[1]  If that Bold One the true Beloved of Shiraz gain our heart ,
For His dark mole ,I will give Samarkand and Bukhara both worlds

[2]   Saki give the wine of divine love remaining from the people of religion for ,in Paradise ,thou wilt not have
The bank of the water of the Ruknabad the lover's weeping eye nor the rose of the garden of Musalla the lover's heart

[3]   Alas These saucy dainty ones lovely women sweet of work ,the torment of the city ,
Take patience from the heart even as the men of Turkistan take the tray of plunder .

[4]   The beauty of the Beloved God is in no need of our imperfect love
Of lustre ,and colour ,and mole and tricked line of eyebrow what need hath the lovely face

[5]   By reason of that beauty ,daily increasing that Yusuf the absolute Existence ,the real Beloved ,God had ,I the first day knew that Love for Him would bring
Zulaikha us ,things possible forth from the screen of chastity the pure existence of God

[6]   O murshid thou to amend my work spakest ill of me and I am happy .God Most High forgive thee thou spakest well
The bitter reply suiteth the ruddy lip ,sugar - eating .

[7]   O Soul Hear the counsel of the Murshid
For ,dearer than the soul ,hold happy youths the counsel of the wise old man .

[8]   The tale of minstrel and of wine of Love utter little seek the mystery of time
For this mystery ,none solved by skill thought and knowledge and shall not solve .

[9]   Thou utteredest a ghazal ; and threadedest pearls of verse Hafiz come and sweetly sing
That ,on thy verse ,the sky may scatter in thanks the cluster of the Pleiades .

[1]  Nähme mein Herz in die Hand der schöne Knabe aus Schiras,Gäb ich fürs Maal Samarkand und Buchara.

[2]  Reiche mir Schenke den Wein, im Himmel suchst du vergebensRoknabad's Blumengestad, und Mosella's.

[3]  Wehe! die Schelmen mit schwarzem Aug und süsser GebärdeRauben dem Herz die Geduld, wie die Türken.

[4]  Unvollkommene Liebe bedarf nicht die Schönheit des Freundes,Schöne Gesichter bedürfen nicht Schminke.

[5]  Jusufs berauschende Schönheit erklärt den Zauber der Liebe,Welcher zerrissen den Flor bei Sulicha.

[6]  Böses hast du gesprochen. Verziehn! Wohl ward es gesprochenBitteres ziemet den zuckrichten Lippen.

[7]  Höre den Rath, denn wiß': ein wohlerzogener JünglingSchätzt wie die Seele die Worte der Alten.

[8]  Bleibe beym Sänger, beim Glas, erforsch nicht verborgene DingeKeiner noch hat es gelöset, wird's lösen.

[9]  Lieder hast du gesungen Hafis, und Perlen gebohret.Werth, daß Pleiaden der Himmel verstreue.

[1]  Tis the 'id and ,at last ,the rose and friends are in expectation
Saki in the king's resplendent face ,behold the effulgent moon and bring wine .

[2]   From the spring - season of the rose ,I had uplifted my heart for in the rose - sea - son ,I drink no wine wander not about the forbidden and ,in the service of the pure ,acquire perfection but ,
In it the blessing of the pure ones of the time did no great work effected little

[3]   To the world ,attach not the heart and of the intoxicated one the holy traveller inquire ,
Of the bounty of the cup and of the tale of Jamshid .

[4]   Naught have I in hand ,save life's cash : the wine is where
That it also ,on the Saki's glance ,I may scatter .

[5]   Joyous is pleasant fortune and pleasant is the merciful king .
O Lord From time's eye - wound ,them preserve .

[6]   To the slave's verse ,drink wine .For another decoration giveth
Thy bejewelled cup to this royal pearl the murshid

[7]   If the early morning meal deeds of service and of abstinence hath vanished ,what matter There is still the morning wine deeds of love
With wine ,fast - breaking keeping back from the world's affluence the seekers of the true Beloved make .

[8]   For the reason that Thy merciful disposition is the screen - concealer ,
On our heart ,bestow pardon for it is a little cash of small proof .

