[1]  If life were ,to the wine - house ,I would go another time :
Save the service of profligates ,I would do no other work .

[2]   Happy that day ,when ,with weeping eye ,I go
So that ,on the wine - house door ,water of tears I may dash an other time .

[3]   In this tribe with whom ,I am captive divine knowledge is none ,O God a little help ,
Whereby ,my own jewel of existence I may take to an other purchaser .

[4]   If the true Beloved departed and recognised not the right of ancient society .
God forbid that I should go in pursuit of an other beloved .

[5]   If my helper be the circle of the azure sphere ,
Him the true Beloved to hand ,I will bring with an other compass .

[6]   Ease seeketh my heart ,if permit
His bold glance and that cut - purse tress an other time .

[7]   Behold our closed - up mystery that ,as a tale ,they uttered ,
Momently ,with drum and reed ,at the head of an other bazar .

[8]   Momently ,with pain ,I bewail .For ,momently ,the sky ,
For my wounded heart ,maketh device with an other torment :

[9]   Again ,I say Captive in this matter of pain not alone is Hafiz
In this desert of pain overwhelmed ,hath become many an other person .

[1]  Komm' ich noch einmal in's Leben,Geh' ich in die Schenke wieder,Will alsdann nichts anders thun, alsTrunkene bedienen wieder.

[2]  Dreymal fröhlich ist die Stunde,Wo mit thränenvollen AugenIch zur Schenke gehen werde,Wasser auszugießen wieder.

[3]  Herr mein Gott! es haben dieseLeute nicht die kleinste Kenntniß,Meine Edelsteine will ichAndern Käufern bieten wieder.

[4]  Wenn mein Freund von dannen gehet,Alter Bande sich erinnernd,Gott behüt' mich, daß ich sollteAndre Freunde suchen wieder.

[5]  Wenn des blauen Himmels KreislaufMich ein wenig hier beängstigt,Werd' in einem andern ZeitlaufMeinen Freund ich finden wieder.

[6]  Mein Gemüth sucht längstens Ruhe,Wenn nur jenes Schelmenauge,Jene losen SternenlockenSchon vorüber wären wieder.

[7]  Mein verborgenes GeheimnißIst die Fabel aller Leute,Mit dem Pfeile, mit der TrommelGeht es auf den Marktplatz wieder.

[8]  Alle Augenblicke klag' ichUeber Leiden, denn der HimmelZielt auf mich mit jeder Stunde,Daß er mich verwunde wieder.

[9]  Du Hafis bist nicht vereinzelt,Viele sind in dieser Wüste,Viele sind zu Grund gegangen,"Sag' ich zu mir selber wieder.

[1]  If to us a letter ,that perfumed hair the beloved had written ,
The leaf of our existence ,the sphere would not have folded up .

[2]   Although separation bringeth forth the fruit of union ,
Would to God that this seed ,the villager of the world God had not sown .

[3]   Forgiveness is the cash of that one to whom ,here ,
Is a Friend like a hurl and an abode like a paradise .

[4]   In love's inn ,one cannot make happiness
When the pillow is golden ,with a brick ,I am content .

[5]   For the garden of Iram ,and the power of Shudad ,sell not
A bottle of wine of love and a sweet lip of the murshid and the border of a field .

[6]   O wise heart grief for a mean world ,how long
Alas it is that with beauteousness ,it the heart became the lover of hideousness

[7]   The stain of the khirka is the ruin of the world
A way - farer ,one of heart ,one pure of nature where

[8]   From his hand ,Thy tress - tip why did Hafiz let go
Thus ,was fate .What would he have done ,if he had not let go

[1]  Hätte dieser schwarze Bart Mir ein Wort geschrieben, O das Blatt von meinem Seyn Wäre aufgeschrieben!

[2]  Bringet Trennung gleich zuletzt Früchte des Genusses, Besser wär's, man hätte jetzt Nicht verpflanzt den Samen. Deine Feder hört nie auf Zucker auszuströmen! Doch du zeigtest Liebe nicht, Schriebest keine Antwort. Hätte dich der Architekt Liebe nicht gebauet, Wär' mit Liebe Menschenthon Nicht geknetet worden?

[3]  Sage mir vom Paradies Nichts, du frommer Klausner, Denn mein Mädchen ist Huri, Und mein Haus ist Eden.

[4]  Nimmer ruht es sich bequem Auf der Liebe Soffa. Mangeln goldne Polster nur, Thun's auch Strohtapeten.

[5]  Gieb nicht für den Prunk Schebads, Für den Garten Erems, Eine Flasche voll von Wein, Eine Saat der Lippen. Was ist für ein Unterschied Zwischen unserm Wissen, Wer nicht sieht, was weiß er wohl, Was da schön und mild sey. Nicht allein in meinem Sinn Ist ein Götzentempel, Ueberall steht ein Alatr, Ueberall Idole.

[6]  Weises Herz, wie lang wirst du Leiden auf der Erde? Weh des Schönen, welches sich Hat verliebt in Wilde.

[7]  Von dem Kleid mit Wein befleckt, Rühret her das Unglück, Sage, wo ist wohl der Mann Deines Sinns und Herzens.

[8]  Warum ließ Hafis dein Haar Wohl aus seinen Händen, So ward es ihm einst bestimmt, Konnt' er anders handeln?

[1]  From the street of the friend the perfect murshid came the fragrant breeze of the nau - ruz guidance in the Path to God
From this breeze ,if them desire aid ,the lamp of the heart ,thou mayest kindle .

