[1]  To the Sultan's attendants ,who will convey this prayer
In thanks for sovereignty ,away from sight drive not the beggar

[2]   From the watcher imperious lust demon of nature ,- I take shelter in my God
Perchance that gleaming light God's bounty and grace may ,for God's sake ,give a little aid .

[3]   If Thy dark eye - lash arrow - like made for our blood ,
O Idol think of its deceit in blood - shedding and ,make no mistake lest Thou suffer regret for my blood

[4]   When by Thy splendour Thou enkindlest thy face ,Thou consumest a world
From this ,what profit hast Thou that Thou doest no kindness

[5]   All night all my life in this hope I am that the breeze of dawn the angel of death
With the message of lovers giving release by death from the world's tumult will cherish me the lover .

[6]   O true Beloved what is the tumult that to lovers thou displayedest
Thy face like the gleaming moon ,Thy stature like the heart - ravishing cypress

[7]   O murshid to the lover Hafiz morning - rising ,give thou ,for God's sake ,a draught of wine of love
May his prayer of the morning - time avail thee

[8]   Hafiz's sorrowful heart that through separation from Thee ,is full of blood ,
What would be its state if ,awhile ,it should attain union with the true Beloved

[1]  Wer überbringet das GesuchDen Freunden des Sultanes?Vom Bettler wende nicht den BlickFür deine Herrschaft dankbar.

[2]  Ich flücht' vom Nebenbuhler, derDes Teufels ist, ich flüchteZu meinem Gott, vielleicht daß ErDurchs Feuer ihn verzehret.

[3]  Wenn deine schwarzen Wimpern dirZum Blutvergießen winken,So denke, daß sie Schelme sind,Laß dich ja nicht verführen.

[4]  Du steckst die ganze Welt in Brand,Wenn deine Wangen leuchten,Sag' an, was hast du denn davonDaß du nicht milder herrschest? Geliebte was für Formen sindDem Liebenden erschienen!Welch ein Gesicht dem Monde gleichUnd Wuchs, gleich der Cypreße!

[5]  Ich hoffe ganze Nächte langDaß mit dem Hauch des MorgensMir eine Kunde kommen wirdVon meinen trauten Freunden.

[6]  Es blutet längst mein armes HerzDurch deine Zauberaugen.O meine Theure blicke herWie du mich hast ermordet!

[7]  Hafis! wenn jetzt im TrennungsstandDein Herz sich schon verblutet,Was harret sein, wenn einst GenußDasselbe soll beglücken.

[1]  O Saki murshid arise ; and give the cup of wine of desired
Strew dust on the head of the grief of time .

[2]   In my palm ,place the cup of wine so that ,from my breast ,
I may pluck off this patched garment of blue colour .

[3]   Although in the opinion of the apparently wise ,ill - fame is ours ,
Not name nor fame ,do we distraught with love for God desire .

[4]   Give wine with this wind of pride ,how long ,
Dust on the head of useless desire

[5]   The smoke of the sigh of my burning heart
Consumed these immature ones hypocrites ; fathers of lust

[6]   Of the secret of love of my distraught heart ,a friend ,
Among high and low ,none ,I see .

[7]   Glad is my heart with a heart's ease a lovely one
Who ,from my heart ,once took ease .

[8]   At the cypress in the sward ,again looketh not
That one ,who beheld that cypress of silvern limb .

[9]   Hafiz day and night ,be patient ,in adversity :
So that ,in the end ,thou mayst ,one day ,gain thy desire .

[1]  Schenke steh auf, und reiche das GlasBegrabe die Sorgen mit Wein!Reiche das Glas und schenke den WeinDie bläuliche Kutte hinweg!

[3]  Uebel zwar klingt dieß weiserem Ohr;Doch kümmert der Ruf mich nicht viel.Bringe mir Wein! Das Uebrige istVerlust der verderblichen Zeit.

[5]  Rauch von der Gluth der flammenden BrustHat diese Gefrorenen zerschmelzt.Närrisches Herz! Noch find ich im Volk'Nicht einen Vertrauten für dich.

[9]  Wenigstens bleibt noch übrig der TrostDas Alles verloren auf einmal!Früh' und auch spät geduld' dich Hafis,So gehet dir Alles nach Wunsch.

[1]  The thought of the bulbul the holy traveller all is that ,that the rose the true Beloved his beloved may be
The rose ,in thought how ,in her work ,grace she may display .

[2]   Not all heart - ravishingness is that that slayeth the lover
Khwaja is he ,whose attendant is grief .

