[1]  O beloved display thy face and my existence from my mind take
And the harvest of those consumed ,lovers say O wind all take .

[2]   When to the deluge of calamity ,we gave our heart and eye ,
Say : Come grief's torrent ,and up ,from its foundation ,our house take .

[3]   His tress ,like pure ambergris ,who may smell Alas
O heart raw of greed ,from thy memory this matter of smelling His tress take .

[4]   Tell the heart By thy own great fire slay quench the flame of the great fire - temple of Fars
Tell the eye : By thy great weeping lustre from the face of the mighty Tigris of Baghdad take .

[5]   Be the fortune wherein is no decline of the Fir of the Magians ,because the travelling of the rest is easy .
If another go say Go and out from thy memory for easy is this our name ,take .

[6]   In this path of divine knowledge effort not borne ,thou reachest not to place of rank
If thou seek the reward ,the service of the teacher the murshid take .

[7]   On the day of my death ,give me ,one moment ,the promise of seeing Thee
Then to the tomb me ,free and independent ,take .

[8]   Last night ,He the Beloved said With my long dark eye - lashes ,I will slay thee
O Lord from His heart ,the thought of injustice take .

[9]   Hafiz think of the delicacy of the true Beloved's heart
From His court ,go and this thy wailing and lamenting ,take .

[1]  Zeig' das Gesicht, damit ichMeines Daseyns vergesse,Streu' in den Wind die SpreuVerbrannter Herzen, trage sie fort.

[2]  Augen und Herz hab' ich derFluth des Elend's geweihet,Sage zum Strom' des Grams:Zerstör' mein Wesen, trage es fort.

[3]  Ha! wer vermag den MoschusSeiner Locken zu riechen,Diese Begier, mein Herz,Must du verbannen, trage sie fort.

[4]  Sage der Brust: entflamme denHeuchler, unseren Mobed,Sage dem Aug': verschling'Des Tygers Fluthen, trage sie fort.

[5]  Lebe der Wirth! und leicht istAlles Uebrige sonsten,Andere giebt es nochAus dem Gedächtniß, trag' mich nicht fort.

[6]  Ohne Bemüh'n wird's dir aufDiesem Weg nicht gelingen,Willst du den Lohn, gehorch'Zuerst dem Meister, trag' ihn dann fort.

[7]  Gieb mir das Wort, an meinemSterbetag mich zu besuchen,Und du befreyest michHinfort von Leiden, tragest sie fort.

[8]  Gestern noch sprach er: ich willMorden dich mit den Wimpern,Blutiger Sinn, entfleuchAus seinem Herzen, trage dich fort!

[9]  Denke Hafis! des FreundesZartes weiches Gemüthe,Geh', und entferne von ihmDie Klagetöne, trage sie fort.

[1]  Saki true Beloved come back ; for of Thy service ,desirous I am :
Of Thy service ,and of prayer - uttering for Thy fortune ,desirous I am .

[2]   O perfect murshid from that place ,where is the common bounty of the cup of happiness of thy splendour .
From the zulmat of astonishment ,me the path of going out ,show .

[3]   Drowned in the sea of sin from a hundred sides ,though I be
Since I became love's friend ,of the people of mercy am P .

[4]   O Fakih me ,for profligacy or for ill - fame ,censure not
For ,from the Court of Fate ,pre - ordained was this .

[5]   Drink wine .For ,neither by acquisition ,nor by choice ,is the being a lover
Me ,this gift reached from the heritage of creation* ..

[6]   I ,who ,in my life ,chose not travelling from my native land ,
In the love of seeing Thee ,desirous of travelling am .

[7]   In love's path ,the mighty river and the lofty mountain and I ,shattered and battered
Khizr .auspicious of foot by thy prayer ,aid give me .

[8]   Far from the door of fortune of Thy shelter ,apparently am I
But ,with soul and heart ,of the crowd of dwellers of Thy presence ,am I .

[9]   Before Thy eye ,Hafiz will sacrifice his life
In this fancy ,I am ,if respite me life will give .

[10]   In Thy eye - brow bow vision's arrow up to the ear of sense
Is brought and drawn for an opportunity for Thee to shoot an arrow delaying ,I am .

[1]  O Morgenwind, wenn du durchhauchstDie Moschuslocken,So sollst du meiner EifersuchtJa nicht vergessen.

[2]  Komm' Schenke, denn ich möchte dirSo gerne dienen,Ich sehne mich nach deinem Dienst,Und wünsche deinen Segen.

