[1]  Although ,from His tress ,a knot of difficulty hath fallen upon my work
Even so ,from His liberality ,the solution of it I expect .

[2]   To joy ,the ruddiness of my face attribute not For ,like the cup ,
Forth from my cheek ,the ruddy reflection ,the heart's blood giveth .

[3]   Me ,forth from power will take the melody of the minstrel
Alas ,if on that account ,within this screen of the melody mine ,access be none .

[4]   Night ,all night ,the guardian of my heart's fold have I been
So that ,into this screen of dark night save thought of Him ,naught I pass .

[5]   That poet - magician am I ,who ,with the sorcery of speech ,
From the reed - pen ,all candy and sugar ,rain .

[6]   By His tale ,to sleep went fortune's eye
Where ,a breeze of favour ,that ,me ,awake may make

[7]   When ,in the wind's thoroughfare ,Him ,my Friend ,I see not
To whom ,may I speak saying A word to my Friend ,utter .

[8]   Last night ,he kept saying All double face and hyprocisy is Hafiz
Hafiz replied Save with the dust of Thy door ,say in work with whom ,am I

[1]  Ich trat mit großer HoffnungDen Weg an in die Wüste,O Führer meines Herzens,Laß mich hier nicht zurücke.

[2]  Wiewohl mir eine LockeVom Haar ist zugefallen,So öffn' ich doch die AugenNach neuer Huld und Gnade.

[3]  O glaube nicht, daß froher SinnMir so die Wangen röthet,Es ist das Blut des Herzens,Das außen wiederscheinet.

[4]  Es wird des Sängers WeiseMich selber nie entziehen.O weh! wenn diese WeiseMir nicht erlaubet würde.

[5]  Ich bin durch ganze NächteDes Herzharemes Wächter,Nur ihrem Bild erlaub' ichs,Den Schleier durchzuschlüpfen.

[6]  Ich bin der süsse Sänger,Der durch des Wortes Zauber,Vom Rohr' der Feder ZuckerUnd reinen Kandel träufet.

[7]  Sie hat durch ZaubereienDas Schicksal eingeschläfert,O sag' dem Ost, o sag' ihm,Daß er mich doch erwecke.

[8]  Da ich im Zug des WindesNicht sehen kann die Freundinn,Wem soll ich's sagen daß erDer Freundinn etwas sage.

[1]  In the morning ,Jauza Gemini placed before me the preservation the small Kuran
That is The King's slave ,I am and the oath ,I ate .

[2]   Saki come for ,from effective fortune's aid ,
The desire that I desired became to me ,through God attainable .

[3]   A cup ,give for again in joy of the King's face ,
Elderly of head ,in my head ,is desire for a youthful one .

[4]   Waylay me not with the description of the limpid water of Khizr
From the King's cup ,a draught - drinker of Kausar's fountain ,am I .

[5]   O King if to the ninth heaven God's throne I cause the throne of excellence to reach ,
Of this majesty ,the purchased slave ,am I and of this door ,the wretched one .

[6]   A thousand years ,draught - drinker of Thy banquet ,I was
My disposition ,ardent of temperament ,water - drinking ,how may it abandon

[7]   If ,of the slave of this tale ,belief be not thine
Of perfect speech ,a proof I will bring .

[8]   If ,from thee ,I up - pluck my heart and ,from thee ,up - lift my love ,
On whom ,may I cast this love ; where ,may I take that heart

[9]   Mansur bin Muhamad Ghazi is my guard
From this auspicious name ,victorious over my enemies am I .

[10]   All in love for the King ,was my covenant of Alast
From life's highway to this covenant ,I pass .

[11]   Since ,in the King's name ,the sphere framed the Pleiades ,
Verse of pearl ,wherefore make I not Less than who ,am I

[12]   When ,from the King's hand ,I tasted the victuals like the mighty falcon ,
For the capture of the mean pigeon ,care how is mine

[13]   O King ,lion - seizer less ,how becometh ,if becometh
Attainable by me ,in thy shadow ,the country of ease

[14]   In the felicity of praise of thee ,my verse subdued a hundred countries of the heart
Thou mayst say that my speaking tongue is thy cleaving sword .

