[1]  A piece of advice ,I make thee listen make no excuse
Whatever the kind admonisher saith to thee ,accept .

[2]   With those of youthful face ,the enjoyment of union take up
For ,in ambush of life ,is the deceit of the old world .

[3]   Before lovers of God the affluence of both worlds is as a barley - corn
For ,that world is of little merchandise and this world of little value .

[4]   A pleasant companion ,I desire ; and some music with an instrument
That ,to the wail of bass and of treble ,I may utter my pain .

[5]   On that ,I am intent that I drink no wine ,and commit no sin ,
If fate be concordant with my desire .If not ,I am helpless

[6]   When ,without my presence ,they Fate and Destiny made God's decree of eternity without beginning ,
If a little ,not in accordance with fate ,be from me carp not .

[7]   O Saki into my cup ,pour pure wine like the ruddy tulip ,
That ,from my mind ,depart not the picture of the idol's mole .

[8]   The ruby cup of bounty ,bring ; and the pearl of beautiful water lustrous verse
Tell the envious one The liberality of an Asaf ,behold and die

[9]   A hundred times ,with the resolve of repentance ,out of my hand the goblet ,I put :
But ,desisting from wine ,the Saki's glance maketh not .

[10]   Wine two years old the Kuran and the beloved fourteen years old
For me ,this indeed is enough ,the society of the small the two years and of the great the fourteen years

[11]   Our affrighted heart ,who hindereth
To Majnun ,escaped from chains ,give ye news .

[12]   Hafiz in this banquet - place ,utter not the tale of repentance as to wine
For ,thee ,with the arrow ,the Sakis of bow eye - brow will strike .

[13]   For the utterance of Khaju and the verse of Salman what room
For ,better than the beauteous verse of Zahir is the verse of Hafiz .

[1]  Sagt ich nicht o Herz! vor den Locken hüt' dich,Denn es werden Winde drinnen gefesselt.

[2]  Einen Rath will ich dir ertheilen, hör' michKeine Ausflucht, was dir der Freund sagt, thue.

[3]  Mache zum Gewinn den Genuß der Schönen;Denn das Schicksal lauert im Hinterhalte.

[4]  Erd' und Himmel gilt bei Verliebten wenig;Denn der Preis ist groß und die Waare winzig.

[5]  Einen Trauten wünsch' ich und eine Flöte,Daß ich beiden meine Gefühle klage.

[6]  Nimmer Wein zu trinken entschlossen bin ich,Wenn nur auch das Loos den Entschluß begünstigt

[7]  Da das Schicksal uns nicht um Rath gefragt hat,Will ich, wenn es mir nicht behagt, nicht schmälen.

[8]  Gieß' mir Moschuswein in den Becher Schenke!Daß aus meinem Innern dein Maal nicht schwinde.

[9]  Bring' des Wein's Rubin, des Sorbets Perlen,Sag' zum Neid: betrachte die Großmuth, sterbe!

[10]  Reuig setzt ich oft den Becher nieder;Doch der Schenke hört nicht auf zu schmeicheln.

[11]  Wein von zwey und Mädchen von vierzehn JahrenSind mein Umgang, Alte und Junge sprech' ich.

[12]  Wer vermag zu halten mein Herz! nun so schreyt denn:Aufgeschaut! ein Rasender ist entlaufen. Wer vergleicht meinen Gedichten Selman'sVerse? Sie besingen Soheir's Lieder.

[1]  Bitter strong wine ,whose power is man - overthrowing ,I desire
Perchance ,a moment ,from the world and its iniquity and clamour ,I may rest .

[2]   No time of ease ,hath time's table cherishing the mean
O heart from its bitter and salted victuals ,wash the palate of greed and of avarice .

[3]   O heart wine of love bring .For safe without it from the deceit of the sky the traitor one cannot go :
Deceit caused by the sport of Venus ,its harper ; and of Mars ,its blood - thirsty one .

[4]   The Bahram hunting noose lust's desires let go the cup of love of Jamshid ,uptake
For ,this desert the world we have traversed .Visible is neither Bahram sensual desire nor his wild ass .

[5]   Come so that ,in pure wine ,time's mystery ,we may show
On the condition that ,to those crooked of disposition and blind of heart ,thou show it not .

[6]   To glance at darvishes is not against greatness
With all his pomp ,Sulaiman ,his mercy - glance was with the feeble ant .

