[1]  O Saki arise and into the cup of gold ,joyous water wine the intoxication of love cast
Before that the cap of the head the skull dust becometh cast .

[2]   In the end ,our dwelling is the valley of the silent the place of tombs
Now into the vault of the skies ,the resounding shout and clamour of zikr va fikr cast

[3]   Far from the true Beloved's face ,is the eye stained with sight for other than God
On His face ,from the pure mirror of the pure heart glance cast .

[4]   O cypress I conjure thee by thy verdant head ,when I become dust ,
Out from thy head ,disdain put and ,on this my dust ,shade cast .

[5]   For our heart that ,from the deadly snake of Thy tress - tip ,is shattered
From Thy own lip to the recovery - house ,the antidote of a kiss cast .

[6]   The country of this sown - field the world thou knowest that it hath no permanency
Into the countries of the world from the liver of the wine cup ,the murshid's interior a great fire' cast .

[7]   In my own tears ,I bathed .For the people of tarikat say
First be pure then ,on the beauty of that Pure One ,the true Beloved thy eye cast .

[8]   O Lord that zahid ,self - beholding ,who ,save defect ,saw naught ,
Into the mirror of his understanding so that he may ,no longer ,see defect the smoke of a great sigh cast .

[9]   Hafiz like the rose ,on account of His perfume make rent thy garment
And ,in the path of that form of the Beloved swift for the slaughter of lovers that rent garment cast .

[1]  Steh' auf! gieße mir fröhliches Naß in den goldenen BecherEhe dein Schädel zum Staube den Staub gießt.

[2]  Unsere Wohnung zuletzt ist die schweigende Wohnung der Gräber,Jetzt erhebe den Jubel zum Himmel,

[3]  Augen mit trübem Blick sind ferne vom Antlitz des FreundesSchau' ihn an mit der Reinheit des Spiegels.

[4]  Ich beschwöre dich Wuchs der Cypreße beim grünenden WipfelBin ich Staub beschatte mein Grabmal.

[5]  Meinen Lippen vom Pfeil der Schlangenlocken verwundetLeg Teriak aus dem heilenden Mund auf.

[6]  Alle Saaten der Erde vergehen das weißt du seit langenZünde die Welt mit dem Feuer des Weins an.

[7]  Thränen reinigen uns indem die Lehrer uns sagenSey erst rein, dann schaue den Reinen.

[8]  Herr! der selbstische Mönch, Er, welcher Gebrechen nur schauetWerde blind von dem Rauche der Seufzer.

[9]  Wie die Rose Hafis! zerreiß die Kleider vor ihremWohlgeruch, und verstreu' sie vor ihr hin.

[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 tavern of the Magians ,God's light I see
This wonder ,behold what the light is and where it ,I see .

[2]   O King commander of the Hajj to me ,boast not of dignity .For ,thou
Seest the house the Ka'ba and God's house ,I see .

[3]   From the tress of idols ,musk - loosening perfuming I will make ,
Far ,is thought from realisation verily ,Khata Cathay ,a mistake 1 see .

[4]   O true Beloved the heart's consuming ,the streaming tears ,the night - weeping ,the morning - sigh
All this calemity of grief from the sight of Thy grace ,I see .

[5]   Momently ,my fancy a picture of Thy face way - Iayeth
To whom ,shall I utter what things within this veil of thought I see .

[6]   Of the musk of Khutan and of the musk - pod of Chin ,none hath seen
What ,from the fragrant morning breeze of the east every morning 1 see .

[7]   Friends at Hafiz's glancing ,carp not
For ,him of the crowd of the lovers of God I see .

[1]  Ich werde in der Magenschenke Das Licht des Herren sehen. O schau' das Wunder! welcher Schimmer, Und wo kann ich ihn sehen? O Herr wer trinkt in dieser Schenke, Wer trinket wohl der Hefen? Denn Flehende sind an der Thüre, Wie am Altar zu sehen. Das Amt der Liebenden, der Trunknen Und süße Schmeicheleien, Dieß alles werde ich durch Eure Gefälligkeit noch sehen.

[2]  O prahle nicht du Fürst der Pilger Zu viel mit deinem Glücke, Du hast den Tempel, ich hingegen Des Tempels Herrn gesehen.

[3]  Ich möchte aus der Schönen Locken Den Moschus gerne ziehen. Doch dieses heißt weit in die Ferne Bis nach Chataja sehen.

[4]  Des Herzens Brand und Thränenströme Und Seufzer bis am Morgen, Dies Alles werde ich durchs Eure Gefälligkeiten sehen.

[5]  Mit jedem Augenblicke stellet Dein Bild sich mir im Wege; Wem kann ich sagen, was im Träume Vergönnt mir ist zu sehen?

[6]  Noch Keiner hat von Moschusblasen, Und von dem Morgenwinde Gesehn, was ich an jedem Morgen Im Stande bin zu sehen. Ein Mittelpunkt im Kreis der Einheit Besteht; nicht mehr nicht minder. Und ohne wie und ohne welches Vermag ichs einzusehen.