[15]   If ,like the morning breeze ,by a rose - bed ,I passed ,
Mine ,was neither love for the cypress nor desire for the cone - tree .

[16]   Thy perfume ,I perceived and to the memory of thy face ,
The Sakis of joy gave me one or two cups .

[17]   Not the slave's custom is intoxication with the juice of one or two grapes
Years endured ,the Pir ,tavern - cherisher ,am I .

[18]   With the revolution of the star and of the sky ,many a strife is mine
In this tale ,be the King's justice ,my ruler

[19]   Thanks to God ,that ,again ,in this height of court ,
The sound of my long wing - feather of flight the peacock of the ninth heaven heareth

[20]   Effaced be my name from the work - shop of the lovers of God
If mine be other employment save love for Thee .

[21]   For the capture of my heart ,the lion's whelp attacked
Lean ,if I be ,or if not ,the lion's prey I am .

[22]   O Thou ,the lovers of whose face are in number more than the atoms in the sun - beam
To union with Thee ,how may reach I who in capacity less than an atom ,am

[23]   Show to me ,the denier of the beauty of Thy face ,who is he
So that ,with the dagger of jealousy ,his eye I may bring forth .

[24]   On me ,fell the shadow of the symbolic sun of empire
Now ,as to the material sun of the east ,rest independence is mine .

[25]   Not brisk is the market of purpose of these deeds :
Neither splendour ,do I boast nor ease ,do I purchase .

[26]   With soul ,the friend of the prophet and of his offspring ,is Hafiz
By God ,witness to this is the Lord ,my ruler .

[1]  Morgens legten vor mir die Zwillinge nieder das Währhäng, Ha! ich schwöre, ich bin wahrlich der Diener des Schahs.

[2]  Komm' o Schenke komm! mit der Hilfe des wirkenden Glückes Sey der heiße Wunsch mir von dem Herrn gewährt!

[3]  Reich' mir das Glas, aus Freude des Schahes Antlitz zu sehen, Wird mein greises Haupt wieder von neuem verjüngt.

[4]  Höre mir auf zu beschreiben die Lebensquelle von Chiser, Aus den Hefen des Schahs trink' ich die Quelle Kewßer.

[5]  Schah! und wenn ich den Thron der Tugend zum Himmel erhöbe Blieb' an deiner Thür' immer ein Bettler ich noch.

[6]  Tausend Jahre hindurch war ich dein Bechergenoße, Kann vom Gnadenort ich mich entfernen vielleicht.

[7]  Wenn Du aber dem Wort des Dieners Dich weigerst zu glauben, Bringe ich von Kemal Probe und Sicherheit Dir.

[8]  Gieß' ich mein Herz von Dir, und sollt' ich die Liebe dir rauben, Wen beschenkt ich wohl? Welchem vergäb' ich mein Herz?

[9]  Ben Mohammed Manßur der Sieger ist mein Beschützer Seines Namens Kraft richtet die Feinde zu Grund.

[10]  Ich bin von Ewigkeit her bestimmt zur Liebe des Schahes, Wenn ich gleich hiedurch manchmal die Straße verlier'.

[11]  Sieh' sein Namen ist mit Plejaden an Himmel geschrieben, Wer besiegt mich im Lied? soll ich die Perlen nicht reihn?

[12]  Hab' ich Falken gleich aus der Hand des Schahes gegessen, Hat denn Rauben, und Jagd einigen Reiz noch für mich?

[13]  Schah! der Löwen ergreift! Sag' an, was hast du verloren, Deines Schattens Glück gönne uns Frieden und Ruh. Ohne Federn und Flügel bin ich, daher ist's zu wundern, Daß ich zum Simorg mich zu erschwingen befleiß'.

[14]  Hundert Herzen erobert durch dich die Kraft des Gesanges, Gleichsam als gliche mein Wort deinem erobernden Schwerdt.

[15]  Wenn ich vorübergeh' am Rosenbeet wie der Ostwind, Reizet mich die Cypreß, reiz't mich die Pinie nicht.

[16]  Deinen Geruch vernahm ich im Feld, und auf deine Gesundheit Reichten die Schenken der Lust einen zwey Becher mir her.