[9]   I fear that ,on the day of rising ,up ,rein on rein equally urge
The rosary of the holy Shaikh ,and the khirka of the profligate ,wine - drinker .

[10]   Hafiz since fasting austerity and chastity hath departed and the rose love's season also departeth ,
Helpless ,drink wine of love for ,from the hand ,the goal of work hath departed .

[1]  Heut ist das Fest, die Rosen sind fort, und die Freund' in Erwartung,Schaut in Schenkengesicht Mondenglanz, bringet mir Wein!

[2]  Längstens hatte mein Herz Verzicht gethan auf die Rosen,Aber frommes Gebet rettete einige noch.

[3]  Schenke dein Herz nicht der Welt, und frage einen Betrunknen,Um's wohlthätige Glas, um die Geschichte Dschemschids.

[4]  Seelengold ist alles Vermögen, o bringet den Wein her,Daß ich auch diesen verspend', süßeren Lohnes gewiß.

[5]  Glücklich ist das Reich, und gnädig unser Beherrscher,Vor den Gefahren der Zeit schirme, beschütz' ihn o Herr!

[6]  Seines Dieners Gesang entström' den Kehlen bei'm Weine,Glänzende Perlen verleih'n Gläsern den herrlichsten Glanz.

[7]  Ist das Frühmal vorbei, so hat es nichts zu bedeuten,O ihr Freunde des Freund's brechet die Fasten mit Wein!

[8]  Gerne verhüllt dein edeler Sinn die Fehler mit Schleiern,Zürne mir nicht, denn mein Herz ist von zu leichtem Gehalt.

[9]  Wahrlich ich fürchte mit Recht, es geh'n am Tag' des GerichtesEinstens Hand in Hand Trinker und Scheiche den Weg.

[10]  Nun ist die Fasten vorbei, die Rosen Hafis gehen zu Ende.Trinke du immerhin Wein, beßeres ist nicht zu thun.

[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]  In constancy of love for Thee ,renowned of the lovely ones I am like the candle
Night - sitter in the street of head life - players and of profligates ,I am like the candle .

[2]   Day and night ,to my eye ,grief - worshipping ,sleep cometh not
Since ,in sickness of separation from Thee ,weeping ,I am like the candle .

[3]   With the shears of grief for Thee ,severed became the thread of my patience
So ,in fire's separation from Thee ,laughing consuming I am like the candle .

[4]   If hot moving impetuous had not been the steed of my rose - hued bloody tear ,
In the world ,when would my hidden mystery love for Thee have become luminous like the candle .

[5]   In the midst of water and of fire ,even so ardent of desire for Thee is
This my heart ,poor ,feeble ,tear - raining guttering like the candle .

[6]   In separation's night ,me a letter of union ,send
If not ,in grief for Thee ,a great world I will cause to consume - like the candle .

[7]   Night is my day without Thy beauty world - adorning
With the perfection of love for Thee ,in the very essence of loss ,consuming I am ,like the candle .

[8]   From the power of grief for Thee ,soft like wax became the mountain of my patience ,
Since ,in the water and the fire of love for Thee ,melting I am like the candle .

[9]   Like the morning ,without a sight of Thee ,is left only a breath of life
O heart - ravisher Thy face ,display so that ,on Thee ,my life I may scatter in love's consuming like the candle -

[10]   O neck - extender in grandeur head - exalting make me ,one night ,by union with Thee
That ,by the sight of Thee ,luminous may become my hall like the candle

[11]   Wonderful in his head ,Hafiz caught love's fire for Thee
With the water tear of the eye ,how may 1 quench the heart's fire like the candle .

[1]  Durch Treue bin ich berühmt bei Schönen wie die Kerze,Ich sitze bei der Nacht mit Trunknen, wie die Kerze.

[2]  Bei Nacht und Tage kommt kein Schlaf in meine Augen,Ich weine, und bin krank durch Trennung, wie die Kerze.

[3]  Den Faden der Geduld zerschnitt die Scheer des Grames,Ich lach' in der Gluth der Liebe, gleich der Kerze.

[4]  Wenn blut'ge Thränen nicht dem Auge heiß entströmten,So wär' der Welt nicht kund mein Innres wie die Kerze.