[7]  O Freunde tadelt nicht Hafisen, Weil er so liebeäugelt, Ich hab' in Ihm zu allen Zeiten Nur Euren Freund gesehen.

[1]  Time's grief whereof limit none ,I see ,
The remedy whereof ,save wine like this ,none ,I see .

[2]   This society of the Pir of the Magians ,I will not abandon
For in abandoning it my own counsel conducing to welfare none ,I see .

[3]   From the sun cup of the bowl ,the height of pleasure ,take
For the fortune of time like that ,none ,I see .

[4]   The mark of one of heart a sufi is the being a lover .To thyself ,keep
For this mark among the city - shaikhs ,none ,I see .

[5]   For these weeping blinded eyes of mine a thousand regrets ,
That His face ,with the two mirrors my weeping ,blinded ,eyes none ,I see .

[6]   Since Thy stature went from the stream of my weeping eye ,
In place of the cypress of Thy stature save running water tears naught ,I see .

[7]   In this wine - sickness ,me none giveth a draught of favour
Behold in the world one of heart ,none ,I see .

[8]   The trace of the slender hair of His the true Beloved's waist ,wherein I have fixed my heart ,
Of me ,ask not for ,in the midst waist none ,I see .

[9]   Together are I and the bark Divan of Hafiz .For ,save in this ocean of eloquence
The capital of speech ,heart - placing comforting naught ,I see .

[1]  Ich kann das Ende von dem Gram der Welt nicht sehen, Ich kann kein Mittel als den Saft der Traube sehen;

[2]  Ich mag nicht dem Gespräch des alten Wirths entsagen, Ich kann den Nutzen von Entsagung gar nicht sehen.

[3]  Des Glases Sonne zeige dir der Freuden Höhe, Du wirst kein besseres Loos in den Gestirnen sehen.

[5]  O wehe, weh! den beiden Augen voll von Thränen, Ich kann ihr Angesicht nicht mit zwey Spiegeln sehen.

[6]  Seit daß dein Wuchs dem Thränenstrom des Aug's entflohn, Kann ich darinn nur Wasser statt Cypressen sehen.

[7]  Kein Mensch giebt mir vom Liebestrunk der Hefen. O, schau! ich kann nicht einen Mann von Herzen sehen,

[8]  O frage mich nicht um das Haar von ihrer Mitte, Ich band mein Herz daran, und kann es doch nicht sehen.

[9]  Ich bleibe bei Hafisens Schiff, denn auf dem Meere Kann ich kein anders Boot, das Herzen führet, sehen.

[1]  By the soul of the Pir of the tavern and by my gratitude for the favour of his ,
I swear that ,in my head ,is naught save desire of service of his

[2]   Not the place of sinners ,though paradise be ,
Saki wine ,bring for I am one who imploreth the mercy i of His .

[3]   Luminous be the lamp of lightning of that cloud ,
That ,to our harvest of existence dashed the fire of love of His

[4]   If ,on the threshold of the wine - house ,a head thou see ,
With the foot ,kick not .Not known ,is the purpose of His .

[5]   Saki wine bring .For me ,last night ,Surush of the invisible world
Gave news Universal ,is the bounty of mercy of His

[6]   O Zahid ,self - beholding at me intoxicated look not with the eye of contempt
Neither is iniquity nor austerity without the will of His .

[7]   No inclination to austerity and penitence ,maketh my heart .But ,
For the Khwaja's name ,I will strive and for the glory of the fortune of his .

[8]   Ever in pawn for wine is Hafiz's khirka
Perchance of the tavern - dust ,may be the nature of his .

[1]  Ich schwöre bei des Wirthes Seele, Beim Gnadenrechte, Es wohnt kein Wunsch in meinem Kopfe, Als ihm zu dienen.

[2]  Ich weiß, es sind die Gärten Edens Kein Ort für Sünder, Doch bring' nur immer Wein, ich warte Auf die Erbarmung.

[3]  Die Lampe dieses Wolkenblitzes Sey stets erhellet, Sein Wetterstrahl hat eingeschlagen In meine Scheune.

[4]  Siehst du vielleicht ein Haupt im Staube An Schenkenschwellen, So tritt es nicht, denn seine Absicht Ist wohl erkennet.

[5]  Bring' Wein, denn mich belehrte gestern Des Himmels Bothe: Der Reigen von der Milde Gottes Sey allumfassend.

[6]  Sieh mich nicht an mit einem Auge Voll von Verachtung, Von der Enthaltsamkeit, vom Trinken Bin ich nicht Meister.

[7]  Es zeiget zwar noch keine Neigung Mein Herz zur Reue, Doch will ich in des Herren Namen Mich drum bemühen. Mein Freund, du gieb nicht auf die Hoffnung Auf Freundes Gnaden, Denn es verbreiten seine Gnaden Sich über alle.

[8]  Beständig ist das Kleid Hafisens Um Wein versetzet, Vielleicht ist er wohl ganz geformet Aus Schenkenstaube.

[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 .