[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]  If again befall me passing into the tavern of the Magians the perfect murshid
The produce of the khirka and of the prayer - mat ,running recklessly I will play away and lose

[2]   If to - day ,like the zahids ,I beat the ring of penitence ,
To - morrow ,open to me the door ,the wine - house - guardian maketh not .

[3]   If like the moth ,freedom from care aid me ,
Save to that candle - like luminous cheek ,no flight is mine .

[4]   The society of the Hur ,I desire not .For ,the essence of defect it is
If ,despite the fancy for Thee ,with another ,I disport .

[5]   Hidden in my chest would have remained passion's desire for Thee ,
If my eye ,wet of skirt ,the secret had not revealed .

[6]   Like the bird from the cage of dust the dusty body I became of the air flying here and there ,and searching
In the desire that ,perchance ,me the falcon the perfect murshid or the Aril a prey may make .

[7]   If like the cord - slackened harp ,me by reason of the slackness of its cords the heart's desire thou give not ,
At last ,with Thy lips ,with a breath ,me ,like the reed flute cherish .

[8]   To none ,I utter the circumstances of my heart ,blood become
Since that ,save the sword of grief for Thee ,my fellow - consoler is none .

[9]   If ,on Hafiz's body ,be a head for every hair .
Like Thy long trailing tress ,all at Thy feet ,I cast .

[1]  Wenn es mir einmal noch gelingt, Die Schenke vorbeizugehen, So will ich mit dem Ordenskleid Den Teppich sogar verspielen.

[2]  Wenn ich wie Büßer heut im Ring Der Reue herum mich drehe, So wird der Schenke Pförtner mir Denn morgen die Thür nicht öffnen.

[3]  Doch wenn ich meine Herzensruh Dem Schmetterling gleich verspiele, So werde ich nur an dem Licht Der Wangen herum mich tummeln.

[4]  Ich wünsche die Huris mir nicht, Es wäre der Fehler größter, Wenn du vor meinen Sinnen schwebst, Den andern mich hinzugeben.

[5]  Es würde meine Leidenschaft Verborgen im Herzen liegen, Wenn meine Thränen nicht zuerst Verräther gewesen wären.

[6]  Ich schwang mich einem Vogel gleich Empor in die Luft vom Staube, Beseelet von Begier, daß Sie Als Beute mich fangen möchte.

[7]  Willst du mich, wie die Laute, nicht Mit offnem Busen umfangen, So hauche mir von deinen Lippen Wie Flöten nur einen Hauch zu.

[8]  Mein Herz ist Blut, doch will ich dies Wohl Andern nicht vertrauen, Denn deiner Augen Wimpern sind Gewöhnet an meine Leiden.

[9]  Und wenn Hafis an jedem Haar Ein eignes Haupt besäße, So würde er doch jedes Haupt Aufopfern auf deinem Wege.

[1]  The green expanse of sky ,I beheld and the sickle the crescent of the new moon
To me ,recollection came of my own sown - field and of the time of reaping the judgment - day

[2]   I said fortune thou hast slept and appeared hath the sun
He said Despite all this ,hopeless of the past ,be not .

[3]   If ,like the Masiha the anointed one to the sky heaven thou go pure and free of the body
To the sun ,will reach many a ray of thy splendour .

[4]   On the star ,the wandering thief of night ,rely not .For this knave
Took the crown of Kay Ka ,us and the girdle of Kay Khusrau .

[5]   Although the ear be heavy with dull to the ear - ring of gold and of ruby profitable counsel
The season of beauteousness youthfulness is passing counsel ,hear .

[6]   From thy mole ,far the evil eye For ,on the chess - board of beauty ,
It thy mole moved a pawn that ,from the moon and the sun the moles of the sky the bet won .

[7]   Tell the sky Boast not of this pomp .For ,in love ,
They sell the moon's harvest the halo for a barley - corn and the cluster of the Pleiades for two barley - corns .

[8]   The fire of hyprocrisy and deceit will consume the harvest of religion ,
Hafiz this woollen khirka ,cast away and go .

[9]   Be - ringed like the tambourine ,in this circle be
Even though beating thou suffer out from thy own circle ,go not .

[1]  Siehe die grünende Flur des Himmels, die Sichel des Mondes, Sie erinneren mich an meine Saaten und Ernten.

[2]  Auf! so sprach ich zum Glück, du schläfst, und schon leuchtet die Sonne Ob dem Vergangnen, so sprach's, verzweifle du nicht an der Zukunft.

[3]  Fahrst du von allem Irdischen rein in den Himmel, wie Jesus, Hundert Strahlen verleiht dann deine leuchtende Sonne.

[4]  Traue du nicht zu viel dem Gestirne des nächtlichen Diebes, Denn er stahl die Krone von Kaus, und von Chosrewen den Gürtel.

[5]  Wenn gleich Rubin und Gold dein Ohr als Gehänge beschweret. Höre du immer den Rath, und wisse, die Schönheit vergehet.

[6]  Weit von deinem Maal sey die Bosheit der Augen entfernet, Denn es hat an Schönheit den Mond, die Sonne bestohlen.

[7]  Sage dem Himmel: o rühme dich nicht mit solchem Getöse, Um ein Körnlein verkauft die Liebe dem Mond die Plejaden.

[8]  Siehe die Heuchlergluth wird zuletzt den Glauben verbrennen. Wirf, Hafis! das wollende Kleid weg, gehe von hinnen.

[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 .

[72]   Tis morning ; and ,droppeth hail from the cloud of the winter - month Bahman
The requisites of the morning cup ,prepare and give a cup of one ' man .'

[73]   The blood red wine of the cup ,drink for lawful is its blood
In the work of the cup ,engaged be ; for 'tis a work fit to be done .

[74]   If ,at dawn ,thee ,wine - sickness give headache ,
Verily ,best ,that the forehead of the vintner ,thou shatter .

[75]   Saki at hand to give the cup be for ,in ambush for us ,is grief
Minstrel so that grief may not reach us keep this very path of song that thou singest .