[7]   From Hafiz ,turneth not its head the bow of the eye - brow of the true Beloved
But ,at this His arm full of force ,to Hafiz laughter cometh .

[1]  Meine flüßigen RubinenWill ich aus Smaragden trinken,Denn die Mönche sind wie Schlangen,Ich will sie damit verblenden.

[2]  Bittern Wein verlang' ich, dessenStärke selbst die Männer umwirft,Daß ich von den ErdenplagenDoch ein wenig ruhen möge.

[3]  Auf der Tafel dieser ErdeGiebt es keinen Ruhehonig,Herz, gieb auf die lockern Wünsche,Bitters sey dir gleich und Süßes.

[4]  Bringe Wein! wer könnte sicherBleiben vor des Himmels Raubsucht,Wenn dort Sohre Lauten schlaget,Und Merih die Waffen traget.

[5]  Zieh' das Jägernetz Behram's ein,Heb' empor das Glas Dschemschidens.Ich durchlief das Feld, entdeckteNicht Behram und nicht sein Grabmal.

[6]  Komm' daß ich in reinem WeineDir der Welt Geheimniß zeige,Doch mit der Bedingniß, daß duNicht dein Herz den Schiefen zeigest.

[7]  Auf Derwische niederblicken,Ist der Größe nicht zuwider;Salomon mit seiner GrößeBlickte auf die Ameis nieder.

[1]  Affrighted ,became my heart ; and careless ,I ,the darvish ,am ,
As to what hath happened ,to that great bewildered prey my heart

[2]   For the head of my own faith ,I trembled like the willow
For ,in the hand of one of bow eye - brow ,Kafir in religion ,is my heart .

[3]   From much weeping the fancy of the spirit of the mighty sea ,I a mere drop mature .Alas
In the head of this drop ,absurd of thought HSfiz are what crude fancies

[4]   Of that eye - lash ,bold ,rest - slayer ,I boast
On the tip of whose point ,the wave of the sweet water of life dasheth .

[5]   From the sleeve of a thousand physicians ,trickleth blood ,
If ,for examination ,a hand on my wounded heart ,drowned in blood ,head to foot they place .

[6]   In the street of the wine - house the murshid's threshold weeping and head cast down ,I go
Because ,of my empty ,vain produce ,ever cometh shame to me .

[7]   Remaineth neither the prolonged age of Khjzr ,nor the great dominion of Sikandar
Darvish upon the head of the mean world ,strife make not .

[8]   Hafiz I to that girdle of the true Beloved reacheth not every beggar's hand
The treasury greater than Karun's treasure ,to hand bring .

[1]  O Sklav! beklage dichNicht über deine Feinde,Der Liebe nicht zu sprechen ziemtZu wenig und zu viel.

[2]  Mein Herz ist aufgeschreckt,Ich sorg' nicht als Derwisch,Was vor der Jagd des störrigenVorhergegangen sey.

[3]  Wie Weiden zittre ichAus Furcht vor meinem Glauben,Es hält mein Herz ein BogenschützVon den Ungläubigen.

[4]  Ich trage mich herumMit der Idee des MeeresEin Tropfen ich! was denk' ich Tropf',Was für Unmöglichkeit!

[5]  Ich will ein Opfer seynDem Augenhaar des Mörders,Ich seh', auf seinen Spitzen wogtDes Lebenswassers Fluth.

[6]  Vom Arztesärmel strömtDas Blut aus tausend Strömen,Wenn er die Hand auf's wunde HerzEs zu befühlen leget.

[7]  Ich geh' mit ThränenfluthUnd mit gesenktem HaupteZur Schenke, denn ich schäme michVor meinen Handlungen.

[8]  Das Leben Chisers undDie Herrschaft AlexandersSind längst verschwunden, o DerwischZank' nicht um diese Welt!

[1]  O beloved glance make and the market of enchantment shatter
With the glance of splendour ,the face of the enchanter Samiri ,shatter ,

[2]   To the wind of destruction the head of pride and the turban of pomp of a whole world give .That is >
In the way of heart - ravishingness ,the cap aslant over thy ear place .

[3]   To the tress ,say The way of arrogance ,abandon
To the glance ,say Oppression's army ,shatter .

[4]   O beloved forth from thy abode gracefully move and from every one ,the ball of beauty take
Punishment to the lovely Hur ,give the splendour of beauty of the Pan ,shatter .