[5]  Mein weinend Herz, o schau' es zwischen Gluth und Wasser,Beständig klaget es, es jammert wie die Kerze.

[6]  Den Schmetterling der Lust send' in die Nacht der Trennung,Sonst werde ich die Welt verbrennen wie die Kerze.

[7]  Mein Tag ist finster ohne deine Weltenschönheit,Doch unvollkommen ist die Liebe wie die Kerze.

[8]  Der Felsen der Geduld zerschmilzt wie Wachs vor Schmerzen,Seit deine Liebe mich zerschmelzet wie die Kerze.

[11]  Ergriffen hat Hafisen deiner Liebe Flamme,Wann löschet Wasser diesen Brand aus wie die Kerze.

[1]  Glad tidings to the abode of Zu - Salam ,suddenly descended safety from calamity
To God praise ,the praise of the confessor of the greatest blessing

[2]   That bringer of happy news ,who brought the glad tidings of victory ,is where
So that in joy my soul which is dearer than gold and silver I may scatter on his foot like gold and silver .

[3]   From the King's turning back ,what a rare picture established
His enemy's resolution in the mansion of non - existence

[4]   Verily ,shattered of heart becometh the covenant - breaker
In the opinion of the Lords of wisdom ,sacred charges are covenants .

[5]   From hope's cloudlet ,he sought a blessing .But ,
To his seeing eye ,it gave naught save moisture .

[6]   Into the dark Nil of grief ,he the covenant - breaker fell to him ,in reproach the sky said
Verily ,now ,repentant ,thou hast become ; and profit from repentance ,thou gainest not .

[7]   Saki come ,for it is the season of the rose ,and the time of pleasure :
The cup ,bring and suffer no grief ,more or less .

[8]   From the cup of wine ,hear .For this old woman ,newly married the world
Many a husband ,like Kay Kubad and Jamshid ,slew .

[9]   O heart seek not thou the kingdom of Jamshid seek the cup of wine
For this was the song of the bulbul ,garden - singer ,of Jamshid .

[10]   When ,like the red flagon ,the enemy's red blood ,thou spilledest ,
With friends ,in ease and joy ,take the cup of Jamshid .

[11]   In the tavern - corner ,hath Hafiz his place of ease ,
Like the bird in the garden and like the lion in the forest .

[1]  Komm' o Schenke jetzt sind die Tage der Rosenzeit,Jetzt sind die Tage der Freude.Bring' den Becher heraus, weiters bekümmreDich ums minder und mehr nicht.

[2]  Frohe Kunde, das Heil ist nun gegönnt mit RechtDen Bewohnern von SalemWer die mächtige Huld dankbar erkennt und schätztLobt und preiset den Herren.

[3]  Wo? o wo ist der Both', welcher hievon heut unsFreudenkunde gegeben?Daß statt Silber und Gold hin auf die Erde ichStreuen möge die Seele.

[4]  Welche schönre Gestalt nehmen die Dinge nunDa der Kaiser zurückkehrt.Was der Feind durch Betrug Arges geschmiedet hat,Ist zu Wasser geworden.

[5]  Wer Verträge zerstört wird vom gerechten Loos,Scharf gezüchtiget werden.Von Vernünftigen ward Bund und Vertrag von jeHoch und heilig gehalten.

[6]  Freilich hatte der Feind auf der ErbarmungenWolken Hoffnung gegründet,Aber ausser der Fluth, welche den Augen entströmt,Hat er keine gesehen.

[1]  The decision of the Pir of the Magians ,I have ; and an old saying ,it is ,
That unlawful is wine there ,where is neither the friend nor the companion .

[2]   This ragged religious garment of hypocrisy I will rend what shall I do
The society of the uncongenial nature is excruciating torment to the soul .

[3]   So that ,perchance ,on me ,the true Beloved's lip may scatter a draught
For that reason ,years dweller I have become at the door of the wine - house of love

[4]   Perchance ,passed from His memory hath my ancient service :
O morning breeze Him ,recollection of the ancient covenant ,give .

[5]   If ,after a hundred years ,Thy perfume blow over my dust ,
Forth from the clay of the grave its head the rotten bone dancing bringeth .

