[1]  O Sufi outwardly pure ,inwardly impure come ; for bright is the mirror of the cup the heart of the perfect murshid
That thou mayest see the brightness of the wine of ruby hue or experience the intoxication of the wine of the love of God

[2]   Of profligates intoxicated with excess of love for God as the mystery unutterable and hidden within the veil
For ,this state wherein they utter mysteries is not the zahid's ,lofty of degree .

[3]   The Anka God's pure existence is the prey of none .Up - pluck thy snare
For ,here ever ,in the hand of the snare ,is only wind vain thought

[4]   At time's banquet ,enjoy one or two cups moments of union with the true Beloved and go to eternity
Here verily desire not perpetual union for 'tis vain

[5]   O heart youth's vigour hath departed and ,from life ,thou hast not plucked a single rose of true love ,or of divine grace
Elderly of head ,show skill in permanence of name and fame in supplication and lamentation to God

[6]   Whilst thou art in the world strive in the pleasure of zikr va filer of the present .As ,when no water remained ,
Adam let go the garden of the house of safety Paradise

[7]   On our part ,at thy threshold ,many are thy rights of service .
O Sir again ,in pity ,look upon thy slave who ,at least ,hath not quitted thy threshold

[8]   The disciple of the cup of Jamshld is Hafiz .O breeze ,go
And give salutation from the slave to the Shaikh of Jam .

[1]  Komm o Weiser und schau hinein in den Spiegel des Bechers,Schaue die Lust des purpurnen Weines!

[2]  Frag' um verborgenen Sinn die Eingeweihten des Bechers,Weil auch hievon die Frömmsten Nichts ahnen.

[3]  Keiner hat erjagt den Simurg, o zieh die Garne zusammenDenn es schwillt nur vom Winde das Netz auf.Auf! Genieße die Zeit, und gedenke: dem Vater der MenschenBlieb in Elisiums Fluren der Trunk nicht.

[4]  Leere der Becher ein Paar, beym Feste des Lebens und fort dann!Geiz' nicht hienieden nach stätem Genuße.

[5]  Hin ist die Jugend! o Herz, und keine Blume gepflücket,Nach Namen und Tugend streb nun im Alter:

[8]  Ostwind höre! Hafis ist ein treuer Jünger des BechersGeh und grüß mir den Herrn vom Weinhaus.

[1]  Back to Kin'an ,lost Yusuf cometh suffer not grief
One day ,the sorrowful cell becometh the rose - garden suffer not grief .

[2]   O grief - stricken heart better ,becometh thy state ; display not the ill - heart :
Back to reason ,cometh this distraught head suffer not grief .

[3]   If on the sward's throne ,again be the spring of life ,
O bird ,night - singing over thy head ,thou mayst draw the canopy of the rose suffer not grief .

[4]   If ,for a space of two days ,to our desire ,the sphere's revolutions turned not ,
Ever ,in one way ,the state of revolution is not suffer not grief .

[5]   Ho since thou art not acquainted with the hidden mystery ,be not hopeless :
Within the screen ,are hidden pastimes suffer not grief .

[6]   O heart if the fdundation of thy existence ,the torrent of passing away mortality pluck up ,
Since Nuh is thy boat - master ,of the deluge ,suffer not grief .

[7]   If ,from desire of pilgrimage to the Ka'ba thou wilt plant thy foot in the desert ,
Then if the mighty Arabian thorn make reproofs ,suffer not grief .

[8]   Although the stage of this world is very fearsome and the purpose hidden ,
There is not a road ,whereof is no end suffer not grief .

[9]   In separation from the Beloved ,and vexing on the part of the watcher ,our state of perturbation and confusion
All ,God ,our state causing ,knoweth suffer not grief .

[10]   In the corner of poverty and in the solitude of dark nights ,Hafiz ,
So long as thine are the practice of praying and the reading of the Kuran wherein is the salvation of the next world suffer not grief .

[1]  Der verlorene JusufKommt nach Kanaan, gräme dich nicht.Aus der Zelle des GramsWird ein Rosenbeet, gräme dich nicht.

[2]  Dieses traurige HerzWird beruhiget, werde nicht bös.Diesem störrigen KopfWird Vernunft zu Theil, gräme dich nicht.

[3]  Kehr't der Frühling des LebensZu des Wiesengrüns Brautbeet zurück,Wird die Nachtigall auchRosenzelte bau'n, gräme dich nicht.

[4]  Wenn der greisende HimmelEin Paar Tage nach Lust dir nicht thut,Denke, greisender LaufFodert Ungleichheit, gräme dich nicht.

