ,let us drink and express the shout Drink ,drink again

[5]   Last night ,from the street of the wine - house ,on their back ,they carried him ,
The revered Imam ,who ,on his back ,the prayer - mat bore .

[6]   O heart on the path of salvation ,thee ,good guidance ,I make
In iniquity ,glory not of austerity boast not .

[7]   The king's luminous opinion is the place of the light of splendour
When propinquity to him ,thou desirest ,in purity of intention strive .

[8]   Save the praise of his grandeur ,aught make not the exercise of the mind
For the confidant of Surush Jibra .il is the ear of his heart .

[9]   Mysteries of the counsel of the empire ,kings know
Hafiz a beggar ,a corner - sitter ,thou clamour not .

[1]  Morgens kam zu mir die KundeAus dem Dunkeln,Schah Schedschaa ists, der nun herrschet,Trinke wacker!

[2]  Ehmals giengen die VerliebtenLängs den Ufern:Tausend Worte auf der ZungeStumm von Lippen.

[3]  Zu dem Ton der Laute wallen,Wie sie erzählen,Was verheimlichet den BusenWallen machet.

[4]  Furcht ergreift den Herrn der SchenkeOb dem Vogte;Trinken laßt uns, laut aufschreiend:Trinket, trinket!

[5]  Auf den Schultern trug man gesternAus der SchenkeDen Imam, der auf den SchulternTrägt den Teppich.

[6]  Auf den Weg des Heiles will ichHerz dich führen,Prahle nicht mit deinen Sünden,Nicht mit Tugend.

[7]  Unsers Schahes Rath ist AusflußHöhern Lichtes,Sey erst, willst du dich ihm nahen,Reiner Absicht.

[8]  Wähl' den Wunsch für seine GrößeZum Gebete,Denn das Ohr von seinem HerzenSpricht mit Engeln.

[9]  Fürsten wissen das GeheimnißDer Geschäfte,Du Hafis bist nur ein Klausner,Laß die Sorgen.

[1]  O beloved salt rights with thy lip ,hath my wounded heart
The salt right ,preserve for I depart ,and thee to God entrust .

[2]   O true Beloved that pure jewel Thou art that ,in the holy world ,
The mention of Thee for good is the outcome of the angel's praise .

[3]   O beloved if as to my sincerity doubt be thine ,trial make
Like the touch - stone ,none recogniseth the proof of pure gold .

[4]   O true Beloved Thou spakest saying Intoxicated ,I become and will give thee two kisses
Beyond limit ,passed the covenant but neither two kisses nor one kiss have we seen .

[5]   Thy small laughing pistachio mouth open ,sugar - scattering speech make
In doubt of Thy having a mouth ,cast not the people .

[6]   The sphere ,I will dash together and destroy unless to my desire it come
Not that one am I ,to endure contempt from the sky's sphere .

[7]   Since ,access to Hafiz thou allowest him not ,
O watcher Shaitan from him ,one or two paces farther go and his society ,abandon

[1]  Mein wundes Herz hat Recht auf SalzVon deinen Lippen,Bewahr' das Recht, ich gehe fort,Sey Gott befohlen.

[2]  Du bist ein reines Wesen mirAus höhern Welten,Mit deinem Namen fängt das LobDer Engel an im Himmel.

[3]  O prüfe meine Redlichkeit,Wenn du d'ran zweifelst,Das reine Gold wird nur bewährtAuf der Kapelle.

[4]  Du sprachst: ich will Betrunk'ner dirZwey Küsse geben,Die Zeit ist da; doch giebst du mir,Nicht zwey, noch einen.

[5]  Schließ' deines Mundes Kästchen auf,Und streue Zucker,Laß nicht das Volk im Zweifel obDu einen habest.

[6]  Des Himmels Rad zerschlag' ich, wenn'sNicht gut sich drehet,Ich bin von denen nicht, die sichDrüber härmen.

[7]  Wenn du nicht willst, daß zu HafisDas Liebchen komme!O Nebenbuhler so entferneDich ein Paar Schritte.