[3]  Vom Orte wo dein Becher strahlt,Mich zu entfernen,Dünkt mir so finster als das LandDer Finsterniße.

[4]  Bin ich auch hundertmal versenktIn's Meer der Sünden,So wird mir doch verziehn, wenn ichDie Liebe kenne.

[5]  O Frommer! schmäh' nicht meinen RauschUnd bösen Namen,Denn dieses war von EwigkeitMir so bestimmt.

[6]  O trinke Wein, die Lieb' ist nichtIn meiner Willkühr,Von Ewigkeit her gab man sieMir zum Geschenke.

[7]  Nie gieng ich aus dem VaterlandIn meinem Leben,Doch sieh', ich gehe dir zu liebNun in die Fremde.

[8]  Auf meinem Weg liegt Berg und Meer,Ich bin erkranket,O Chiser, du Gesegneter,Komm' mir zu Hülfe.

[9]  Zwar bin ich fern dem Anschein nachVon deiner Pforte,Allein ich bin mit Geist und HerzStets gegenwärtig. Ich führe meinen BlickpfeilVon meinen BrauenZum Ohre der Vernunft hinan,Und laure dorten.

[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]  Since my Sulaima went to 'Irak .
Through love for her ,I meet with what I meet with ,the pain of separation

[2]   Ho camel - driver of the friend's litter
Towards your riders of the camels of the karvan great hath become my longing .

[3]   Into the Zinda stream of Isfahan cast thy wisdom wine ,drink ,
To the shout of youths of 'Irak .

[4]   The spring of life is passed in the sward of thy care
O time of union God protect thee .

[5]   Saki come me ,the heavy ritl give
God give thee to drink from a full cup .

[6]   Back to my recollection ,youthfulness bring
The sound of the harp and the hand - waiving of the Saki .

[7]   The remaining wine ,give ,so that ,intoxicated and happy of heart ,
My remaining life ,I may scatter as a sacrifice on friends .

[8]   From not seeing the beloved ,blood became my heart
Now evil befall the days of separation

[9]   My scanty tears after separation from you ,regard not mean ;
For ,from small streams ,many a great sea is collected .

[10]   A moment ,with well - wishers ,be concordant
Affairs of concord ,plunder reckon .

[11]   O minstrel ,sweet singer ,sweet speaker prepare
An 'Irak note in Persian verse .

[12]   O daughter of the vine the pleasant bride ,thou art
But ,sometimes ,worthy of divorce ,thou art .

[13]   The lonely un - married Masiha ,it suiteth
That ,fellowship with the sun ,he should make .

[14]   Not our lot ,is the union of friends
Hafiz ghazals of 'Irak ,utter .

[1]  Seit meine Suleima nach Irack gewandert, Find' ich in ihrer Liebe Schmerz.

[2]  O Führer des Weges zur Wohnung der Freundinn, Wie gern bestieg ich deinen Gaul!

[3]  Beleb' den Verstand, und betrink dich mit Weine Beim Saitenton, nach Iraks Art.

[4]  Es grünet der Frühling auf Eueren Weiden, Beschütze, Herr, Genusseszeit! Vorbei ist schon lange die Zeit des Genusses, Ich schwimme jetzt im Trennungsquell.

[5]  Gieb mir, o Schenke, den schweresten Becher, Gott tränke dich aus vollem Glas!

[6]  Die Töne der Laute, das Händegewühle Erinnern an die Jugend mich.

[7]  O gieb mir den übrigen Wein, daß betrunken Den Freunden ich mein Leben weih'!

[8]  Mein Innres ist blutig von Freunden entfernt, Die Trennungsstunde geh' zu Grund!

[9]  Es folget die Thräne des Aug's mir oft rückwärts, Verschmäht sie nicht, sie ist ein Meer,

[10]  O sey mit den Freunden verträglich und einig, Benütze die Gelegenheit,

[11]  O Lieblicher! Spiele zum persischen Lied' Die Weisen von Iraks Gesang.

[12]  So schön bist du, Tochter der Rebe, so bist du Die Ehescheidung doch oft werth.

[13]  Mit Sonnen ein Bündniß zu schließen, geziemet Dem Herren Jesus nur allein. Das Alter verbietet mir Schöne zu lieben, Verbeut Umarmungen und Kuß.

[14]  Es ist noch mein Schicksal zu freu'n mich der Freunde, Hafis! nach Iraks Weise sing'.

[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 .