[5]  Du verzweifle nicht, wenn duDas Geheimniß des Himmels nicht weißt.Denn es hüllet ein SchleyerViel Geheimniße des Himmels, gräme dich nicht.

[6]  Wenn der Strom des VerderbensDer Erwartung Gebäude zerstört,Bleibt im Wirbel der FluthRuh dein Steuermann, gräme dich nicht.

[7]  Willst du Wüsten durchwandern,Voll Begierde die Kaaba zu seh'n,Wenn die Distel dich sticht,Oder Dornenbusch, gräme dich nicht.

[8]  Zwar der Weg ist gefährlich,Und von ferne das Ziel nicht zu spähn,Doch bestehet kein Weg,Der nicht endiget, gräme dich nicht.

[9]  Meine Lage, die TrennungVom Geliebten, des Neiders Bemüh'n.Alles, alles durchschautGott, der Welten lenkt, sorge dich nicht.

[10]  Und so lange bei finstrerNacht im Wirbel der Armuth HafisDie Gebote vollzieht,Und den Koran lies't, gräme dich nicht.

[1]  Me ,Thou beholdest and ,in a moment ,my pain ,greater Thou makest
Thee ,I behold and momently my inclination for Thee greater becometh .

[2]   As to my state ,Thou askest not what mystery Thou hast ,I know not
For my remedy ,Thou strivest not perchance ,my pain ,Thou knowest not .

[3]   Not the way is this that me ,on the dust ,Thou shouldst cast and pass on
Pass by me and again my state ask ,so that the dust of Thy Path ,I may become .

[4]   From off Thy skirt ,I keep not my hand ,save in the dust of the grave and ,that very moment ,
When ,over my dust in the grave Thou passest ,Thy skirt ,my dust will seize .

[5]   From grief of love for Thee ,my breath of life descended .Breath ,Thou givest till when
Forth from me ,destruction ,Thou takest : Thou sayest not : Breath ,bring forth .

[6]   One night ,in the darkness ,from Thy dark tress ,my heart I sought
Thy face ,I beheld and a cup of Thy ruby lip ,again I drank .

[7]   Suddenly ,Thee ,into my bosom ,I drew and ,into the curl of Thy tress ,it my heart went
On Thy lip ,my lip I placed and ,soul and heart ,made sacrifice .

[8]   To Hafiz ,kind be Thou .To the enemy say Thy life surrender :
When on Thy part ,warmth I see ,of the enemy cold of breath ,mine ,what fear

[1]  Wenn du hinaus auf Felder geh'st,Hinaus in's Grüne wandelst,So strömet meine blut'ge Thrän'Herab die gelben Wangen.

[2]  Du schauest mich und alsogleichVermehrest du mein Leiden;Ich schaue Dich und alsogleichVermehrt sich meine Liebe.

[3]  Ich weiß nicht, was im Sinn du führst,Du fragst nicht, wie's mir gehe;Du eilest nicht, mir beizustehn,Weißt du nicht, daß ich kränkle?

[4]  Du wirfst mich in den Staub, und gehstVorüber, ist dies billig?O komm, und frage, wie's mir geht,Ich will dein Wegstaub werden.

[5]  Ich zieh' die Hand von deinem StaubNicht ab, bis daß ich Staub bin,Wenn du mein Grab vorübergehst,Flieg' ich dem Saum als Staub an.

[6]  Im Gram um deine Liebe giengHinab zum Grund die Seele,Du rächest dich, du sagest nichtNun ruhe aus ein wenig.

[7]  Ich suchte bei der dunkeln NachtMein Herz in deinen Locken,Da sah ich deiner Wangen Mond,Und trank aus rothen Lippen.

[8]  Ich zog dich her an meine Brust,Da kräusten sich die Haare,Ich legte Lippen auf den Mund,Aufopfernd Herz und Seele.

[1]  Last night ,I said Out from my head ,the passion for His face I will put .
He the true Beloved said The chain where ,that the arrangement of binding this distraught one ,I may make

[2]   His stature ,I called the straight ,free cypress .In anger ,his head from me ,He drew back
O friends with the truth ,my idol grieveth .What shall I do

[3]   O heart - ravisher an un - weighed subtlety ,I uttered excuse me
Graciousness show that my thought weighed in verse I may make .

[4]   For that nature ,tender ,sinless ,I endure yellow shame - facedness ,
O Sakl a cup give ,that my face rose of hue I may make .

[5]   O breeze of Laila's dwelling for God's sake ,how long
The fourth inhabited part of the world shall I over - turn ; and the palace - ruins the waste - places the river Jaihun shall I make

[6]   I ,who took the path to the treasure of mysteries of boundless beauty of the Friend ,
After this ,a hundred beggars like myself ,rich as KarQn with divine knowledge I make .

