[1]  From all the heart - ravishers ,it is fit that thou 0 Muhammad shouldest take tribute
For ,over all lovely ones prophets thou ,crown - like ,art chief .

[2]   Thy two intoxicated eyes ,the tumult of all Turkistan
To the curl of thy tress ,Ma chin and Chin have given tribute .

[3]   The whiteness of mercy of thy face appeared more luminous than the face of day
The darkness of vengeance of thy tress ,more dark than the darkness of dark night .

[4]   To the water of life of Khizr ,thy small mouth hath given permanency
Over the sugar of Egypt ,thy candy - like lip hath taken currency .

[5]   In truth ,from this disease of love for ,and of separation from ,thee where shall I find recovery
If ,from thee ,my heart - pain reacheth no remedy .

[6]   O my soul from stone - heartedness ,why shatterest thou
The feeble heart which ,through feebleness ,is fragile like crystal .

[7]   Thy hair is ever fresh like Khizr and thy mouth ,the water of life
Thy stature ,the cypress thy waist ,a hair and thy chest ,like lustrous ivory .

[8]   In the head of Hafiz ,the desire of a sovereign like thee hath fallen
Would to Heaven he Hafiz were the humble slave of the dust of thy door

[1]  Wie knüpfst die Mitte du, mit einem einz'gen Haar.Wie lösest du so schön, den Leib aus Elfenbein!

[2]  Es ziemt, daß du von allen Schönen Steuer nimmst,Indem du in der Schönen Laube König bist.

[3]  Durch deine Augen ist ganz Turkistan empört,Und Sin und Hind bringt deinen krausen Locken Zoll.

[4]  Die Weisse des Gesichts ist heller als der Tag,Die Schwärze deines Haars ist finstrer als die Nacht.

[5]  Dein enger Mund verleiht, dem Quelle Chisers Dauer.Aegyptens Zuckerrohr, versteckt sich vor den Lippen.

[6]  Wie soll ich denn von dieser Krankheit Heilung finden,Wenn in mein Herz von dir, kein Heilungsmittel kömmt.

[7]  Warum zerschlägst du meine Seele, steinern Herz!Aus Zartheit bricht mein schwaches Herz wie Glas.

[8]  Dein Flaum ist Chiser, und dein Mund des Lebensquell,Der Wuchs ein Baum, die Mitt' ein Haar, der Busen Wachs.

[1]  A thousand breaches in my faith ,with Thy dark eye - lashes ,Thou hast made :
Come ,so that ,out of my heart on account of Thy sick languishing eye ,a thousand pains ,of mine I may pluck .

[2]   Ho ,O fellow - sitter ,of my heart the true Beloved from Whose memory ,friends who ,in this world of non - existence are Thy companions and slumber in Thy unity have passed
Not a day be mine ,the moment when ,void of recollection of Thee ,I sit .

[3]   Old and foundationless ,is the world of this Farhad - slayer ,justice
Me ,vexed with sweet life ,its craft and sorcery made .

[4]   Drowned in sweat like the rose ,I became through the torment of the fire of separation
O breeze ,night - seizing the perfect murshid a breeze ,from the sweat - seizer of mine the true Beloved bring .

[5]   The world ,transitory and permanent ,a ransom for the true Beloved and the Saki I make
For ,the world's sovereignty ,love's humble companion ,I deem .

[6]   If ,in my place ,the Friend God choose a stranger ,He is judge
If ,in place of the Friend ,I choose my life ,it ,unlawful be

[7]   Sabahu - l - khair shouted the bulbul .Saki murshid where art thou Arise bring wine
For ,in my head ,tumult maketh the intoxication of the wine of last night the day of A last

[8]   From me ,not from the admonisher ,hear the mysteries of love and of intoxication
For ,with the cup and the goblet every night ,the companion of the moon and of the Pleiades ,I am .

[9]   The tale of longing that ,in this volume ,is become verified ,
Verily is void of error for me ,the dictation Hafiz gave .

