[1]  For the reproof of the adversaries if I care ,
Lustre ,taketh not my way of profligacy and of intoxication .

[2]   The austerity of profligates disciples and seekers of God path newly learned ,is fruitless
I ,who am the ill name of the world ,what remedy for it may I devise

[3]   Me ,resourceless of wisdom king of those distraught of head ,call
On that account that ,in being one of little wisdom ,greater than all the world I am .

[4]   O true Beloved on Thy forehead with my heart's blood ,a great mole depict
So that they men may know that ,sacrifice for Thee ,kafir of religion ,I am .

[5]   Trust ,display and for God's sake ,pass on
So that thou mayst know ,in this khirka what a no - darvish I am .

[6]   O breeze my blood - raining verse utter to the Friend ,
Who ,me ,on life's great vein ,with His black eye - lash ,lanced .

[7]   Whether I be profligate or whether shaikh Pir to any one my work is what
Of my own mystery Hafiz and of my time ,the Arif ,I am .

[1]  Wenn ich des Schmähns der Nebenbuhler denke, Verfliegt der Reiz der Trunkenheit des Rausches;

[2]  Der Pfad der Neubetrunknen ist gerade, Ich Bösberüchtigter! was denk ich Gutes!

[3]  O heisse mich nur kühn den Narrenkönig, An Mangel des Verstandes bin ich der Erste.

[4]  Mit meinem Blute mahle dir die Stirne, Es wisse Jedermann ich sey dein Opfer.

[5]  O glaube mir bei Gott! und geh vorüber, Schau nicht, wie wenig mir dieß Kleid geziemet.

[6]  Oft! lies mein blutiges Gesicht dem Freunde, Zur Ader ließ mir das Lanzet der Wimpern. Heb auf den Saum vor meines Blutes Tropfen, Es tropft auf dich, sobald die Wunde blutet.

[7]  Sey ich ein frommer Mann, sey ich ein Trunkner, Hafis kennt doch am besten seine Zeiten.

[1]  From the true Beloved ,is my pain and my remedy ,also :
A sacrifice for Him ,became my heart ,and my life ,also .

[2]   Those that say That elegance is better than beauty To them ,say
This beauty hath our Beloved and that elegance also .

[3]   Be memory of that one ,who ,with desire for our blood ,
Shattered the covenant ,and the oath ,also .

[4]   Friends within the veil ,we utter speech
It will be uttered with tales ,also .

[5]   When ,to an end ,have come the nights of union ,
Passeth away the time of separation also .

[6]   Only one splendour of His face is the glory of both worlds ,'
To thee ,I uttered this matter evident and hidden ,also .

[7]   Not ,on the world's work ,is reliance
Nor ,on the revolving sphere whereto is attributed the world's work also .

[8]   10 .Not the judge ,doth the lover fear ,wine ,bring
Nor the punishment of the Sultan ,also .

[9]   Knoweth that Hafiz is a lover of God the muhtasib
And the Asaf of Sulaiman's court ,also .

[1]  Mein Schmerz kommt von der Freundinn, Und auch die Arznei dazu. Mein Herz ist aufgeopfert, Und meine Seele auch dazu.

[2]  Die Leute sagen: dieses Ist besser als die Schönheit noch, Doch sie besitzet Schönheit, Und dieses Andre auch dazu.

[3]  Erinnert Euch der Freundinn, Die blos aus Durst nach meinem Blut Den Bund zuerst gebrochen, Und die Verträge auch dazu.

[4]  Ihr Freunde, ich erzähle Verhüllt im Schleier Euch das Wort, Doch sagt es immer wieder Und macht Erzählungen dazu. Die trunkene Narzisse, Die Locken helfen auch dazu.

[5]  Die Nächte des Genusses Mit ihrem Himmel sind vorbei, Doch tröstet Euch, die Nächte Der Trennung schwinden auch dazu. Das Bild von ihrem Maale, O weh! vergoß so oft mein Blut, Zuerst vor allen Leuten, Und später heimlich auch dazu.

[6]  Der beiden Welten Schimmer Ist nur ein Abglanz ihres Lichts, Dies sage ich vor Allen, Und sag' dies heimlich auch dazu.

[8]  Es fürchten sich Verliebte, Nur keinem Richter bringe Wein, Und wenn du willst, so bringe Des Sultans Wein-Verboth dazu.

[9]  Es weiß des Weines Wächter, Er weiß, Hafis sey tief verliebt, Und nicht allein der Weinvogt, Es weiß es der Wesir dazu.

[1]  O breeze the perfume of that musk - scented tress thou hast
As the token ,thou stayest for its perfume thou hast .

[2]   My heart ,wherein is the jewel of the mysteries of beauty and of love ,
To thy hand ,one can give ,if it ,well thou keepest .

[3]   In respect of those pleasant innate qualities of thine one cannot speak at all ,
Save this ,that watchers ,austere of nature ,thou hast .

[4]   O rose the beloved agreeable to thee how falleth the melody of the bulbul the lover
When ,to the birds the watchers nonsense - uttering ,thy ear thou hast

[5]   Distraught ,became my head by thy draught .Sweet be it to thee
Of what wine is this indeed that in the pitcher ,thou hast

[6]   O cypress of the rivulet of thy arrogance ,boast not
For ,if to him thou reach ,low with shame thy head ,thou wilt have .