[3]   That is a place where into the ruby's heart the wave dasheth blood ,
With this loss that its the ruby's market - value ,the sherd shattereth .

[4]   From the bounty of the rose the true Beloved the bulbul the holy traveller learned speech and if not ,there had not been
In his beak ,all this sweet speech and song .

[5]   O thou that passest in the street of our Beloved ,
Full of caution ,be for the head ,his wall shattereth .

[6]   That travelled one the Beloved whose fellow - traveller is a hundred Kafilas of the heart ,
O God wherever he be ,him ,in safety from the peril of travel keep .

[7]   O heart although health's company happily falleth to thee ,
Precious ,is love's quarter : it ,abandon not .

[8]   Merry of head intoxicated the Sufi placed his cap aslant ,
With two cups of wine more ,disordered may be his turban .

[9]   The heart of Hafiz that had become accustomed to the sight of Thee
Is cherished with union .Its the heart's torment ,seek not .

[1]  Wenn die Begierde nicht die RuhIn deiner Seele störet,So findest du den Weg gewißZu ihrem Angesichte.

[2]  Es sinnt die Nachtigall, wie sieDie Rose zur Freundinn mache,Die Rose aber sinnt daraufDie Nachtigall zu kränken.

[3]  Der Mörder eines LiebendenIst noch kein Herzensräuber,Wer um die Dienerschaft sich sorgtIst wahrhaft ein Gebieter.

[4]  Es ist gerecht, daß der RubinIm Herzen blutig schäume,Wenn rothe Glaskorallen ihnIm Handel überwiegen.

[5]  Die Nachtigall hat den GesangGelernet von der Rose,Woher denn sonsten das GeschwätzDas Kosen ihres Schnabels?

[6]  Du, der vorbeigehst an dem HausVon dem geliebten Freunde,Gieb Acht, daß an der Mauer duDen Kopf dir nicht verschlagest.

[7]  O Gott! gieb dem gereißten Freund,Dem Hundert KarawanenDer Herzen folgen, gieb ihm stets,Wo er auch seyn mag, Wohlseyn!

[8]  O Herz! wie wohl dir das GesprächDes wahren Heils gefallen,Verlaß' du doch die Liebe nichtDenn sie ist hoch zu ehren.

[9]  Der Sofi, der im Rausche krummDie Mütze aufgesetzet,Zerwühlet (trinkt er noch ein PaarVon Gläsern) seinen Turban.

[1]  One night ,our hand we shall uplift and a prayer we shall make .
For the grief of separation from Thee ,a remedy from some place we shall make .

[2]   Went from the hand ,the sick heart .O friends a little help ,
So that to its head ,the physician we may bring and a little remedy we may make .

[3]   He who ,without offence on my part grieved ; and ,me ,with the sword struck and departed
For God's sake ,him bring back ,that purity of heart reconciliation we may make .

[4]   Withered ,became the root of my joy .The Path to the tavern is where
So that in that water and air ,springing and growing ,we may make .

[5]   O heart aid from the heart of profligates seek if not ,
Difficult is the work .God forbid that a fault we should make .

[6]   But a little work effecteth the shade of the bud of little resolution the imperfect murshid
Search for the auspicious shade of the Huma the murshid ,perfect and excel ,lent we shall make .

[7]   From the note of melody went my heart .Hafiz ,sweet of tone ,is where
So that ,with his words and ghazals ,harmony and melody ,we may make .

[1]  Ruby wine love for the true Beloved drink ; and the face of those moon of forehead Arifs of God behold
Contrary to the religious order of those Abids ,and Zahids ,outward worship .pers the beauty of these the Arifs of God behold .

[2]   Beneath the gilded garment ,nooses of prayer they the Arifs and the recognisers of God have
Notwithstanding their poverty the long - handedness loftiness of spirit of these short of sleeve the Arifs poor of resource behold .

[3]   For the harvest of both worlds ,their head ,they lower not
The brain and pride of beggars ,corn - gleaners ,behold .

[4]   The frown from the eye - brow full of frown ,the Friend looseneth not
The need of people of heart ,and the grace of the dainty beloved ones ,behold

[5]   From none ,the tale of the covenant of love ,I hear :
The non - fidelity of the society of friends and of fellow - sitters behold .

[6]   The means of release from imperious lust is to become captive to love
The fore - seeing mind of the fore - seers behold .

[7]   Love's polish ,the dust of Hafiz's heart taketh .
The purity of the pure mirror of those pure of faith behold .

[1]  Sieh röthlichen Wein, Sieh Mondengesichter, Sieh jenen zum Trotz Die Schönheit von diesen.