[1]  Pleasure's rose - bush blossometh the Saki ,rose of cheek ,where
Bloweth the spring breeze the pleasant tasting wine ,where

[2]   Recollection of one rose of cheek the beloved keepeth giving every fresh rose .But ,
The ear ,speech of counsel hearing where The eye of caution to see where

[3]   For the assembly of pleasure's banquet ,is no perfumed ball of desire
O breath of morn ,sweet of soul the musk - pod of the Friend's tress where

[4]   O breeze not mine is endurance of the beauty - boasting of the rose
In the heart's blood ,my hand I dashed .For God's sake ,the beauteous one where

[5]   With malevolence ,the candle of the morn boasted of having thy ruddy cheek
Long of tongue became the enemy the dagger ,lustre - possessing where

[6]   He the Beloved said Perchance ,the kiss of My ruby lip thou desireth not .
Through this desire fora kiss I died ; but ,mine the power and the will where

[7]   Though in speech ,the treasurer of the treasure of wisdom is Hafiz ,
Of the grief of time ,mean of nature ,the speech - utterer where

[1]  Es blüht der Wollust Rosenstrauch, Wo ist der Schenke mit den Rosenwangen, wo? Es wehet Frühlingshauch, Wo ist der Wein, leicht zu verdauen, wo?

[2]  Die neue Rose zeiget mir Ein frisches rosenwangichtes Gesicht. Wo ist ein Ohr, das auch mich hört, Ein Aug', das achtungsvoll mich schauet, wo?

[3]  Es ist die Lustgesellschaft nicht Geschmücket mit der Schminke meines Sinns. O du des Morgens milder Hauch, Wo ist der Freundinn Locken Moschus, wo?

[4]  O Morgenwind, ich dulde nicht Der Rosen eitle Schönheitsprahlerey, Die Hand befleckte Herzensblut, Wo zeih'st du sie der Lügen, Ostwind, wo?

[5]  Des Morgens Kerze rühmte sich Mit ihrem trüben Schleier gegen dich, Du wirst vom Feinde ausgeschmählt, Wo ist ein hellgeschliffner Degen, wo?

[6]  Sie sprach: vielleicht verlanget dich Nach den Rubinen meiner Küsse nicht, Ich sprach: aus Sehnsucht bin ich dort, Doch, wo ist meine Kraft und Stärke, wo?

[7]  Hafis bewahret zwar den Schatz Der hohen Weisheit in dem Wort des Lieds; Allein wo ist ein Dichtermund, Den nicht der Gram des Schicksals drücket, wo?

[1]  With my heart's blood ,a letter to the friend ,I wrote
Verily ,through separation from thee ,I experience the torment of the resurrection .

[2]   A hundred signs of separation from thee ,in my weeping eye ,I have
Not alone ,are our signs ,these tears of our eye .

[3]   Though I tried ,no boon from him was mine
Whoever tried the tried ,will repent having tried .

[4]   Of a physician ,I asked the friend's state .He said
In being near the beloved ,is torture in being far ,safety .

[5]   I said : If ,about thy street ,I wander ,reproach it bringeth
By God I swear that love ,without reproach to the lover coming from his be - loved never have we seen .

[6]   Since Hafiz hath become the seeker of thee him ,give a cup in exchange for his sweet life ,
So that ,thereof ,a cup of honour he may taste .

[1]  Ich schrieb mit meinem Herzensblut Ein Briefchen an den Freund, Fürwahr durch deine Flucht ward mir Die Erde zum Gericht.

[2]  In meinem Auge trage ich Viel Zeichen von der Flucht, Doch meine Thränen sind davon Die einz'ge Kunde nicht.

[3]  Was ich auch immer noch versucht, Es nutzte mir doch nichts. Wer das Versuchte neu versucht, Beladet sich mit Reu.

[4]  Ich fragte einen Arzt um Rath Der Freundinn halb, er sprach: In ihrer Nähe harrt die Pein In der Entfernung Heil. Es hob der Ost von meinem Staub Den Schleier jählings auf, Es war als gieng die Sonne auf Aus Wolken in der Früh. Geh' ich herum um deinen Gau, So schmählet man mich aus. Bei Gott noch seh' ich Liebe, nicht Von andern ungeschmählt.

[6]  Hafis kam sehnsuchtsvoll zu dir, O reiche ihm ein Glas, Daß er von deiner milden Huld Noch koste einen Trunk.

[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