[1]  O breeze if by the bank of the river Araxes ,thou pass ,
Upon the dust of that valley ,a kiss express and thy breath from the perfumed dust musky make .

[2]   Salma's dwelling to whom ,momently ,from us ,a hundred salutations be ,
Full of the clamour of the camel - drivers and of the crash of the great bell ,thou seest .

[3]   The beloved's litter ,kiss then ,with soft emotion ,the request present ,
Saying O kind one from separation from thee ,I consume .Help

[4]   I who used to call the counsel of the counsellors love - forbidding the empty sound of the stringed instrument ,
Now ,since I have experienced the ear - rubbing torment of separation ,enough for me is this counsel .

[5]   Night - taking ,make pleasure without fear .For ,in love's city ,
With the chief of the patrol ,the night - prowler the holy traveller hath friendship .

[6]   O heart not the work of playing is love - playing .Play thy head life
If not ,with the chaugan of passion ,one cannot strike the ball of pure love .

[7]   To the intoxicated eye of the true Beloved ,Us own soul ,my heart with pleasure giveth
Although ,to none gave sensible ones their own will .

[8]   In sugar - land ,parrots other disciples urge their own pleasure by the aid of the perfect murshid
But ,through grief ,his wings about his head the wretched fly Hafiz beateth .

[9]   If to the nib of the friend's reed ,the name of Hafiz ascend ,
From His Majesty ,the King ,this that is supplicated is enough .

[1]  Wenn du vorbeigehst Ost am Ufer des AraxesSo küß' den Staub des Thals, durchwürze deine Seele.

[2]  Da wirst du Selma's Platz, den hundertfach ich küßteVoll vom Geschrey und Lärm der Karawanen finden.

[3]  Dort küße das Gepäck der Freundin, seufze klagend:Ich bin durch Flucht verbrannt, o helfe mir Geliebter!

[4]  Ich, dem eh guter Rath wie Lautenton verklungenMag jetzt durch Trennung klug denselben gerne hören.

[5]  Du schwärme bei der Nacht, denn in der Stadt der LiebeSind Schwärmer wohl bekannt dem Obersten der Wache.

[6]  Ganz eigen ist das Spiel der Liebe, setz den Kopf ausWenn du im Spiel verlangst den Ballen fortzuschlagen.

[7]  Mein Herz hat sich dem Aug des Freundes überlassenWiewohl Vernünftige sich Keinem überlassen.

[8]  Es schwelgt der Papagey im Zuckerfeld mit WohlbehagenDie arme Ameis schlägt aus Leid die Händ' zusammen.

[9]  Ich fleh' die Majestät des Schahes um Nichts Anders,Als daß Hafisens Nam' dem Kiel des Freundes entfließe.

[1]  Now ,the good counsel of the time I see in that ,
That ,to the wine - house ,my chattels I betake and happy sit .

[2]   The cup of wine ,I take and ,from the hypocrite ,far I go
That is ,of the world's creation ,only pureness of heart ,I choose .

[3]   Save the goglet and the book the Kuran no companion nor friend may be mine
So that the traitor - watchers of the world ,seldom ,I may see .

[4]   Above the people ,my head in freedom ,like the lofty cypress ,I uplift ,
If it be possible that ,away from the world ,my skirt ,I may pluck .

[5]   Since ,in the stained khirka ,rectitude I boasted
Ashamed of the Saki's face and of the coloured wine ,am I .

[6]   My straitened chest and its load of grief .Alas
Not the man porter for this heavy load ,is my grieved heart .

[7]   If I be the tavern .profligate or if the city - guardian ,
These ,that Thou seest ,I am and than these ,less I am .

[8]   The slave of the Asaf of the age am I my heart afflicted ,keep not
For ,if I boast of the sphere ,revenge it seeketh .

[9]   On my heart is the dust of tyranny .O God approve not
That dulled should be my love - filled mirror the heart

[10]   In fancy for the tip of Thy musky tress ,my heart and soul consumed
If for Thee credence be necessary ,behold my musky fragrant breath

[1]  Was mir am dienlichsten scheint bei diesen gefährlichen Zeiten, Ist in das Wirthshaus zu ziehn, lustiger Dinge zu seyn.

[2]  Mit dem Glas in der Hand, bin ich dort ferne von Heuchlern, Rein bewahr' ich mein Herz in dem Getümmel der Welt,

[3]  Keinen Freund verlang' ich mir dort, als das Buch und die Flasche, Daß ich vergeße der List, daß ich vergeße des Trugs.

[4]  Stolz wie Cypreßen erheb' ich mein Haupt hoch über die Menschen, Wenn mein Vorsatz gelingt mich zu entziehen der Welt.

[5]  Selbst in bemackeltem Kleid hab' ich noch mit Gutem geprahlet, Aber ich stehe dafür Schenken und Trunknen zum Spott.

[6]  Ach! der engen Brust, und ach! der Bürde der Leiden Solche Bürden des Grams trägt nicht das siechende Herz.

[7]  Sey' ich ein Trunkner vom Platz, und sey von der Stadt ich der Hüter, Sieh' ich bin wie ich bin, manchesmal schlechter vielleicht.

[8]  Gräme dich nicht mein Herz, ich bin der Sklav des Wesires, Klagte den Himmel ich an, ständ' er als Rächer mir bei.

[9]  Staub der Leiden verhüllt mein Herz, Gott soll es bewahren! Niemals seyen getrübt spiegelnde Herzen so rein.

[1]  In the early morn ,when intoxicated with the night's wine ,
The cup ,I took ,with the harp and the flute .