[2]   If ,like the red rose ,a particle of red gold thou hast ,for God's sake ,expend it in pleasure
For caused Karun's errors ,the passion for gold - gathering .

[4]   To the garden ,go that ,from the bulbul ,love's mysteries thou mayst take to mind ;
To the assembly ,come ; so that from Hafiz ,ghazal - singing ,thou mayst learn .

[6]   Seeking the path of the true Beloved's desire is what 'Tis the abandoning of our own desire
The crown of sovereignty is that which from this abandoning ,thou stitchest .

[7]   Within the screen ,speech I utter ; forth from thyself ,like the rose - bud from the bud come
For ,not more than a space of five days ,is the order of the chief of a nau - ruz .

[8]   The lament of the turtle - dove by the marge of the stream ,I know not where - fore it is
Perchance ,like me ,a grief it hath night and day .

[9]   A wine like the pure soul ,I have yet its detraction ,the Sufi maketh
O God let not ill fortune be the sage's portion - ^ even one day

[10]   Separated became thy sweet friend the murshid candle now ,sit alone
For this the sky's decree is whether thou be content ; or whether thou consume .

[11]   Excluded from the means of joy ,in wonder of knowledge ,one cannot be
Saki come ; to the fool arriveth the largest victual - portion .

[12]   O heart go wine drink and profligacy and the abandoning of hypocrisy practise
For a Path better than this ,I wonder whether thou mayst learn .

[1]  Vom Gau des Freundes kömmt der Hauch des neuen Festes, Fach' an, wenn's dir gefällt, damit des Herzens Lampe.

[2]  Hast du wie Rosen Gold, bei Gott! verwend's auf Liebe. Das Gold hat in Ruin Karunen nicht gestürzet.

[4]  Geh' auf die Flur, und lern' von Nachtigallen Liebe, Komm' in den Freundenkreis, und lern' Hafisens Lieder.

[6]  Erreichet wird dein Wunsch, wenn du dich selbst verläugnest, Dir wird der Freiheitshut, wenn Allem du entsagest.

[7]  Ich spreche ja verhüllt, o komm' heraus wie Rosen. Es währet ja das Fest nur fünf der flücht'gen Tage.

[8]  Ich weiß nicht, was am Strom die Turteltaube girret, Vielleicht ist sie wie ich bei Tag und Nacht in Schmerzen.

[9]  Ich habe reinen Wein, auf den der Fromme schmählet, O Gott! den Weisen soll nichts Widriges begegnen!

[10]  Es floh' dein süßer Freund, nun bleib' allein, o Kerze! So ist das Loos, nun sey geduldig, oder brenne.

[11]  Bewundern und zugleich entbehren ist verboten, Komm' Schenk'! der Dumme wird um so viel mehr jetzt heucheln. Trink' Wein, berausche Dich, o Herz! laß Gleißnereien, Es wunderte mich sehr, wenn du was Bessers wüßtest.

[1]  O heart that moment when ,intoxicated with wine rose of hue ,thou art
Without gold and treasure ,with a hundred pomps of Karun thou art .

[2]   In the stage where to fakirs the seat of wazlrship ,they give ,
I expect that above all in rank thou art .

[3]   In the path to the abode of Laila the true Beloved wherein are dangers ,
The first condition of its step is ,that Majnun the perfect lover thou be .

[4]   Thee ,love's centre I showed .Ho mistake make not
If not ,when thou lookest outside of the circle of lovers thou art .

[5]   Departed ,the karvan of thy fellow - travellers and ,in sleep ,thou art and the desert is in front
O heart I know not how thou goest from whom ,the path thou askest what thou doest how in this desert ,ignorant of the path ,alone thou art .

[6]   The kingly crown ,thou seekest the essence perfection of thy own nature ,display
If ,indeed ,of the essence the race of Jamshid and of Firidun thou be .

[7]   A cup ,drink and on the skies ,a draught ,cast
On .account of time's grief ,the liver of blood of grief how long ,how long art thou

[8]   Hafiz of poverty ,bewail not .For ,if this be thy poetry ,
Appeareth no one happy of heart ,that sorrowful thou shouldst be .

[1]  Mein Herz! wenn du vom rothen Wein Zu Grund gerichtet bist, So wisse, daß du ohne Gold Reich wie Karun einst bist.

[2]  Wenn man die Ehrenstellen einst Den Armen wird verleih'n, So hoffe ich, daß du alsdann, Weit mehr als alle bist.

[3]  Auf Leila's Pfad, der voll Gefahr Und voll Beschwerde ist, Ist vor dem Andern Allem noth, Daß ein Medschnun du bist.

[4]  Ich zeigte dir der Liebe Punkt, Gieb acht und irre nicht, Daß du, indessen du hinsiehst, Nicht aus dem Zirkel bist.

[5]  Die Karawane ist schon fort, Du schlägst der Trägheit Schlaf, Wen fragest, und was machst du denn, Ey sage, wie du bist.

[6]  Du geizest nach dem Fürstenthron, Zeig deine Eigenschaft, Und wenn du aus dem Stamm Dschemschids Und Feridunens bist.

[7]  Du trink den Becher aus, und wirf Die Hefen himmelan, Weil du genug vom Gram der Zeit Mit Blut beflecket bist.

[8]  Hafis beklag' die Armuth nicht, Sind diese Lieder dein, So wird kein Edler zugesteh'n, Daß du betrübet bist.

[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 .