[1]  Love - playing and youthfulness and wine of ruby hue love
The assembly of love kindly ,and the companion concordant ,and ever the drinking of wine love's bounties

[2]   The Saki sweet of mouth ,and the minstrel sweet of speech the perfect murshid
Fellow - sitters friends of good repute and companions of good fame

[3]   The lovely one the true Beloved who is peerless with grace and with purity ,the envy of the water of life
A heart - ravisher ,in beauty and goodness ,the envy of the full moon

[4]   Abanquet - place the assembly of the circle of zikr heart - alluring ,like the palace of loftiest paradise ,
Arose - bed ,its borders like the garden of the mansion of peace

[5]   he Tranks of sitters the assembly of the circle of zikr well wishing to each other and the attendants ,with respect
Friends possessed of mysteries and of divine knowledge and companions friendly of desire

[6]   The cup of rose - hue true love ,that ,at first is very bitter and strong and afterwards pleasant tasting ,light
Its sweetmeat ,the kiss of the ruby lip of the idol its tale ,wine of the ruby cup

[7]   The Saki's glance the glory ,and the splendour ,of the true Beloved ,that from all things ,is manifest for the plunder of wisdom ,sword - drawn
The true Beloved's tress the world's strange forms that ,from all things make manifest the true Beloved ,splendour - kindling for the capture of the heart of Arifs snare spread

[8]   None is a subtlety - understander ,jest - utterer ,like Hafiz sweet of speech
None is a liberality - teacher ,world - kindling ,like Haji Kivam .

[9]   Who ,this society desireth not ,to him be heart - happiness ,ruined
Who ,this pleasure seeketh not ,to him be life unlawful

[1]  Spiele der Liebe, Jugend,Wein gefärbt wie Rubinen,Freundeverein im Stillen,Stäter Trunk, und Gelage;

[2]  Schenken mit Rosenlippen,Sänger, liebliche Stimmen,Edele Welt zum Umgang,Wohlbekannte Vertraute.

[3]  Einen Geliebten, reinerAls das Wasser des Lebens,Eine Geliebte, derenSchönheit reizet den Vollmond.

[4]  Dann ein Gemach zu Festen,Wie die Köschke des Himmels,Rosengeländer, welcheFluren seliger Lust sind.

[5]  Redliche Tischgenossen,Feine Tafelvorsitzer;Freunde, die Zutrau'n werth sind,Und erwünschte Gesellen.

[6]  Rosichten Wein, ein wenigScharf, und leicht zu verdauen,Roth gefärbt, wie Purpur,Wie Rubinen zum mahlen;

[7]  Wimpern des Augs gespitzetZum Verstandes Verderben.Locken des Liebchens HerzenEinzufangen verspreitet.

[8]  Einen beliebten süßenSchwätzer, wie es Hafis ist.Einen erlauchten großenGönner, wie es Kawam ist.

[9]  Wer sich nicht dieses wünschet,Grämle mir im Herzen,Wer sich nicht dieses suchet,Thu' Verzicht auf das Leben.

[1]  If to us a letter ,that perfumed hair the beloved had written ,
The leaf of our existence ,the sphere would not have folded up .

[2]   Although separation bringeth forth the fruit of union ,
Would to God that this seed ,the villager of the world God had not sown .

[3]   Forgiveness is the cash of that one to whom ,here ,
Is a Friend like a hurl and an abode like a paradise .

[4]   In love's inn ,one cannot make happiness
When the pillow is golden ,with a brick ,I am content .

[5]   For the garden of Iram ,and the power of Shudad ,sell not
A bottle of wine of love and a sweet lip of the murshid and the border of a field .

[6]   O wise heart grief for a mean world ,how long
Alas it is that with beauteousness ,it the heart became the lover of hideousness

[7]   The stain of the khirka is the ruin of the world
A way - farer ,one of heart ,one pure of nature where

[8]   From his hand ,Thy tress - tip why did Hafiz let go
Thus ,was fate .What would he have done ,if he had not let go

[1]  Hätte dieser schwarze Bart Mir ein Wort geschrieben, O das Blatt von meinem Seyn Wäre aufgeschrieben!

[2]  Bringet Trennung gleich zuletzt Früchte des Genusses, Besser wär's, man hätte jetzt Nicht verpflanzt den Samen. Deine Feder hört nie auf Zucker auszuströmen! Doch du zeigtest Liebe nicht, Schriebest keine Antwort. Hätte dich der Architekt Liebe nicht gebauet, Wär' mit Liebe Menschenthon Nicht geknetet worden?

[3]  Sage mir vom Paradies Nichts, du frommer Klausner, Denn mein Mädchen ist Huri, Und mein Haus ist Eden.

[4]  Nimmer ruht es sich bequem Auf der Liebe Soffa. Mangeln goldne Polster nur, Thun's auch Strohtapeten.