[17]  Meine Sache ist's nicht, nur ein zwey Tropfen zu trinken, Denn in Schenken ward ich ein erfahrener Greis.

[18]  Immer zank' ich mit dem Lauf des Himmels, der Sterne, Der gerechte Schah möge entscheiden den Streit.

[19]  Gott sey Dank, daß sogar am äußersten Giebel des Himmels, Gabriel an dem Thron meine Gesänge vernimmt.

[20]  Aus dem Buche der Liebenden sey mein Name vertilget, Wenn für Andere einst, Liebe die Brust mir entflammt.

[21]  Wüthend stürzte auf mich, um mich zu zerreißen der Löwe, Mager oder fett bin ich die Beute des Schahs.

[22]  Mehr sind verliebet in dich als Stäubchen im Sonnenschein fliegen, Ich ein Sonnenstaub, o! wann gelang' ich zu dir.

[23]  Zeige mir an, wer hat je deine Schönheit geläugnet, Daß aus Eifersucht ich ihm das Auge zerhau'.

[24]  Siehe auf mich ist der Schatten der Sonne des Glückes gefallen, Nun bedarf ich des Scheins anderer Sonnen nicht mehr.

[25]  Keineswegs ist mein Sinn mit diesen Worten zu handeln, Ich verkaufe und kauf' solche Liebkosungen nicht. Immer liebet Hafis mit vollem Herzen den Propheten, Seine Familie giebt wahrlich das Zeugniß hievon.

[1]  In the morning ,with the desire of repentance to my heart I said I seek the counsel of God ,
Spring ,repentance - shatterer ,arriveth what remedy may I make

[2]   True speech ,I utter : I cannot see that this state is very difficult
For the companions drink wine and lookiug on^ I make .

[3]   To the memory of the King's assembly ,like the rose - bud with laughing lip ,
The cup ,I take and ,through desire ,my raiment ,rent I make .

[4]   By the cup's circulation ,remedy ye my brain
If ,from the midst of the banquet of joy ,retirement I make .

[5]   Through the Friend's face ,blossomed my purpose like the rose
To the hard stone ,consignment of the enemy's head that separation recur not I make .

[6]   The tavern - beggar am I but at the time of intoxication ,behold
Against the lofty sky ,loftiness ; and against the ordering star ,order ,I make

[7]   Not mine ,is the way and usage of morsel - abstaining .For ,
The reprobation of the profligate ,the wine - drinker ,why do I make

[8]   On the throne of the rose ,I place a beauteous idol like a Sultan
With the hyacinth ,and the lily ,the glory of collar and of bracelet I make .

[9]   Through wine - drinking ,distressed became Hafiz ;
With the sound of the harp and with wine ,his mystery of distress evident I make .

[10]   Not the ka'zi ,nor the mudarris ,nor the muhtasib ,nor the fakih are we
Mine ,what profit that forbidding of the wine - drinker I should make .

[1]  Ich will, so sprach ich reuig, Nun Buße thun, Der Frühling bricht die Reue, Was ist zu thun?

[2]  Ich spreche nur die Wahrheit, Ich kann's nicht seh'n, Die Freunde sollen trinken, Ich soll's nicht thun.

[3]  Ich will auf die Gesundheit Des Schahs das Glas Ergreifen, und es lachend In Stücke thun. Wenn von des Freunds Rubinen, Ein Kuß mir wird, Will ich den Lauf des Lebens Von Neuem thun.

[4]  Heilt mein Gehirn mit Bechern, Wenn ich vielleicht In dieser Zeit der Freuden Will Buße thun.

[5]  Weil vom Gesicht die Rose Des Wunsches blüht, Will ich den Kopf des Feindes Auf Steine thun.

[6]  Ich bin der Schenke Bettler Allein im Rausch Soll mein Gebeth, der Himmel, Die Sterne thun.

[7]  Ich der auf einen Bißen, Mich nicht versteh', Soll ich wohl einen Vorwurf Den Trunknen thun.

[8]  Mein Liebchen soll erhöhen Der Rosenthron, Ich will dann mit Jasminen Den Hals umthun.

[9]  Es schmerzt Hafisen heimlich Zu trinken Wein, Wir wollen's kund mit Pfeifen Und Lauten thun.

[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