[1]  Who ,for the sight of the true Beloved ,opened my eye ,that one am I
O work - door ,slave cherisher what thanks to Thee ,shall I utter

[2]   To the indigent man of calamity ,say : From dust ,wash not thy face
For the dust of the street of indigency is the alchemy of thy desire .

[3]   O heart from the difficulties of the path ,turn not the rein
For ,of descent and of ascent ,reflecteth not the man of the Path .

[4]   If with the blood of the liver ,purification in love the lover of God make not ,
By the word of the mufti of love ,not true is his prayer .

[5]   In this illusory stage ,save the cup of love for God take naught
In this house the world save love ,a pastime play not .

[6]   Independent of love ,though Thy beauty is ,
Not that one am I who ,from this love - playing ,back will turn .

[7]   To Thee ,how may I utter what ,from the burning of my heart ,I behold
Of my tears ,ask the tale for not the informer am I .

[8]   The desire of beauty's glance is his If not ,is no need
Of the tress of Ayaz to the beauty of Mahmud's fortune .

[9]   The ghazal - singing of Nahid Venus ,the minstrel of the sky taketh not the lead .
In that place ,where forth his voice of song Hafiz bringeth .

[1]  Zwey Thränen, welche du, o Aug'!Geweinet hast,Versichern die LiebkosungenVon deinem Glück.

[2]  Ich bins, der's Auge aufgethanDen Freund zu seh'n,Wie dank' ich dir, o Gott,Vermitteler!

[3]  Wisch' nicht von deinem AngesichtDer Bitte Staub,Denn er ist für den WünschendenDer Weisen Stein.

[4]  O Herz! Lenk' nicht ob schlechtem WegDen Zügel ab,Es denken Reisende nicht aufBerg auf, Berg ab.

[5]  Wenn sich der Liebende mit BlutNicht reiniget,Gilt sein Gebet vor dem MuftiDer Liebe wohl? Was nützet mir der SchwätzermundDes Frühlingswind'sWenn die Cypreße selber nichtGeheimniß birgt.

[6]  In diesem Fabelort ergreiff'Nichts als das Glas,In diesem Spielerhause spiel'Nun Minnespiel.

[7]  Mit einem halben Kuß erkauf'Ein Herzgebet,Daß du an Seel und Leibe freyVon Banden seyst.

[1]  Bird ,auspicious of foot ,gracious of message ,welcome
Happy thy arrival What news of the Friend He is where His path is what

[2]   O Lord be the grace of eternity without beginning the guide of this kafila ,
By means of which ,to the snare the enemy hath come and to His desire ,the Beloved .

[3]   No limit hath tale of me and of my Beloved
Whatever no beginning hath ,no ending taketh .

[4]   Grace beyond limit ,bringeth the rose the true Beloved with generosity ,Thy face display
Elegance ,the cypress displayeth and in its pride pleasant is not .For God's sake so that it may be ashamed forth gracefully move

[5]   Since the heart - possessing tress keepeth ordering me the zunnar the mystic cord which is contrary to the khirka
O khwaja go for ,on our body ,unlawful is the khirka .

[6]   The bird of my soul that ,from the summit of the Sidra tree ,crieth out
It ,at last ,into the snare of Thy beauty the grain of Thy mole cast .

[7]   For my blood - raining eye ,how is sleep fit
He who hath a grievous malady that slayeth how sleepeth he

[8]   To me ,heart - bereft ,Thou showest no pity I said
This is my claim that Thou pity me and this ,Thou art and this is the opportune time .

[9]   If inclination for Thy eye - brow ,Hafiz have ,it is fit
In the corner of the prayer - arch ,their dwelling ,men of eloquence or men of the Kuran will make .

[1]  Sey willkommen, o glücklicher Vogel,Gesegneter Bothe!Welche Kunde vom Freunde vom Guten?Wo führet sein Weg hin?

[2]  Herr! Du leite der Reisenden HeerzugDurch ewige Güte;Sie verstricken die Feinde in Schlingen,Sie beglücken Verliebte.

[3]  Was sich alles mit mir und dem LieblingHat Verschiednes ereignet,Hat kein Ende, denn leider! gebrichts hierSo am Ausgang wie Anfang.

[4]  Allzu üppig erscheinen die Rosen,Zeig' die Hülle des Geistes!Wohl bewegen sich schwankend Cypressen,Doch nicht lieblich, o Wandler!

[5]  Wenn der Liebling befiehlt, aus den LockenFeuergürtel zu machen,Dann, o Meister! ist's uns nicht erlaubet,Ordenskleider zu tragen.

[6]  Jüngst noch prahlte der Vogel des GeistesMit dem Lebensbaum Sidra,Sieh da hat ihn das Körnlein des MaalesIn die Schlingen gelocket.

[7]  Sage, ziemt es dem blutigen AugeZiemt es ihm wohl zu schlafen?Kann derjenige schlafen, der siechendStets in Todesgefahr liegt.

[8]  Du zeigst leider! mir Elenden keineHuld, keine ErbarmungDieses ist vorüber, ich klage,So bist du und die Zeiten.

[9]  Wenn Hafis zu den Brauen sich hinneigt,Ist's nicht anders als billig,Denn es machen die Künstler der RedeHochaltäre aus selben.

[1]  For the sake of love's existence are man and Pari ,
A little pure desire ,show ,so that a great happiness in attaining to true love thou mayst achieve .

[2]   Khwaja strive portionless of .love be not
For none buyeth the slave with the defect of being void of skill .

[3]   The wine of the morning draught ,and the sweet sleep of dawn ,how long
For pardon strive by the supplication of mid - night ; and ,with the weeping of the morning .

[4]   O dainty one ,sorcery - player what doll art thou thyself
Neither in front of the eye art thou nor hidden from vision art thou .

