[1]  Ho Saki ,pass around and offer the bowl of love for God
For the burden of love for God at first on the day of covenant appeared easy ,but now difficulties have occurred .

[2]   By reason of the perfume hope of the musk - pod ,that ,at the end of night the breeze displayeth from that knotted fore - lock ,
From the twist of its musky dark ,fragrant curl ,what blood of grief befell the hearts of the lovers of God

[3]   In the stage this world of the true Beloved ,mine what ease and pleasure ,when momently ,
The loud bell of the call of death giveth voice ,saying Bind ye up the chattels of existence

[4]   With wine ,becolour the prayer - mat if the Pir of the magians the perfect murshid bid thee
For of the way and usage of the stages to God not without knowledge is the holy traveller the perfect murshid

[5]   The dark night of the world and the fear of the wave of grief and the whirlpool so fearful the time of death
The light - burdened ones of the shore ancestors who have passed the flood of death how know they our state

[6]   By following my own fancy in hastening to union with God me only to ill fame all my work brought
Secret ,how remaineth that great mystery of love whereof great assemblies speak

[7]   Hafiz if thou desire the presence union with God Most High from Him be not absent
When thou visitest thy Beloved ,abandon the world and let it go .

[1]  Reich mir o Schenke das Glas,Bringe den Gästen es zu,Leicht' ist die Lieb' im AnfangEs folgen aber Schwierigkeiten.

[2]  Wegen des Moschusgeruchs,Welchen der Ostwind geraubtDeinen gekrau'sten Locken,Wie vieles Blut entfloß dem Herzen!

[3]  Folge dem Worte des WirthsFärbe den Teppich mit Wein.Reisende sind der Wege,Sie sind des Laufs der Posten kundig.

[4]  Kann ich genießen der LustIn des Geliebten Gezelt,Wenn mich zum Aufbruch immerDer Karawane Glocke rufet!

[5]  Finstere Schatten der Nacht!Wogen und Wirbelgefahr,Können Euch wohl begreifen,Die leicht geschürzt am Ufer wohnen?

[6]  Durch die befriedigte LustWard ich zum Mährchen der Stadt,Kann ein Geheimniß bleibenDer Stoff der allgemeinen Sage?

[7]  Wünschest du Ruhe Hafis,Folge dem köstlichen Rath:Willst du das Liebchen finden,Verlaß die Welt und laß sie gehen.

[1]  O breeze if by the bank of the river Araxes ,thou pass ,
Upon the dust of that valley ,a kiss express and thy breath from the perfumed dust musky make .

[2]   Salma's dwelling to whom ,momently ,from us ,a hundred salutations be ,
Full of the clamour of the camel - drivers and of the crash of the great bell ,thou seest .

[3]   The beloved's litter ,kiss then ,with soft emotion ,the request present ,
Saying O kind one from separation from thee ,I consume .Help

[4]   I who used to call the counsel of the counsellors love - forbidding the empty sound of the stringed instrument ,
Now ,since I have experienced the ear - rubbing torment of separation ,enough for me is this counsel .

[5]   Night - taking ,make pleasure without fear .For ,in love's city ,
With the chief of the patrol ,the night - prowler the holy traveller hath friendship .

[6]   O heart not the work of playing is love - playing .Play thy head life
If not ,with the chaugan of passion ,one cannot strike the ball of pure love .

[7]   To the intoxicated eye of the true Beloved ,Us own soul ,my heart with pleasure giveth
Although ,to none gave sensible ones their own will .

[8]   In sugar - land ,parrots other disciples urge their own pleasure by the aid of the perfect murshid
But ,through grief ,his wings about his head the wretched fly Hafiz beateth .

[9]   If to the nib of the friend's reed ,the name of Hafiz ascend ,
From His Majesty ,the King ,this that is supplicated is enough .

[1]  Wenn du vorbeigehst Ost am Ufer des AraxesSo küß' den Staub des Thals, durchwürze deine Seele.

[2]  Da wirst du Selma's Platz, den hundertfach ich küßteVoll vom Geschrey und Lärm der Karawanen finden.

[3]  Dort küße das Gepäck der Freundin, seufze klagend:Ich bin durch Flucht verbrannt, o helfe mir Geliebter!

[4]  Ich, dem eh guter Rath wie Lautenton verklungenMag jetzt durch Trennung klug denselben gerne hören.

[5]  Du schwärme bei der Nacht, denn in der Stadt der LiebeSind Schwärmer wohl bekannt dem Obersten der Wache.

[6]  Ganz eigen ist das Spiel der Liebe, setz den Kopf ausWenn du im Spiel verlangst den Ballen fortzuschlagen.

[7]  Mein Herz hat sich dem Aug des Freundes überlassenWiewohl Vernünftige sich Keinem überlassen.

[8]  Es schwelgt der Papagey im Zuckerfeld mit WohlbehagenDie arme Ameis schlägt aus Leid die Händ' zusammen.

[9]  Ich fleh' die Majestät des Schahes um Nichts Anders,Als daß Hafisens Nam' dem Kiel des Freundes entfließe.

