[1]  O true Beloved come and ,upon the river of wine ,our boat - shaped wine - cup cast
Into the soul of the shaikh the old and of the youth ,shouting and howling ,in envy thereof cast .

[2]   Saki into my boat ,cast wine
For ,they have said Goodness ,do and upon the water ,cast .

[3]   In mistake ,from the street of the wine - house the stage of love and of divine knowledge I wandered :
In kindness ,in the path of rectitude to the wine - house me ,again cast .

[4]   Of that wine ,rose of hue ,musk of smell ,a cup bring
Into the heart of the rose ,sparks of jealousy and of envy cast .

[5]   Intoxicated and ruined ,though I am ,me a little kindness do
On this heart ,perplexed and ruined ,Thy glance of mercy cast .

[6]   If at midnight ,the sun be necessary for thee ,
From off the face of the vine's daughter ,rose of face ,the veil ,cast .

[7]   Permit not that ,on the day of death ,they consign me to the dust of the grave
Me ,to the wine - house take into the jar of wine ,cast .

[8]   Hafiz when from the sphere's violence ,thy heart reacheth to the soul ,
At the Dev of calamities ,the arrow - point of a falling star cast .

[1]  Laß mein Schiff vom Stapel hinab in die Fluten des Weinstroms!Seelen von Alt' und Jung wecke mit lautem Geschrey.

[2]  Wirf mich Schenk' ins Schiff des Weines, es saget das Sprichwort:Thue Gutes und wirfs dann in die Fluten hinab.

[3]  Seht! ich habe mich aus dem Wirbel der Schenke verirretSeyd so gnädig, Herr! leitet mich wieder zurecht.

[4]  Bring' mir ein moschusduftendes Glas vom rosigen WeineRosenwasser flammt sicher aus Eifersucht auf.

[5]  Zwar bin ich berauscht, doch sollst du mir Gnade erzeigen,Wirf nur einen Blick auf mein verwüstetes Herz.

[6]  Willst du um Mitternacht der Sonne Angesicht schauenNimm von dem Rosengesicht Schleier und Hülle hinweg.

[7]  Lasse nicht zu, daß sie mich einst in die Erde begraben!In der Schenke wirf mich in die Tonne voll Wein.

[8]  Weil das Loos Hafis aufs äußerste dich hat getrieben,Schleudre Diwe des Grams in die verzehrende Gluth.

[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 murshid if wine them drink ,pour a draught on the dust the sons of dusty Adam
The sin ,wherein an advantage to the stranger reacheth ,what fear .

[2]   With whatever thou hast ,go drink and regret ,suffer not .
For on thy head the sword of destruction time pitilessly striketh .

[3]   O graceful cypress ,my cherisher by the dust of Thy foot ,
I conjure Thee on the day of events the day of death take not off Thy foot from the head of my dust ,

[4]   What dweller of hell ,what dweller of paradise ,what man ,what angel ,
In the religion of all ,infidelity to the path tarikat is baseness .

[5]   The path of the house of six sides this world the geometrician of the sky reason
Established so that ,beneath the snare of the pit this world is no path of flight from it

[6]   The path of reason ,the deceit of the daughter of the vine wonderfully attacketh
Till the judgment - day ,ruined be not the vine - trellis

[7]   Hafiz by the path of the wine - house ,happily thou wentest ,
The prayer of one of heart ,the consoler of thy pure heart be

[1]  Auf gar wunderlichen Wegen,Führet den Verstand der Wein,Dies Gewölb' bleibt unzerstöretBis zum jüngsten Tag.

[2]  Trinkst du Wein, so schütt' die HefenAuf die Erde aus,Fürchte nicht die Sünde, welcheAndern Nutzen bringt.

[3]  Ohne Scheu genieße alles,Alles was du hast.Denn das Mörderschwert des Schicksals,Haut dich ohne Scheu.

[4]  Ich beschwöre dich o LiebchenBei der Füße Staub,Komm' an meinem Todestage,Komm' zu meinem Grab.

[5]  Ey! was Himmel oder Hölle!Engel oder Mensch,Die Enthaltsamkeit ist immerEine Ketzerey.

[7]  Unsere Erde hat des HimmelsBauherr eingeschränkt,So daß weiter aus derselbenKeine Straße führt.

