[1]  Glad tidings to the abode of Zu - Salam ,suddenly descended safety from calamity
To God praise ,the praise of the confessor of the greatest blessing

[2]   That bringer of happy news ,who brought the glad tidings of victory ,is where
So that in joy my soul which is dearer than gold and silver I may scatter on his foot like gold and silver .

[3]   From the King's turning back ,what a rare picture established
His enemy's resolution in the mansion of non - existence

[4]   Verily ,shattered of heart becometh the covenant - breaker
In the opinion of the Lords of wisdom ,sacred charges are covenants .

[5]   From hope's cloudlet ,he sought a blessing .But ,
To his seeing eye ,it gave naught save moisture .

[6]   Into the dark Nil of grief ,he the covenant - breaker fell to him ,in reproach the sky said
Verily ,now ,repentant ,thou hast become ; and profit from repentance ,thou gainest not .

[7]   Saki come ,for it is the season of the rose ,and the time of pleasure :
The cup ,bring and suffer no grief ,more or less .

[8]   From the cup of wine ,hear .For this old woman ,newly married the world
Many a husband ,like Kay Kubad and Jamshid ,slew .

[9]   O heart seek not thou the kingdom of Jamshid seek the cup of wine
For this was the song of the bulbul ,garden - singer ,of Jamshid .

[10]   When ,like the red flagon ,the enemy's red blood ,thou spilledest ,
With friends ,in ease and joy ,take the cup of Jamshid .

[11]   In the tavern - corner ,hath Hafiz his place of ease ,
Like the bird in the garden and like the lion in the forest .

[1]  Komm' o Schenke jetzt sind die Tage der Rosenzeit,Jetzt sind die Tage der Freude.Bring' den Becher heraus, weiters bekümmreDich ums minder und mehr nicht.

[2]  Frohe Kunde, das Heil ist nun gegönnt mit RechtDen Bewohnern von SalemWer die mächtige Huld dankbar erkennt und schätztLobt und preiset den Herren.

[3]  Wo? o wo ist der Both', welcher hievon heut unsFreudenkunde gegeben?Daß statt Silber und Gold hin auf die Erde ichStreuen möge die Seele.

[4]  Welche schönre Gestalt nehmen die Dinge nunDa der Kaiser zurückkehrt.Was der Feind durch Betrug Arges geschmiedet hat,Ist zu Wasser geworden.

[5]  Wer Verträge zerstört wird vom gerechten Loos,Scharf gezüchtiget werden.Von Vernünftigen ward Bund und Vertrag von jeHoch und heilig gehalten.

[6]  Freilich hatte der Feind auf der ErbarmungenWolken Hoffnung gegründet,Aber ausser der Fluth, welche den Augen entströmt,Hat er keine gesehen.

[1]  Openly ,I speak ; and of my own utterance ,heart - happy am I
Love's slave ,I am and of both worlds ,free am I .

[2]   The bird of the holy rose - bed paradise am I .Explanation of separation from paradise what shall I give ,
And into this disaster's snare - place ,how I fell

[3]   The angel ,t was and loftiest paradise was my abode
Into this ruined cloister this world me ,Adam brought ,

[4]   The shade of the Tuba tree ,and the heart - seekingness of the Hur ,and the marge of the pool Kausar
All in desire of the head of Thy street ,passed from my mind .

[5]   On my heart's tablet is naught save the straight alif of the Friend's stature
What may I do Me ,recollection of other letter the teacher the murshid gave not .

[6]   Recognised the star of my fortune ,astrologer none
O Lord of mother - earth ,beneath what natal star ,born was I

[7]   Since ,in love's wine - house ,beringed enslaved I became ,
Momently ,cometh anew a great grief saying Welcome .

[8]   The little man pupil of my eye drinketh the heart's blood in grief Tis fit
For ,to the liver lobe the darling of man ,why gave I my heart

[9]   With the tress - tip ,pure of tear ,make the face of Hafiz
If not ,my foundation ,this torrent momently flowing will take .

[1]  Erstens sag ich es laut, und freue mich dann des Gesagten.Ich bin der Liebe Sklav, frey in dem Leben, im Tod.

[2]  Ich bin ein Vogel der höheren Welt, was soll ich erklären,Wie in dieses Netz, gählinger Weile ich fiel.

[3]  Einstens war ich ein Engel, und wohnte hoch in dem Himmel,Vater Adam hat mich in die Wüste geführt.

[4]  Doch den edenischen Baum, die Fluth Selsebils und die Huris,Alles, alles vergaß ich aus Erinn'rung an Dich.

[5]  In dem Herzen steht nur die Eins des Freundes geschrieben,Was zu thun? ich ward sonst nichts vom Meister gelehrt.

[6]  Noch hat kein Sternenkundiger mir mein Schicksal enträthselt,Herr! o sage mir, was ist das Loos der Geburt?

[7]  Als ich ein treuer Sklave die Schenken der Liebe besuchte,Brachte jeglicher Tag neue Beschwerden für mich.

[8]  Blut beströmet den Stern des Aug's, und dieses wohl billig.Warum gab ich mein Herz anderen Herzen wohl hin!

[9]  Trockne Hafisens Gesicht mit den Spitzen der Locken des Haars ab,Sonsten führet der Strom ganz mein Gebäude hinweg.