[7]   Of kingdoms of beauteousness like the sun ,to boast
Reacheth befitteth thee for slaves ,moon of face ,thou hast .

[8]   O beloved befitteth thee a kaba ,beauty - boasting and that only ,
For ,like the rose ,all the way of colour and of perfume ,thou hast .

[9]   Hafiz from the cloister - corner ,seek not love's jewel
Outside the cloister plant thy foot ,if inclination for search ,thou hast .

[10]   If ,to the wind ,time give all the musk of Khutan ,
A sacrifice for thee ,who ,the line of down and the musky black mole hast .

[1]  Morgenwind hast einen Duft Von den Moschuslocken? Komm' und bleibe fein bei mir, Mich ganz durchzudüften.

[2]  Das Geheimniß meiner Brust, Lieb' und Schönheitskunde, Kann ich, findest du's für gut, Deiner Hand vertrauen.

[3]  Deine angeborne Huld Zeiget sich hierinnen, Daß du leidest mit Geduld, Nebenbuhlerinnen.

[4]  Wie kann wohl die Nachtigall Dir, mein Herz, gefallen! Wenn du des Verstandes Ohr Schwätzerzungen leihest.

[5]  Deine Hefen haben ganz Meinen Kopf berauschet, Sag', von welchem Faße ist Deiner Kanne Neige?

[6]  Stattliche Cypresse, Denn aus Schaam mußt du den Kopf Vor ihr niederbeugen.

[7]  Dir, der Mondgesichter Herrn, Ziemt es, wie der Sonne, In der Schönheit Lustrevier Durch und durch zu ziehen.

[8]  Nur dein Aeußres zeigen uns Deines Lob's Verkäufer, Denn von Rosen nimmst du an Farb' und Wohlgerüche.

[9]  Such' der Liebe Kleinod nicht In dem Zellenwinkel, Willst du's suchen, trag' Hafis Deine Füße weiter.

[1]  Since my Sulaima went to 'Irak .
Through love for her ,I meet with what I meet with ,the pain of separation

[2]   Ho camel - driver of the friend's litter
Towards your riders of the camels of the karvan great hath become my longing .

[3]   Into the Zinda stream of Isfahan cast thy wisdom wine ,drink ,
To the shout of youths of 'Irak .

[4]   The spring of life is passed in the sward of thy care
O time of union God protect thee .

[5]   Saki come me ,the heavy ritl give
God give thee to drink from a full cup .

[6]   Back to my recollection ,youthfulness bring
The sound of the harp and the hand - waiving of the Saki .

[7]   The remaining wine ,give ,so that ,intoxicated and happy of heart ,
My remaining life ,I may scatter as a sacrifice on friends .

[8]   From not seeing the beloved ,blood became my heart
Now evil befall the days of separation

[9]   My scanty tears after separation from you ,regard not mean ;
For ,from small streams ,many a great sea is collected .

[10]   A moment ,with well - wishers ,be concordant
Affairs of concord ,plunder reckon .

[11]   O minstrel ,sweet singer ,sweet speaker prepare
An 'Irak note in Persian verse .

[12]   O daughter of the vine the pleasant bride ,thou art
But ,sometimes ,worthy of divorce ,thou art .

[13]   The lonely un - married Masiha ,it suiteth
That ,fellowship with the sun ,he should make .

[14]   Not our lot ,is the union of friends
Hafiz ghazals of 'Irak ,utter .

[1]  Seit meine Suleima nach Irack gewandert, Find' ich in ihrer Liebe Schmerz.

[2]  O Führer des Weges zur Wohnung der Freundinn, Wie gern bestieg ich deinen Gaul!

[3]  Beleb' den Verstand, und betrink dich mit Weine Beim Saitenton, nach Iraks Art.

[4]  Es grünet der Frühling auf Eueren Weiden, Beschütze, Herr, Genusseszeit! Vorbei ist schon lange die Zeit des Genusses, Ich schwimme jetzt im Trennungsquell.

[5]  Gieb mir, o Schenke, den schweresten Becher, Gott tränke dich aus vollem Glas!

[6]  Die Töne der Laute, das Händegewühle Erinnern an die Jugend mich.

[7]  O gieb mir den übrigen Wein, daß betrunken Den Freunden ich mein Leben weih'!

[8]  Mein Innres ist blutig von Freunden entfernt, Die Trennungsstunde geh' zu Grund!

[9]  Es folget die Thräne des Aug's mir oft rückwärts, Verschmäht sie nicht, sie ist ein Meer,

[10]  O sey mit den Freunden verträglich und einig, Benütze die Gelegenheit,

[11]  O Lieblicher! Spiele zum persischen Lied' Die Weisen von Iraks Gesang.

[12]  So schön bist du, Tochter der Rebe, so bist du Die Ehescheidung doch oft werth.

[13]  Mit Sonnen ein Bündniß zu schließen, geziemet Dem Herren Jesus nur allein. Das Alter verbietet mir Schöne zu lieben, Verbeut Umarmungen und Kuß.

[14]  Es ist noch mein Schicksal zu freu'n mich der Freunde, Hafis! nach Iraks Weise sing'.

[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