[1]  Deine Wimpern haben meinen Glauben tausendmal durchstochen, Komm', daß ich vom kranken Auge, Tausend Leiden für mich sammle.

[2]  Herz! das mir so nah' verwandt ist, Deiner Freunde denkst du nimmer, Ferne, fern von mir die Stunde, Wo du meiner nicht mehr denkest.

[3]  Wer kann auf die Welt noch bauen, Diese Mörderinn Ferhardens, Wehe! ihre Streiche bannen, Mich von meiner süßen Seele.

[4]  Unsrer Trennung Gluthen haben, Mich versenkt in Schweiß wie Rosen, Komm' o Nachtwind bring' mir einen Duft vom Freund der Schweiß austrinket.

[5]  Beider Welten Seligkeiten, Opfere ich auf dem Schenken, Denn es sind die Herrn der Erde, Knaben auf dem Weg der Liebe.

[6]  Wählt mein Liebster andre Freunde, Soll dies frey zu thun ihm stehen, Aber mir ist's streng verbothen, Andre Freunde mir zu wählen.

[9]  Alle Sagen der Begierde, Welche diese Blätter füllen, Sind kein Fehler, denn dieselben Hat Hafis mir eingegeben.

[1]  Obtained was the sight of the true Beloved and the kiss ,and the embrace also
To fortune ,thanks I owe and to time ,also .

[2]   Zahid go about thy own work and forbid not wine and the lovely one For if ascendant be my fortune ,
Will be in my hand ,the cup and the Beloved's tress also .

[3]   For profligacy and intoxication ,we ascribe to none defect
Sweet is the ruby lip of idols ,and pleasant - tasting wine also .

[4]   O heart thee ,glad tidings ,I give .The muhtasib is no more
Full ,is the world of wine ,and of the wine - drinking idol also .

[5]   Not wise ,is it to give the heart to the power of separation :
Tranquillity of heart seek ; and a flagon ,bring also ;

[6]   On the dusty ones lovers of love ,pour a draught of his Muhammad's lip ,
So that ruby - hue may become the dust ; and musk - diffusing also .

[7]   Passed hath that time ,when from ambush was lurking the evil - eye
Departed from the midst ,hath the enemy thezahid or the watcher and ,from the bosom ,the tear also

[8]   O perfect murshid since by thy perfume of hope all created beings are living ,
O resplendent sun the true Beloved from us ,Thy shade of bounty keep not also .

[9]   Since the honour decoration of the tulip and of the rose is the bounty of thy beauty ,
O cloud of grace Muhammad on me ,dusty humble ,grace rain also .

[10]   Captive to thee ,became people of vision .God fear
And the obtaining of justice from fi .saf ,powerful as Sulaiman ,also .

[11]   Burhan - i - Mulk va Din ,from whose hand of vazlrship ,
The happy ,time of the mine became his right hand and of the ocean ,his left also .

[12]   To the memory of his most illumined judgment ,in the morning ,the sky
Maketh sacrifice of surrendered its own life ; and the constellation ,scattering also .

[13]   Snatched by thy chaugan of justice ,is the ball of earth's sovereignty
And this up - lifted blue dome of the fortress also .

[14]   Into motion ,thy intention ,light of rein ,bringeth
This world ,firm ,lofty of centre ,also .

[15]   Until that time when ,from the effects of the sky ; and the way of its revolution ,there be ,
Change of years ,and of month ,and of autumn ,and of spring also .

[16]   Void of chiefs ,be not thy palace of dignity
And of Sakis ,cypress of stature ,rose of cheek also .

[17]   Hafiz ,who ,in thy praise ,scattereth such jewels ,
Before thy hand was embarrassed and ashamed also .

[1]  Ha! mir wurde vergönnt der Anblick, der Kuß, die Umarmung, O wie dank ich's dem Glück, dank es dem Schicksal dazu.

[2]  Frommer hinweg! denn wenn mein Glück ist, das Glück, das ich meine, Halt' ich das Glas in der Hand und auch die Locken dazu.

