[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]  O Lord that fresh laughing rose whom to me ,Thou entrustedest ,
To Thee ,on account of the envious ones of the sward ,I entrust .

[2]   Although ,far to a hundred stages ,from the stage of fidelity he hath wandered ,
From his soul and body ,far be the calamity of the moon's revolution .

[3]   O morning breeze if to the head of the dwelling of Salma thou readiest ,
A salutation to her from me ,I have hope that thou wilt convey .

[4]   From that black tress ,courteously scatter musk
For the tress is the abode of clear hearts together heap it not or our heart will be ruined

[5]   Say To thy down and mole ,my heart hath the right of fidelity .
In that tress ,ambergris of coil ,it my heart sacred keep .

[6]   In the stage where ,to his lip ,they drink wine ,
Mean that intoxicated unconscious one to whom is consciousness of himself .

[7]   From the door of the wine - house ,not proper is it to gather goods and chattels ,
Into the sea ,cast the chattels of him who ,this water ,drinketh .

[8]   Not true is the love of him ,who in love feareth distress
Together ,be our head and his foot or our lip and his mouth .

[9]   Hafiz's verse ,the couplet of the g jazal ,all is divine knowledge
On his heart - alluring soul and grace of verse ,Afarin

[2]  Denn sie rauben das Herz, und sie bezaubern durchs Wort.

[3]  Ostwind gehst du die Wohnung von meiner Selma vorüber,Hoff' ich, daß du ihr Schönes entrichtest von mir.

[4]  Löse behutsam den Knäul von ihrem verworrenen Haar' auf,Herzen stecken darin, daß du sie ja nicht verwirrst.

[5]  Sag' ihr, es hab' an ihr Maal mein Herz der Fordrungen viele,Sie bewahr' es daher schonend in Ambragemisch.

[6]  Dort wo Gesundheit man trinkt aufs Angedenken des Munds,Ist ein Schurke, wer dort bleibt sich selber bewußt.

[7]  Ehren und Güter sind nicht an der Thüre der Schenke zu haben,Wer da trinket der werf', was ihm gehöret in's Meer.

[8]  Wer vor Leiden sich fürchtet, dem ziemt nicht das Leiden der Liebe;Unser Haupt ist ihr Fuß! unsere Lippen ihr Mund.

[9]  Deine Lieder Hafis! sind wahrlich der Grundreim der Dichtkunst

[1]  O beloved salt rights with thy lip ,hath my wounded heart
The salt right ,preserve for I depart ,and thee to God entrust .

[2]   O true Beloved that pure jewel Thou art that ,in the holy world ,
The mention of Thee for good is the outcome of the angel's praise .

[3]   O beloved if as to my sincerity doubt be thine ,trial make
Like the touch - stone ,none recogniseth the proof of pure gold .

[4]   O true Beloved Thou spakest saying Intoxicated ,I become and will give thee two kisses
Beyond limit ,passed the covenant but neither two kisses nor one kiss have we seen .

[5]   Thy small laughing pistachio mouth open ,sugar - scattering speech make
In doubt of Thy having a mouth ,cast not the people .

[6]   The sphere ,I will dash together and destroy unless to my desire it come
Not that one am I ,to endure contempt from the sky's sphere .

[7]   Since ,access to Hafiz thou allowest him not ,
O watcher Shaitan from him ,one or two paces farther go and his society ,abandon

[1]  Mein wundes Herz hat Recht auf SalzVon deinen Lippen,Bewahr' das Recht, ich gehe fort,Sey Gott befohlen.

[2]  Du bist ein reines Wesen mirAus höhern Welten,Mit deinem Namen fängt das LobDer Engel an im Himmel.

[3]  O prüfe meine Redlichkeit,Wenn du d'ran zweifelst,Das reine Gold wird nur bewährtAuf der Kapelle.

[4]  Du sprachst: ich will Betrunk'ner dirZwey Küsse geben,Die Zeit ist da; doch giebst du mir,Nicht zwey, noch einen.

[5]  Schließ' deines Mundes Kästchen auf,Und streue Zucker,Laß nicht das Volk im Zweifel obDu einen habest.