[7]   O moon ,Lady of felicity thy slave Hafiz ,remember ,
So that ,for the fortune of that beauty daily increasing ,prayer ,1 may make .

[1]  Gestern wollt' ich Begier der Wangen Aus dem Kopfe verbannen, Wo sind Bande, so sprach sie, wo nun Diesen Narren zu binden.

[2]  Einer Ceder verglich ich ihren Wuchs, sie wandte das Haupt ab, Wenn sie über die Wahrheit zürnet, Was soll, Freunde, ich machen?

[3]  Meine Schöne verzeihe! meinem Lobe mangelt Verhältniß. Durch Liebkosungen schenkst du meinem Ganzen Wesen Verhältniß.

[4]  Ihretwegen verkehrt sich meiner Wangen Farbe in's Gelbe, Gieb das Glas her, o Schenke, daß ich Roth, wie Rosen, mich färbe.

[5]  Morgenlüftchen von Leila's Wohnung, Ich beschwöre bei Gott dich, Sag! wie lange noch soll ich Wüsten Mit den Thränen begießen?

[6]  Bin ich endlich zum unermeßnen Schatz der Freundin gelanget, Will ich Bettler die arm wie ich sind In Karunne verwandeln.

[7]  Herr des Sternenvereins am Himmel, Mond, gedenke Hafisens! Daß ich meine Gebete weihe Deiner glänzenden Schönheit.

[1]  One night ,our hand we shall uplift and a prayer we shall make .
For the grief of separation from Thee ,a remedy from some place we shall make .

[2]   Went from the hand ,the sick heart .O friends a little help ,
So that to its head ,the physician we may bring and a little remedy we may make .

[3]   He who ,without offence on my part grieved ; and ,me ,with the sword struck and departed
For God's sake ,him bring back ,that purity of heart reconciliation we may make .

[4]   Withered ,became the root of my joy .The Path to the tavern is where
So that in that water and air ,springing and growing ,we may make .

[5]   O heart aid from the heart of profligates seek if not ,
Difficult is the work .God forbid that a fault we should make .

[6]   But a little work effecteth the shade of the bud of little resolution the imperfect murshid
Search for the auspicious shade of the Huma the murshid ,perfect and excel ,lent we shall make .

[7]   From the note of melody went my heart .Hafiz ,sweet of tone ,is where
So that ,with his words and ghazals ,harmony and melody ,we may make .

[1]  If ,like the lofty cypress ,a moment thou move in a rose - garden ,
In envy of thy face ,every rose suffereth a thorn .

[2]   On account of the infidelity of thy tress ,together are every assembly and a great tumult
On account of the sorcery of thy eye ,together are every corner and a sick one .

[3]   O intoxicated eye of the beloved to sleep ,like my fortune ,go not ;
For ,in pursuit ,from every direction ,is the sigh of^ a wakeful one .

[4]   The scattering of Thy Path's dust is my soul's cash ,although
On Thy part the soul's cash hath not even a little value .

[5]   O heart ever ,a malignant opinion of the tress of heart - enslavers ,express not
When malignant of opinion thou becomest ,how openeth to thee a work

[6]   Separate from the body went my head and ,awhile ,this work ended not ;
My hear f caught grief of love and Thine ,was no grief for a captive .

[7]   To him ,I said Like the centre - point enter into the midst of the circle of desirous ones
With laughter ,he spake ,saying Hafiz 1 in what compass ,art thou

[1]  Wenn im Rosenbeete du Cedern ähnlich schwankest, Fressen Rosen alsogleich Eifersüchtig Dornen.

[2]  Jedes Ringel deines Haars Ist voll List und Truges, Deiner Augen Zauberei Machet nichts als Kranke.

[3]  Trunknes Auge meines Freund's Schlaf' nicht wie mein Glück ein, Ach und Wehe hält dich rings Wach' von allen Seiten.

[4]  Meiner Seele Münze streu' Ich im Staub' des Weg's hin, Aber diese baare Münz' Zahlet deinen Werth nicht.

[5]  Wandle nicht, mein Herz, den Weg Von den Lockensklaven, Wenn du blind den Weg verfolgst, Wie wird's dir gelingen!

[6]  Hingegeben ist mein Haupt, Ungethan die Hauptsach', Fortgeflohen ist mein Herz, Und kein Herz ergriff ich.

[7]  Einem Punkte bist du gleich, Sprach ich in dem Kreise, Lächelnd sprach sie, du Hafis Gleichest einem Kreise.

[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 .