[1]  With the point of Thy arrow - glance ,at my heart ,strike not
For ,before Thy sick languishing eye ,I die .

[2]   Within the limit of excellence ,is the lawful portion of beauty
Me ,alms give for miserable and fakir ,I am .

[3]   O Zahid like boys ,how long practisest thou towards me deceitfulness ,
With the apple of the garden of paradise and the honey ,and the milk of the garden

[4]   With the Friend ,my heart's space became full to such a degree ,
That ,lost from my mind ,became the thought of self .

[5]   Full ,make the goblet for from love's fortune ,I
Will make youthful fortune to leap ,though old I am .

[6]   With the wine - sellers ,an arrangement I have made ,
That ,on grief's day ,naught save the cup of love I take .

[7]   Be naught save the account of the minstrel and of wine
If a word the reed of my secretary write .

[8]   In that tumult of the resurrection when another's state none asketh ,
From the Pir of the Magians Muhammad the favour of acceptance before God I accept .

[9]   O happy that moment when independence of intoxication ,
Me ,freedom from dependence on the king and the vazir ,giveth

[10]   I am that bird such that ,every evening and morning ,
From the roof ,the ninth heaven ,cometh the cry of mine .

[11]   In the heart ,great treasures I have
Although me ,poor and indigent the adversary regardeth .

[12]   Off from Hafiz ,my heart I took at that time
When the Saki my necessary friend became .

[1]  Verwunde nicht mein Herz mit Wimpernpfeilen, Vor deinem kranken Aug' muß ich sonst sterben.

[2]  Vollkommen ist der Reiz von deiner Schönheit. Bedürftig bin ich, thu' mir Armen Gutes.

[3]  Wie lang' betrügest du mich noch wie Kinder, Mit schönen Aepfeln, Milch, und Honigkuchen?

[4]  So sehr ist von der Freundinn voll der Busen, Daß Sorge für mich selbst daraus verbannt ist. Wenn je mein Schreiber eine Feder anrührt. So sey's, die Rechnung von dem Wein zu machen.

[5]  O füll' das Glas, ich bin im Glück der Liebe, Noch jung, wiewohl ich schon an Jahren alt bin.

[6]  Ich schloß mit Weinverkäufern dieses Bündniß, Daß mein der Schenke sey am Tag des Grames.

[8]  Im Lärmen fraget keiner um den Andern, Ich nehme Gnaden an von meinem Wirthe,

[9]  O gute Zeit, wo ich, im Rausch begraben, Entbehren kann des Schahs und des Wesirs.

[10]  Ich bin der Vogel, der so früh als Abends Nur auf dem Dach des Himmels niedersitzet.

[11]  Es liegen viel Schätze mir im Busen, Wiewohl der Nebenbuhler arm mich glaubet, Mein Herz hab' ich Hafisen dann entwendet, Als insgeheim den Schenken ich geliebet.

[1]  If to the voice of the bulbul and of the turtle - dove ,wine thou drink not ;
Thee ,how may I cure The last remedy is the cautery .

[2]   Of the colour and perfume of the spring season ,lay up treasure
For keep arriving in pursuit the highwaymen ,autumn and winter .

[3]   When in spring - time her veil the rose up - lifted ; and the bird shouted hu ,hu
From the hand ,the cup put not .Wherefore makest thou the reproachful cry hai ,hai

[4]   The pomp of sovereignty and of command ,how hath it stability
Of the throne of Jamshid and of the diadem of Kay ,only a word hath remained .

[5]   Treasure - possessing ,by the inheritors is kufr ,
According to the word of the minstrel ,and of the Saki and to the decision of the drum and of the pipe .

[6]   Time giveth naught that ,back again ,it taketh not
From the mean ,generosity seek not ; for his existence is no thing worthless

[7]   On the hall of the garden of the Abode the threshold of the perfect murshid they have written
Who purchased the world's favour ,to him ,woe

[8]   Generosity remained not ; my word of counsel I close ; wine is where
To the joy of the soul and the spirit of Hatim Tai ,it give .

[9]   God's perfume of liberality the miser perceiveth not .Hafiz come :
The cup take liberality ,practise on me ,the responsibility that saved thou shall be

[1]  Bei Taubengegirr und Bülbülengesang Wenn nüchtern du bleibest, wo ist denn Arzney!

[2]  O sammle des Frühlinges Farben und Duft. Es kommen die Räuber des Winters hernach.

[3]  Enthüllt sind die Rosen, es klagen die Vögel. O gieb aus den Händen das Glas nicht. Ey, Ey! Du hast in der Hand die belebende Fluth, O trinke; denn alles belebet die Fluth.

[4]  Wann hatte Regierung und Herrschaft Bestand? Von Salomons Throne blieb nur das Gerücht,

[5]  Für Erben zu scharren ist Sünde fürwahr. Beim Laute der Schenken, der Trommeln des Rohrs.

[6]  Nichts schenket die Zeit, was sie wieder nicht nimmt, Was Niedrige geben, ist niedrig und schlecht.

[7]  Es stehet geschrieben am himmlischen Thor Weh dem, der vom Schicksal betrügen sich läßt.

[8]  Freigebigkeit giebt's nicht, drum drehet das Wort, Und trinket mit Wein die Gesundheit Hatems.

[9]  Es sieht auf des Geizigen Duft nicht der Herr, Ergreife den Becher, Hafis, auf mein Wort.

[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 .