[6]  Des Himmels Rad zerschlag' ich, wenn'sNicht gut sich drehet,Ich bin von denen nicht, die sichDrüber härmen.

[7]  Wenn du nicht willst, daß zu HafisDas Liebchen komme!O Nebenbuhler so entferneDich ein Paar Schritte.

[1]  For a long time past ,in the tavern of love ,of manifestations ,of glories service in rue love to God ,in manifestations ,and in fearful contemplation I have been doing
In the garment of poverty as a fakir the work of people of fortune those joined to God I keep doing .

[2]   Until that ,into union's snare ,I bring the partridge the true Beloved sweet of gait ,
In my ambush ,expectation of time's opportunity ,I make .

[3]   Perceived not truth's perfume ,our admonisher .Hear thou for this word of truth
In his presence ,do I also utter no calumny ,do I make .

[4]   To the Friend's street ,I go like the swift breeze ,falling and rising ,
And from the basil and the rose ,prayer for assistance ,I make .

[5]   More than this ,our trouble ,the dust of Thy street endureth not
O Idol kindnesses ,Thou didst : by going into effacement the lessening of our trouble to Thee I make .

[6]   The snare of the Path tarlkat is the tress of the Heart - ravisher and the arrow of calamity ,His glance
O heart remember the many precepts of counsel that ,for thee ,I make .

[7]   O Merciful One ,defect - concealing cover the eye of the ill - see - er ,
From these bold deeds ,that ,in the corner of khilvat ,I do .

[8]   In a religious assembly ,Hafiz ,I am in a convivial assembly ,dreg - drinker ,I am
This boldness and expertness behold how ,with different people ,different profession ,I make .

[9]   From the right of God's throne ,the faithful spirit Jibra ,il uttereth Amin
When ,the prayer for the Lord of the country and of religion ,I make .

[10]   O Khusrau from this account ,hope of the height of dignity ,I have
Entreaty for threshold - kissing of thy majesty .I make .

[1]  Es ist schon lang, daß ich in Schenken Den Diener mache, Daß ich als Bettler die Geschäfte Der Reichen mache.

[2]  Bis in die Falle des Genußes Das Rebhuhn rennet, Will ich im Stillen Jagd auf gute Momente machen.

[3]  Der Prediger hat nie vernommen, Den Duft der Wahrheit, Ich sag' es laut, und will daraus kein Geheimniß machen.

[4]  Ich gehe, wie der Ostwind, schwankend Zum Gau des Liebchens, Da müßen Rosen und Jasminen Mir Hülfschor machen.

[5]  Die Erde deines Gaus kann nimmer Die Lasten tragen, Du bist gnädig! nun wir wollen Es leichter machen.

[6]  Ein Netz sind meines Liebchens Locken, Ein Pfeil die Wimpern, Behalte Herz in dem Gedächtniß Mein Lehren-machen.

[7]  O Gnädiger! verhüll' auf immer Dem Aug' des Bösen, Die Heldenthaten, die im Stillen Wir gelten machen. Behüte Gott, daß ich das jüngste Gericht nicht fürchte, Laß morgen geh'n, wir wollen heute Uns lustig machen. Selbst Gabriel, der Himmelshüter Wird Amen sagen, Wenn ich beginn' das Lob der Herrn Der Welt zu machen. O Herr! ich hoffe auf den Gipfel Des Himmelreichs, Das heißt, ich werde deine Schwelle Zum Kußort machen.

[8]  Hafis ist klug in einem Kreis, Im andern trunken, O sieh den Schelm, er weiß den Leuten Es weis zu machen.

[1]  Obtained was the sight of the true Beloved and the kiss ,and the embrace also
To fortune ,thanks I owe and to time ,also .

[2]   Zahid go about thy own work and forbid not wine and the lovely one For if ascendant be my fortune ,
Will be in my hand ,the cup and the Beloved's tress also .

[3]   For profligacy and intoxication ,we ascribe to none defect
Sweet is the ruby lip of idols ,and pleasant - tasting wine also .

[4]   O heart thee ,glad tidings ,I give .The muhtasib is no more
Full ,is the world of wine ,and of the wine - drinking idol also .