[1]  O happy Shiraz ,and its peerless site
O Lord it from decline ,preserve .

[2]   For our Ruknabad ,a hundred praises ,
Whose limpid water life to Khizr gave .

[3]   Between Ja'farabad and Musalla ,
Ambergris - mixing ,cometh its cool north wind .

[4]   To Shiraz ,come ; and the bounty of the holy spirit Jibra .il '
For it ,from the man endowed with perfection Hafiz ask .

[5]   Here in Shiraz who mentioneth Egyptian candy
For the sweet ones the lovely ones ,the beloved ones ,the utterers of sweet words ,of Shiraz have not given imputed to it shame .

[6]   O breeze of that lovely ,wholly intoxicated wanton ,
News ,what hast thou Her state is what

[7]   If that sweet one spill my blood ,
O heart it ,like mother's milk ,lawful hold .

[8]   For God's sake ,from this dream ,awake me not ,
For ,in its image ,a sweet pleasure I have .

[9]   Hafiz when of separation ,thou art affrighted ,why
Offeredest not thou thanks for the time of union with the beloved

[1]  Heil dir Schiras und deiner unvergleichlichen Gegend!Gott bewahr' dich vor dem Verfalle!

[2]  Hundertmal seyen gesegnet durch Ihn des Roknabads Fluthen,Weil sie Chisers Kristalle verspenden.

[3]  Zwischen Dschaferabad und dem weit berühmten MosellaWehet der Nordwind Ambragerüche.

[4]  Komm' nach Schiras und suche die Gaben des heiligen Geistes

[5]  Wer hat jüngst vom Kandelzucker Aegyptens gesprochenOhne daß Süßlippichte zürnten?

[6]  Ostwind bringst du mir von trunkenen Luliern Kunde?Welche Kunde von ihrem Befinden?

[7]  O mein Herz! wenn dein Blut das süße Mädchen vergießet,Soll es wie Muttermilch dir gedeihen.

[8]  Gott! erwecke mich nicht aus diesem Traum, denn es leistetMir das Bild des Liebchens Gesellschaft.

[9]  Wenn du Hafis die Leiden der Trennung befürchtest, o sag' mir,Dankst du nicht für die Zeit des Genußes?

[1]  The down the world's up - springing of the true Beloved's cheek ,eclipsed is the moon by which ,
Is a joyous ring ; but path is none out from it .

[2]   The eye - brow the world ,the stage of acquisition of love of the Friend God is the corner stone of the prayer - arch of fortune
There ,thy face rub thy need the degrees of the first and the last world and the ladders of loftiest stages ask from Him .

[3]   O thou that art the draught - drinker the holy traveller of the assembly of Jamshid the murshid ,perfect and excellent thy heart keep pure
For a mirror this is the cup world - viewing the heart of the murshid Alas for it .

[4]   The hypocritical conduct of the men of the monastery abids and the austere ones ,who for deceiving men ,made wailing me ,a wine - worshipper ,made .
Behold this smoke of their hypocritical wailing and sighing black with wine - worshipping became my book by which

[5]   To the Shaitan of grief ,whatever is possible say and do
With the wine - sellers to whom no access is his I have taken shelter from him .

[6]   Saki the luminous lamp of wine on the sun's path keep
Say : the torch of the morning enkindle from it .

[7]   O murshid on the day - record of our deeds ,a little water of thy kindness scatter
Perchance ,the letters of sin ,one can efface with it .

[8]   Hafiz ,who ,the arrangement of the assembly of the lovers straight made ,
The space of this banquet - place be not void of him

[9]   In this fancy ,that a city - beggar hath ,
May it be that ,one day ,the king may make recollection of him .

[1]  Der Freundes Wangen Flaum, Der selbst den Mond ergriffen, Ist zwar ein schöner Ring, Doch hat er keinen Ausweg.

[2]  Der Freundinn Augenbrau'n Sind stets des Glückes Wohnort, Dort reibe deine Stirn', Dort klage deine Nöthen.

[3]  Du Hefentrinker Dschems, O halte rein den Busen, Ein Spiegel ist er, ach! Vor dem sich nichts verstecket.

[4]  Der Zellenmänner Thun Macht mich zum Weinverehrer, Sieh' diesen Rauch nur an, Der meine Schriften schwärzet.

[5]  Sag' zu dem Teufel gram: Thu', was dir nur beliebet, Ich habe mich vor dir Zu Trunknen schon geflüchtet.

[6]  O Schenke, halt' das Glas Als Leuchte zu der Sonne, Und sag': hier zünde an Die Fackel deines Morgens.

[7]  O schütte Wasser aus Auf's Tagbuch unsers Thuns, Wegwaschest du vielleicht Damit der Sünden Zeiten.

[8]  Hafis hat angestellt Der Liebenden Versammlung, Daher sey dieser Platz Nie leer von seinem Daseyn!

[9]  Wird sich der Träumerei'n, Mit der sich Bettler schmeicheln, Wird sich derselben wohl Der Fürst einmal erinnern?

[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