[3]  Keinen habe ich noch des Rausches wegen getadelt, Lieblich ist Lippenrubin, lieblicher Wein auch dazu.

[4]  Fröhliche Kunde mein Herz! kein Weinvogt ist übrig geblieben, Voll ist die Welt vom Wein, voll von Betrunknen dazu.

[5]  Das Gemüth zu verstören, ist wahrlich gar nicht vernünftig, Liedersammlungen nimm, und die Pokale dazu.

[6]  Gieße aus für die Staubverliebten die Hefen der Lippen, Rothgefärbt sey der Staub, moschusgewürzet dazu.

[7]  Nimmer lauert uns auf ein böses Aug' im Verborgnen, Fort ist nun der Feind, fort sind die Thränen dazu.

[8]  Alles, was lebet, das wird durch deinen Geruch nur belebet, Sonne fliehe mich nicht, laß mir den Schatten dazu.

[9]  Rosen und Tulpen sind nur durch deine Schönheit so lieblich, O du Wolke der Huld regne auf mich noch dazu.

[10]  Männer von Einsicht hast du in deinen Banden gefangen, Fürchte dich vor Gott, vor dem Wesire dazu.

[11]  Er ist die Stütze des Reichs, die Probe der Wahrheit des Glaubens, Minen füllet er an, Meere beglückt er dazu.

[13]  Siehe die Kugel der Erd' ist seiner Gerechtigkeit Ballen, Dieses blaue Gewölb, ist das Behältniß dazu.

[14]  Alles bringt dein leicht regierender Wink in Bewegung, Selbst den Mittelpunkt, unserer Erde dazu.

[15]  Durch den kreisenden Lauf, und die stete Bewegung des Himmels Wechseln die Jahre, der Mond, Sommer und Winter dazu.

[16]  Bis an den Tag des Gerichts, sey deine Wohnung der Wohnort Aller Großen der Welt, liebliche Schenken dazu. Selber Hafis, der dein Lob in köstliche Perlen gereiht hat, Ist, sobald du sprichst, scheu, und beschämet dazu.

[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]  By His the true Beloved's soul I swear that if power of sacrificing my life had been ,
The humble offering of His slave ,it would have been .

[3]   Confessor ,in service to His stature ,the tongueless cypress would have been ,
If ,to it ,like the noble ten - tongued lily ,tongue had been .

[4]   Him ,even in sleep ,I see not .What room for speaking of union
When this union might not be ,Him we saw not .Would to God that the beholding of Him in sleep had been .

[5]   If foot - bound to His tress ,my heart had not been ,
In this dark dust - heap this world rest mine ,how would have been

[6]   In face ,like the resplendent sun of the sky ,peerless of climes is He
In heart ,alas ,that only a little kind He should have been .

[7]   Would to God by my door ,like a flash of light ,he had entered ,
So that ,on my two eyes his order current had been

[8]   Forth from the screen ,when would have fallen Hafiz's wail of lustrous verse
If not fellow - companion of the birds ,morning - singing ,he had been

[1]  Zu entreißen wäre möglich, Wenn er nicht in trautem Umgang Mit des Morgens Sänger wäre.

[2]  Dann nur würde man erkennen Ganz den Werth des Staub's der Füße, Wenn derselbe für das ew'ge Leben hingegeben wäre.

[3]  Längstens hätte die Cypresse Ihren hohen Wuchs verkündigt; Wenn sie, wie der Lilie Zunge, Im Besitz von Sprachen wäre.

[4]  Wenn ich sie im Traume sehe, Kann ich sie doch nicht genießen, Da mir dieses nicht geworden, Wollt' ich, daß es jenes wäre.

[5]  Wenn mein Herz an ihre Locken Fest nicht angebunden wäre, Wüßt' ich nicht, wie ich beständig Hier auf dieser Staubbahn wäre.

[6]  Bei den Wangen! deren Schimmer Alle Himmel überstrahlet, Ach! daß doch mein Herz ein Stäubchen Dieser Weltensonne wäre!

[8]  Dem Hafis den Klageschleier

[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 .