[5]   Not wise ,is it to give the heart to the power of separation :
Tranquillity of heart seek ; and a flagon ,bring also ;

[6]   On the dusty ones lovers of love ,pour a draught of his Muhammad's lip ,
So that ruby - hue may become the dust ; and musk - diffusing also .

[7]   Passed hath that time ,when from ambush was lurking the evil - eye
Departed from the midst ,hath the enemy thezahid or the watcher and ,from the bosom ,the tear also

[8]   O perfect murshid since by thy perfume of hope all created beings are living ,
O resplendent sun the true Beloved from us ,Thy shade of bounty keep not also .

[9]   Since the honour decoration of the tulip and of the rose is the bounty of thy beauty ,
O cloud of grace Muhammad on me ,dusty humble ,grace rain also .

[10]   Captive to thee ,became people of vision .God fear
And the obtaining of justice from fi .saf ,powerful as Sulaiman ,also .

[11]   Burhan - i - Mulk va Din ,from whose hand of vazlrship ,
The happy ,time of the mine became his right hand and of the ocean ,his left also .

[12]   To the memory of his most illumined judgment ,in the morning ,the sky
Maketh sacrifice of surrendered its own life ; and the constellation ,scattering also .

[13]   Snatched by thy chaugan of justice ,is the ball of earth's sovereignty
And this up - lifted blue dome of the fortress also .

[14]   Into motion ,thy intention ,light of rein ,bringeth
This world ,firm ,lofty of centre ,also .

[15]   Until that time when ,from the effects of the sky ; and the way of its revolution ,there be ,
Change of years ,and of month ,and of autumn ,and of spring also .

[16]   Void of chiefs ,be not thy palace of dignity
And of Sakis ,cypress of stature ,rose of cheek also .

[17]   Hafiz ,who ,in thy praise ,scattereth such jewels ,
Before thy hand was embarrassed and ashamed also .

[1]  Ha! mir wurde vergönnt der Anblick, der Kuß, die Umarmung, O wie dank ich's dem Glück, dank es dem Schicksal dazu.

[2]  Frommer hinweg! denn wenn mein Glück ist, das Glück, das ich meine, Halt' ich das Glas in der Hand und auch die Locken dazu.

[3]  Keinen habe ich noch des Rausches wegen getadelt, Lieblich ist Lippenrubin, lieblicher Wein auch dazu.

[4]  Fröhliche Kunde mein Herz! kein Weinvogt ist übrig geblieben, Voll ist die Welt vom Wein, voll von Betrunknen dazu.

[5]  Das Gemüth zu verstören, ist wahrlich gar nicht vernünftig, Liedersammlungen nimm, und die Pokale dazu.

[6]  Gieße aus für die Staubverliebten die Hefen der Lippen, Rothgefärbt sey der Staub, moschusgewürzet dazu.

[7]  Nimmer lauert uns auf ein böses Aug' im Verborgnen, Fort ist nun der Feind, fort sind die Thränen dazu.

[8]  Alles, was lebet, das wird durch deinen Geruch nur belebet, Sonne fliehe mich nicht, laß mir den Schatten dazu.

[9]  Rosen und Tulpen sind nur durch deine Schönheit so lieblich, O du Wolke der Huld regne auf mich noch dazu.

[10]  Männer von Einsicht hast du in deinen Banden gefangen, Fürchte dich vor Gott, vor dem Wesire dazu.

[11]  Er ist die Stütze des Reichs, die Probe der Wahrheit des Glaubens, Minen füllet er an, Meere beglückt er dazu.

[13]  Siehe die Kugel der Erd' ist seiner Gerechtigkeit Ballen, Dieses blaue Gewölb, ist das Behältniß dazu.

[14]  Alles bringt dein leicht regierender Wink in Bewegung, Selbst den Mittelpunkt, unserer Erde dazu.

[15]  Durch den kreisenden Lauf, und die stete Bewegung des Himmels Wechseln die Jahre, der Mond, Sommer und Winter dazu.

[16]  Bis an den Tag des Gerichts, sey deine Wohnung der Wohnort Aller Großen der Welt, liebliche Schenken dazu. Selber Hafis, der dein Lob in köstliche Perlen gereiht hat, Ist, sobald du sprichst, scheu, und beschämet dazu.

[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 .