[5]   A thousand holy souls consumed on account of this jealousy ,
For ,every morning and evening ,the candle of another assembly thou art .

[6]   The message from me to His Highness Asaf ,who taketh ,
Saying Recollect two hemistiches of mine in Dan verse

[7]   Come ,so that ,even so ,the world's way I may behold
If ,examination ,thou wilt make ,wine ,thou drinkest and grief ,sufferest not .

[8]   On thy head of beauty ,aslant in pride be not the crown of sovereignty
For ,the beauty of fortune ,and worthy of throne and of the crown of gold ,thou art .

[9]   By the perfume of Thy tress and Thy cheek ,go and come ,
The morning breeze for acquiring from Thy tress the power of perfume - diffusing ,and the rose for acquiring from Thy cheek splendour .

[10]   Since ,prepared of vision ,thou art not ,union ,seek not ,
For ,no good doeth the world - viewing cup of Jamshid at the time of being without vision .

[11]   Turneth calamity the prayer of the corner - sitters
With a corner of thy eye ,at us corner - sitters wherefore lookest thou not

[12]   O beloved come and ,from us ,with the capital of thy beauty ,sovereignty purchase
Careless of this matter ,be not ,lest sorrow thou suffer .

[13]   Love's Path is a path wonderfully dangerous ,
We seek refuge in God If to a place of safety ,the path thou take not .

[14]   By the blessing of the prayer of Hafiz ,is hope that again
I may see the traces of glories of my Laila the true Beloved in the path of the night ,luminous with the moon .

[1]  Menschen und Feen sind ungebetene Gäste der Liebe, Zeige mir Willenskraft, sicher entführst du das Glück.

[2]  Suche keinen Genuß, wenn du nicht im Stand bist zu schauen, Denn der Spiegel Dschemschids nützet den Sehenden nur.

[3]  Morgentrunk und Morgenschlaf, wie lange noch währt dieß? Sinn' auf Entschuldigung, höre das Morgengeschrey.

[5]  Tausend heilige Seelen, sie sind entbrennet voll Eifer, Weil du Abends und früh Anderen haltest das Licht.

[7]  Komm', ich habe so viel aus langer Erfahrung gelernet, Welcher das Weinglas leert, leeret die Sorgen auch aus.

[8]  Niemals sey der Wipfel von deiner Cypresse gekrümmet, Denn wahrhaftig du bist würdig der Krone des Throns.

[9]  Rosen und Ostwind kommen und gehen mit Glanz und Gerüchen, Diese vom Dufte des Haars, jener vom Licht des Gesichts.

[11]  Winkelsitzergebet verhütet Schaden und Unglück. Warum blickest du nicht mir nach dem Winkel des Aug's? Was soll ich thun, verwirrt von der Trennung, und von dem Genuße? Immer bist du im Aug', aber von Angesicht fern.

[12]  Komm' und kaufe die Herrschaft von uns mit dem Schatze der Schönheit, Sorge dafür, daß du's nicht mögest verzehren umsonst. Höre den Meister, und sey nicht ganz entblößet von Liebe, Niemand kaufet den Knecht, wenn er nicht Tugenden hat. Jegliche Nachricht öffnet das Thor zu neuen Geschäften, Deßhalb bin ich berauscht, bin so verloren und irr'. Zeige mir doch den Weg in diesen finsteren Gängen. Schon tönt Morgengebet, tönet das Morgengeschrey.

[13]  Wunderlich ist der Weg der Lieb' und voll von Gefahren, Laßt uns flüchten zu Gott, daß er uns Sicherheit geb'. Siehe! sie kommen und gehen in Hoffnung des Duftes der Locken, Winde verstreuen das Roth, Rosen bedienen sich deß. Durch die Schmerzen der Freundinn bin ich auf ewig gebunden, Hin ist mein Leben durch sie, aber mich kümmert es nicht. Kennet der Unerfahrene wohl die heimlichen Freuden? Wollte Gott, ich hätt' Kräfte zu Freuden des Gau's! Mein Geheimniß, o Freund! ist durch die Thränen verrathen, Du erbarme dich mein, der zur Genüge mich kennt! Trockenen Mund's gieng ich vorbei am Wasser des Lebens, Hilf mir, Schenke, o hilf, reich' mir vom lautersten Trunk! Wenn Hafis für dich einst stirbt, an der Schwelle der Thüre Wird ihm durch den Tod ewiges Leben zu Theil.

[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 .

[63]   From this simum blast of lust that ,by the garden - borders ,passed ,
Wonder that from the heart of love's lust the colour of a rose remaineth ,or the perfume of a jessamine .

[64]   I have heard that ,for dogs ,thou appointest a collar
On Hafiz's neck ,why placest thou not a rope

[65]   Hafiz in this calamity ,ruined became time's temper
Where is the thought of a physician or the judgment of a Barhaman

[66]   Drink the cup of the wine of unity of a man
So that ,by it grief's root ,up from the heart ,thou mayst pluck .

[67]   Expanded ,keep the heart ,like the cup of wine
Head closed how long like a large jar

[68]   When ,from the jar of selflessness ,a ritl thou drinkest ,
Less of thyself voluntarily thou boastest of self .

[69]   Like the humble and worthless stone at thy foot be ,not like the water of the cloud glorying in sublimity
All colour of deceit ,thou mixest and wet of skirt lust - stained thou art .

[70]   To wine ,bind the heart ,so that ,like a man ,
The neck of hypocrisy and of piety thou mayst shatter .

[71]   Arise ,and ,like Hafiz ,an effort in the service of the Pir of tarikat make so that ,perchance ,
Thyself ,at the true Beloved's foot ,thou mayest cast .