[2]  Sie tragen ein Band, Versteckt in der Kutte, Die Aermel sind kurz, Doch lang sind die Hände.

[3]  Sie beugen den Kopf Um Himmel und Erd' nicht, Ey siehe den Stolz Der kleinlichten Bettler. Es öffnet der Freund Die trotzigen Brau'n nicht O sieh wie darum Ihn Liebende bitten.

[5]  Noch hörte ich Nichts Vom Bunde der Liebe, O schaue die Treu' Der Freunde und Trauten.

[6]  Durch Liebe geknüpft Erhalt ich die Freiheit, So sorget der Sinn Vorsichtiger Liebe.

[7]  Es reinigt den Staub Hafisen die Liebe, O schaue, wie rein Der Spiegel des Sinns ist.

[1]  O thou that art ever proud of thyself f
If love be not thine ,excused thou art .

[2]   Around those distraught of love ,wander not
For ,for the best wisdom ,renowned thou art .

[3]   O father of lust not in thy head is love's intoxication
Go no access to me is thine for ,with the wine of the grape ,intoxicated thou art .

[4]   The yellow grief - stricken face ,and the grief - stained sigh are
For lovers ,the evidence of affliction .

[5]   Hafiz thy own name and fame ,abandon
The cup of wine ,seek for wine - sick ,thou art .

[6]   For thee ,it is necessary to practise love for that moon ,
Though ,like the sun ,famous thou art .

[1]  Dir, auf deine Schönheit Stolzem Ist's verzeihlich, nicht zu lieben;

[2]  Liebenden geh' nicht zu nahe Du durch Weisheit Allberühmter!

[3]  Du kennst nicht den Rausch der Liebe, Kennest nur den Rausch des Weines.

[4]  Blässe und die Seufzer zeugen Von der Liebe schweren Krankheit. Ohne Wein und ohne Mädchen Gäb's in Eden keine Freude. Buhl' um dieses Mondes Liebe, Und wär'st du auch eine Sonne.

[5]  Thu' Verzicht, Hafis, auf Leumund, Fodre Wein, du bist berauschet.

[1]  With this beauteous writing that on the rose of thy cheek thou drawest ,
On the page leaf of the rose ,and of the rose - bed ,the line of effacement thou drawest .

[2]   My tear ,sitting in the fold of the hidden house ,*
From within the seven screens to the market of renown Thou drawest .

[3]   By the perfume of thy tress ,the sluggish mover like the soft morning breeze ,
Momently ,in bond and chain into swift action ,Thou drawest .

[4]   Momently ,in recollection of that lip ,wine of hue and of that intoxicated eye ,
Me ,from khilvat to the vintner's house ,Thou drawest .

[5]   O true Beloved Thou saidest Thy head bound to our saddle - strap is fit
'Tis easy here is my head if the trouble of this load ,Thou endurest .

[6]   With against Thy eye and eye - brow ,what deliberation of heart may I make
Alas this bow that ,against me miserable ,Thou drawest .

[7]   Come back so that ,with Thy cheek ,far I may put the evil - eye ,
O fresh rose ,that ,from this thorn Hafiz ,possessed of imperious lust Thy skirt Thou drawest .

[8]   Hafiz from the favour of time ,what more seekest thou
Wine thou tastest and through the hand the heart - possessor's tress thou drawest .

[1]  Mit Schönheits-Linien, die du Auf deinen Wangen ziehst, Ist's sicher, daß du einen Strich Durch Rosenbeete ziehst.

[2]  Betracht', daß meine Thränen, (die In dem Harem der Brust Geheimnißvoll versenket sind) Du auf den Markt hinziehst.

[3]  Ha, wie mit deiner Locken Duft Du jeden Augenblick, Dem Ostwind gleich ein jedes Herz In deine Bande ziehst!

[4]  Und wie du jeden Augenblick Durch dein berauschtes Aug', Und durch der trunknen Lippen Duft Mich in die Schenke ziehst.

[5]  Du sprichst, es ziemt sich, daß dein Haupt In meinen Banden sey, Sehr wohl! wenn du nur diese Last Mit Freuden nach dir ziehst.

[6]  Soll ich mich wider deine Brau'n Berathen mit dem Aug'? O weh! des Bogens, welchen du Straf auf mich Kranken ziehst.

[7]  Komm', daß von deinem Angesicht Ich wend' das böse Aug', O frische Rose! welche du Den Saum durch Dornen ziehst.

[8]  Hafis! wiewohl du dir verlangst Die Güter dieser Welt, Das Beste ist doch, daß du trinkst Und Freundeslocken ziehst.

[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