[6]   First ,from us ,with a hundred hopes ,the Heart - Ravisher took our heart
Apparently ,the covenant ,His merciful nature forgetteth not .

[7]   To the rose - bud the seeker who ,by not attaining the object of his heart ,is strait of heart speak ,saying : Of thy entangled work ,strait of heart be not
For ,from morn's breath ,and from the spirits of the breeze the perfect murshid aid thou wilt gain .

[8]   O heart thought of thy own welfare make by another door the door of the true Beloved
By the physician's treatment ,better becometh not the lover's pain .

[9]   The jewel of divine knowledge ,amass ,that ,it with thyself ,to the next world ,thou mayst take
For after thy death the portion of others is the wealth of gold and of silver .

[10]   Strong is the world's snare from it ,escape is impossible unless God's grace become thy friend ally
If not ,over Shaitan whelmed with stones ,Adam man prevailed not .

[11]   Hafiz if silver and gold thine be not ,what matter Be grateful .
Than the fortune of thy grace of speech ,and of thy gentle thought ,what better fortune

[1]  O murshid come sq that the rose of ease and of pleasure we may scatter ,and ,into the cup of existence or of the heart the wine of love and of divine knowledge cast ,
By our inward strength the roof of the sky we rend and to the height of another heaven a new way ,cast .

[2]   If an army ,that sheddeth the blood of lovers ,grief raise
Content together are I and the Saki and up its foundation ,we cast .

[3]   Into the cup of ruddy wine ,rose - water ,I pour
Into the censer of the wind ,'itr - revolving ,sugar ,I cast .

[4]   Minstrel since in thy hand is a sweet instrument ,a sweet song sing
So that ,hand - waving ,we may sing the love - song ,and dancing ,our head down may cast .

[5]   O breeze to that lofty quarter of the Beloved ,the dust of our existence cast
It may be that on the spectacle - place of that king of lovely ones 'arifs our glance ,we may cast .

[6]   Of reason ,one boasteth another idle talk weaveth
Come before the just Ruler God these disputes ,let us cast .

[7]   If the paradise of Adn ,thou desire ,come with us to the tavern of love and of profligacy
So that ,from the foot of the wine - jar the murshid of love thee ,at once into the pool of Kausar ,we may cast .

[8]   In Shiraz ,the understanding of verse ,and the speaking well ,they practise not
Hafiz come that ,into another land ,ourselves we may cast .

[1]  Komm' laß uns Rosen streuen, Und Wein in Becher werfen, Des Himmels Dach zertrümmern, Und neue Formen werfen.

[2]  Sobald des Kummers Heere, Der Treuen Blut vergießen, So will ich mit dem Schenken, Den Bau des Grams zerwerfen.

[3]  Wir wollen Rosenwasser In Weingeschirre gießen, Und Zucker in das Rauchfaß, Voll Moschusduftes werfen.

[4]  Dein Saitenspiel ist lieblich, O spiele süße Weisen, Damit wir Lieder singen, Und unsre Köpfe werfen.

[5]  Bring' Ost den Staub des Körpers, Zu jenem großen Herren, Daß wir auch unsre Blicke, Auf seine Schönheit werfen.

[6]  Der Eine prahlt mit Weisheit, Der Andere mit Tugend, Komm' laß uns diese Dinge Dem Richter unterwerfen.

[7]  Verlangest du nach Eden, So komm' mit mir zur Schenke, Wir wollen aus dem Weinfaß In den Kewßer Dich werfen.

[8]  Gesang und Kraft des Wortes Blüht in Schiras nicht weiter. O komm' Hafis, wir wollen Wo anders hin uns werfen.

[1]  O Beloved for Thy rose - leaf ruddy face of the musky fragrant hyacinth the tress the veil make
That is Thy face conceal and a world ruined make .

[2]   The sweat from Tby face ,scatter on the borders of the garden
As from seeing Thee the flagons of our eyes are full of rose - water ,tears so full of rose - water the garden make .

[3]   Haste for departing ,like swift life ,the rose - season maketh :
Saki in the circulation of the cup of roseate hue ,haste make .