[5]  Gieb nicht für den Prunk Schebads, Für den Garten Erems, Eine Flasche voll von Wein, Eine Saat der Lippen. Was ist für ein Unterschied Zwischen unserm Wissen, Wer nicht sieht, was weiß er wohl, Was da schön und mild sey. Nicht allein in meinem Sinn Ist ein Götzentempel, Ueberall steht ein Alatr, Ueberall Idole.

[6]  Weises Herz, wie lang wirst du Leiden auf der Erde? Weh des Schönen, welches sich Hat verliebt in Wilde.

[7]  Von dem Kleid mit Wein befleckt, Rühret her das Unglück, Sage, wo ist wohl der Mann Deines Sinns und Herzens.

[8]  Warum ließ Hafis dein Haar Wohl aus seinen Händen, So ward es ihm einst bestimmt, Konnt' er anders handeln?

[1]  In the morning ,to the breeze ,I uttered the tale of my longing
The address of reply came saying : A relier be on the favours of Lordship .

[2]   O darvish the key of the treasure of purpose is the prayer of the morning ,and the sigh of the evening
By this path and way ,go ; so that ,with the Heart - possessor God thou mayst join .

[3]   Not that tongue is the reed's that love's great mystery it may unfold ,
Beyond the limit of narration ,is the explanation of longing .

[4]   Ho O Yusuf of Egypt the beloved whom sovereignty of Egypt kept engaged
Ask the father Yfckub where went at last filial love

[5]   In the nature of the beautiful ,old world ,compassion is none
From its love ,what seekest thou In it ,what desire attachest thou

[6]   A Huma like thee ,lofty of rank ,and greed for the rotten bone how long
Alas that shadow of fortune ,that ,on the mean ,thou castest .

[7]   In this market of the world if a profit there be .'tis with the happy darvish :
O God me ,happy make with darvlshness ,and with happiness .

[8]   To the verse of Hafiz of Shlraz ,dance and whirl
Those dark of eye of Kashmir ,and the saucy ones of Samarkand .

[1]  Des Morgens sprach ich von Begier zum Morgenwind, Er sprach: vertraue fest auf deines Herren Huld!

[2]  Das Morgen- und das Nachtgebet enthüllt den Schatz, Geh' so nur fort, daß du zuletzt zum Liebchen kommst.

[3]  Damit er Nichts von Liebe sprech', ist stumm der Kiel, Weil die Beschreibung der Begier unmöglich ist.

[4]  Aegyptischer Joseph, dich beschützet jetzt das Reich, Den Vater frag', wie sehr er liebet seinen Sohn. Die Kranken heilest du mit Wimpernschmerz, Mit deinem Moschuchaar beruhigst du das Herz.

[5]  Die Welt mit zwei Gesichtern kennet keine Huld, Was traust und bauest du auf ihren hohen Werth?

[6]  Wie lang sucht noch ein Aar wie du nach dem Gebein! O weh! des Schattens, der auf Unverdiente fällt.

[7]  Wo zu gewinnen ist, gewinnt es der Derwisch, Verleih' mir Herr Derwischenbrauch, Zufriedenheit.

[8]  Gieb nicht dein Herz den Schönen ohne Treu, Hafis! Sie machen's dir wie mit Charesm, Samarkand.

[1]  If ,kind on our state the heart of that Beloved had been ,how well it would have been
For ,if kind like that ,He had been ,not like this our state would have been .

[2]   I would have said The breeze of the Friend's tress ,what is it worth
If ,for every hair - tip ,mine a thousand lives had been .

[3]   O Lord the order of our heart - happiness ,less how would it have been ,
If ,from the evil of time ,its the mark of safety had been

[4]   If ,me ,head exalting and dear ,time had kept ,
That dust of His threshold ,my throne of honour would have been .

[5]   Would to God forth from the screen ,like a tear - drop ,He had come ,
So that ,on my two eyes ,His order current would have been .

[6]   If the Path ,love's circle had not closed ,
Not like a point ,in the midst ,heart - bereft Hafiz would have been .

[7]   Would to God me ,the trace to His street ,some one had given ,
So that ,of the garden and the rose - garden illusory delights independence would have been .

[1]  Ey, was wär' es, wenn das Herz Meiner Freundinn freundlich wäre, Meine Lage wär' nicht so, Glaubt mir's wenn sie anders wäre.

[2]  Was, so sprach ich, wären werth Meiner Freundinn Locken, Wenn an jeder Spitze Haars Tausend Eine Seele wäre.

[3]  Was der Werth des Staubes sey, Würde dann erst gänzlich klar seyn, Wenn des Lebens Kapital Ewighin verzinset wäre.

[4]  Wenn die Welt mich werth geschätzt Und in hohen Ehren hielte, Ist's doch sicher, daß mein Thron Ihrer Thüre Schwelle wäre.

[5]  Käm' heraus vom Schleierzelt, Meiner Freundinn, wie die Thränen, O so wüßt' ich, daß sie dann Meiner Augen Fürstinn wäre.

[6]  Wenn der Weg zum Liebeszirkel Nicht der Welt verschlossen wäre, Glaube mir, daß dann Hafis Dennoch stets im Mittel wäre.

[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 .