[1]  O thou that ,on the moon of thy radiant face the veil of musky hair castest ,
Kindness ,thou didst on the sun thy effulgent face ,so that from love's fire ,lovers should not consume a shade thou castest .

[2]   With us ,the water lustre of colour of thy cheek ,what will it do
Now ,on water ,the picture of thy own sorcery ,thou castest .

[3]   From the lovely ones of the world ,the ball of loveliness thou tookest .Be joyful
The world - viewing cup of Kay Khusrau ,seek for Afrasiyab ,down thou castest .

[4]   In a different way ,with the luminous candle of thy face ,love every one played
Out from the midst ,into trepidation ,the moth ,the lover thou castest .

[5]   In our desolate heart ,the treasure of thy own love ,thou placedest
On this ruined treasure ,mercy's shadow thou castest

[6]   Shelter from the water lustre of thy flashing sword ,by which lions ,
Thirsty with wounds thou madest and heroes into water of shame thou castest

[7]   The sleep of the wakeful ,thou boundest preventedest then from the picture of fancy ,
On the night - prowlers of the troop of sleep ,a suspicion ,thou castest .

[8]   For the sake of one glance ,thy veil thou up - castest in the place - of - splendour
And into the veil ,through shame ,Hur and Pari thou castest .

[9]   From the cup ,world - viewing ,wine drink for ,on Jamshid's throne ,
From the face of the desired Beloved ,the veil down thou castest .

[10]   From the desire for the intoxicated narcissus eye and for the ruby lip wine - worshipping ,
Into wine ,Hafiz sitting in khilvat ,thou easiest .

[11]   For the sake of capturing the heart ,on his neck ,the chain of thy tress ,
Like the mighty noose of Khusrau ,the master of necks ,thou castest .

[12]   The Ruler ,Dara of pomp ,O thou ,who ,the sun's crown ,
From the height of mightiness ,on the dust of the door - post ,thou castest

[13]   Nusratu - d - Din Shah Yahiya ,O thou who ,the enemy's land ,
Into water ,with the foam of thy flashing sword ,like fire ,thou castest

[1]  Um den Mond hast du den Schleier der Flaumen geworfen, Gnädig hast du sogar auf Sonnen den Schatten geworfen.

[2]  Ha! was wird mir noch thun die Farbe von deinem Gesichte, Da um selbes jetzt solch einen Schimmer geworfen.

[3]  Siegend trägst du den Ballen davon, deß magst du dich freuen. Nimm den Becher Chosrus, Efrasiab ist geworfen.

[4]  In den Augenglanz verliebte ein Jeder sich anders, Und den Schmetterling selbst hast du in Verwirrung geworfen.

[5]  Deiner Liebe Schatz verbargst du in unseren Herzen, Auf den Schatz hast du den Schatten voll Milde geworfen.

[6]  Schone, schone, o Schah! mit deinem funkelnden Schwerte, Löwen dürsten darnach, und Helden werden geworfen.

[7]  Wachenden hast du zuerst die Kraft zu schlafen benommen, Dann mit deinem Bilde in Schlaf Nachtwandler geworfen.

[8]  Einen Augenblick nur hast du gelüftet den Schleier, Sieh' da haben aus Schaam Peris sich in Schleier geworfen. Freilich bin ich berauscht, doch weis' mich nicht deßhalb zurücke, Denn zu löblichem Zweck hast du herein mich geworfen.

[9]  Trinke, o Schah! vom weltenerklärenden Becher Dschemschids, Weil du auf Salomons Thron den Schleier des Wunsches geworfen.

[10]  Durch die Betrügerei'n des Rubins der trunknen Narzisse Hast du Hafisen, der einsam lebt, zu den Trinkern geworfen.

[11]  Um sein Herz zu fangen hast du die Ketten der Locken Wie ein Band des Herrn um deinen Sklaven geworfen.

[12]  Er ist ein mächtiger Fürst, vor dem die Krone der Sonne Ehren halben sich hin zu seinen Füßen geworfen.

[13]  Naßreddinschah Jahja ist jener mächtige König, Der mit dem Schwerte den Feind in die Gluth, in das Wasser geworfen.

[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 .