[5]   With thy deer - eyes ,take the glance of captivate the lion of the sun the mansion of Leo
With thy curved eye - brows ,the bow of Jupiter the mansion of Sagittarius shatter .

[6]   When ,from the breath of the breeze ,'itr - exhaling ,becometh the hyacinth ,
Its worth ,with the tip of thy beperfumed tress ,shatter .

[7]   O Hafiz when the bulbul boasteth of eloquence ,
Its worth ,by uttering the courtly Darl ,do thou shatter .

[1]  Liebkose mich, vernicht' hiedurch Den Markt der Zaubereien, Mit einem einz'gen Wimpernwink Beschäme die Somire.

[2]  Vernicht' mit einem Glase Wein Den Kopf, den Bau der Welten, Das ist, vernicht' durch deinen Reiz Die heuchelnden Kapuzen.

[3]  Sag' deinem Haar: Gieb einmal auf Halsstarrige Gebräuche, Den Wimpern sag', daß sie einmal Des Unrechts Heer vernichten.

[4]  Komm'! trag' hervor den Schönheitsball Vor allen andern Leuten, Beschäm' die Reize der Huris, Vernichte die Perien.

[5]  Stell' eine Jagd auf Löwen an Mit deines Auges Hirschen, Zerbrich den Bogen Jupiters Mit deinen Augenbrauen.

[6]  Des Morgenwindes Hauch durchwürzt Das Haar der Hyacinthen. Beschäme sie mit einer Spitz' Von deinen Ambralocken.

[7]  Verkauft, Hafis! die Nachtigall Wohlredenheit in Liedern, Vernichte ihrer Waaren Preis Mit persischen Gesängen.

[1]  Mine is an eye ,blood - shedding on account of the eye of that bow eyebrow
Full of tumult will become the world on account of that eye ,and of that eyebrow .

[2]   The slave of the eye I am of that saucy one such that ,in the sweet sleep of intoxication ,
The adorned rose - bed is her face and the musky canopy ,her eyebrow .

[3]   Through this grief ,my body became lean and slender like a crescent moon .For ,notwithstanding her musky dark fragrant writing the decorated eyebrow
Where is the moon that ,from the arch of sky will dare show its eyebrow

[4]   The watchers careless unacquainted with my secrets and ,momently ,from that eye and forehead ,ours
Are a thousand kinds of message and ,the curtain between them is the eyebrow .

[5]   To the soul of the corner - sitters ,the beauty of the rose - bed is only a little of his beauty
On the border of whose sward ,a saunterer becometh the eyebrow .

[6]   Notwithstanding such beauty ,again none speaketh of the Hur and the Par
Saying : Of this the Hur is like this ,the eye ; and of that the Pari like that ,the eyebrow .

[7]   Thou ,Kafir of heart ,bindest not the veil of thy tress .I fear
That my prayer - arch will turn ,the curve of that heart - ravishing eyebrow .

[8]   Although ,in possessing fidelity ,Hafiz is the wise bird yet
Him ,with the arrow of the glance ,prey made ,the eye of that bow eyebrow .

[1]  Blut verströmet mein Aug', verwundet vom Schwerte der Brauen, Welten werden verwirrt durch diese Augen und Brauen.

[2]  Gänzlich weihe ich mich dem Dienste des lieblichen Knaben, Sein Gesicht ist die Ros', und schattige Lauben die Brauen.

[3]  Abgezehret bin ich aus Gram so fein wie der Neumond, Weil der Mond es noch wagt, keck zu steh'n vor den Brauen.

[4]  Ha! es merken nicht auf die Nebenbuhler, indessen Kommt mir Kunde der Stirne des Augs vom Mittler der Brauen.

[5]  Wunderlich dünkt den Zellenbewohner die Stirne des Freundes. Denn es neigen herab sich auf die Flaumen die Brauen. Immer halte dein Aug' gespannt den Bogen der Schönheit, Denn es fliegen die Pfeile zum Mond vom Bogen der Brauen.

[6]  Keiner vergleiche den Freund hinfort mit Huris und Perien, Wo hat jene das Aug', und wo hat diese die Brauen?

[7]  Du ungläubiges Herz, verhüllest dich nicht mit den Locken, Aber ich fürchte, es stürzt der Altar zusammen vor Brauen.

[8]  Zwar ist in Sehnsucht und Lust Hafis ein lustiger Vogel, Aber er ward doch erlegt vom scharfen Pfeile der Brauen.

[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 .