[2]   For the sake of wisdom ,I placed road - provisions with wine
Him wisdom to the city of intoxication ,I sent travelling .

[3]   Me ,the form of the wine - seller the murshid gave a look ,
That safe ,from time's deceit ,I became .

[4]   From the Saki of bow eye - brow ,I heard
O butt of the arrow of reproach

[5]   Like the girdle ,profit from that waist thou gainest not ,
If within ,only thyself thou seest .

[6]   Go about thy own work over another bird ,this net place
For lofty inaccessible is the Anka's nest .

[7]   Who gaineth good profit from union with a lovely one ,
Who ,at love with herself ever playeth

[8]   All He is the companion ,the minstrel ,and the Saki
As pretence is the fancy the illusory form of water and clay the form of man

[9]   O perfect murshid the bark of the wine of ma'rifat give ,that happily I may come out
From this stream the world of bodies shore unseen .

[10]   Hafiz our existence is an enigma
The investigating whereof is fable and enchantment .

[1]  Früh nach durchtrunkener Nacht Nahm ich die Leyer, das Plektron, den Becher,

[2]  Zäumte das Roß der Vernunft, Trieb es mit Spornen zur Stadt der Betrunknen.

[3]  Siehe mir schmeichelt der Wirth, Daß ich des Schicksals Verblendung nicht fürchte,

[4]  Du des Geredepfeils Ziel! Sagte der Schenke mit Bogen wie Brau'n.

[5]  Wenig gedeihet es dir, Wenn du mich auch wie ein Gürtel umschlingst.

[6]  Anderen stelle das Netz, Ueber die Netze erhaben ist Anka.

[7]  Ha! wie genöße des Schahes Wer in sich selber beständig verliebt ist?

[8]  Schenk' und Vertrauter ist Eins, Jeglicher Unterschied ist nur ein Vorwand,

[9]  Reich' uns den Nachen der Sohre, Daß wir aus diesem Gewässer uns retten.

[10]  Alles ist Räthsel, Hafis, Uns es erklären ist leeres Geplauder.

[1]  O heart a moment ,void of love and of intoxication ,be not
At that time ,go when ,from non - existence to existence ,thou escapedest .

[2]   If the khirka - wearer ,thou see ,engaged in thy own work be
Every kibla that is better than self - worshiping is .

[4]   In the religious order of tarikat love immatureness is kufr
Yes ,the path of profligacy is expertness and quickness ,

[5]   As long as in thyself the wisdom of excellence thou seest and ,of that wisdom ,art proud thou sittest void of divine knowledge
To thec ,one word I say : Thyself ,behold not ,so that in safety thou mayst escape .

[6]   These calamities that have arisen I had fore - seen that day ,
When ,awhile with us ,through perverseness ,thou satest not .

[7]   O my Sultan for God's sake ,exercise pity us ,thy black tress hath shattered
Long - handedness like this ,how long maketh the black

[8]   Last night ,in the assembly of the magians ,to me how well said that idol
If the idol ,thou worship not ,with the kafirs ,what work is thine

[9]   O soul to the power of the deluge ,thee ,love will consign
Swiftly like lightning ,thou thoughtest that from this tumult ,thou wouldst escape .

[10]   From the Path ,Hafiz gazed till he beheld thy lovely tress ;
Notwithstanding his loftiness ,trodden in lowliness truly humble he became .

[1]  O Lieb' und trinke stets mein Herz! Dann ist dir Seyn und Nichtseyn gleich.

[2]  Siehst du die Frommen, schau' auf dich, Denn Selbstsucht ist das Böseste.

[3]  Freue dich mit deiner Schwäche Wie der Ostwind erfreue dich, Denn die Krankheit ist hienieden Besser als die Gesundheit.

[4]  Die Kälte zeigt von wenig Treu, Der Rausch ist listig und gewandt,

[5]  Du bist unwissend wenn du prahlst, O glaube, liebe dich nicht selbst.

[6]  An den Himmel denke immer In dem Kreis der Geliebten, Denn du fällst vom Glückesgipfel Sonst hinab in Verachtung.

[7]  Zwar verletzen mich diese Dornen, Dennoch verlang' ich Rosen, Bitterkeit des Weins ist lieblich In der Süße des Rausches.

[8]  Mönche trinken aus dem Becher Und Hafis aus den Flaschen, O ihr kurzen Aermel, wann, wann Werden kürzer die Hände.

[1]  To me ,from the heart - ravisher who will convey the kindness of a letter of a pen
The foot - man of the wind is where ,if he still doeth a kindness

[2]   In love's path ,I considered that the deliberation of wisdom
Is like a little night - dew ,that ,on the sea ,draweth a mark wrinkle

[3]   Come for ,though my khirka is the endowment of the wine - house ,
Of the property of endowment ,thou seest not to my name even a diram .

[4]   O heart Saki head - pain giveth the tale of how and why
The cup of pure wine take and ,from the care of thy own life ,rest a moment .

[5]   Love's pain knoweth not the road - sitting physician the dry zahid ; the sufi ,void of wisdom
O one dead of heart go to hand get a Masih - breath .

[6]   From hypocrisy ,my heart took flight and the drum was beneath the blanket
Come ,so that at the wine - house door ,I may up - lift a great standard .

[7]   Come and drink wine For the time - recogniser selleth two worlds this and the next
For one cup of pure wine ; and for the society of a lovely idol .

[8]   Not love's way is ever pleasure and ease
If ,our companion ,thou be ,drink the poison of a great grief .

[9]   No complaint only mention I make .But ,the cloud of mercy of the Friend ,
To the field of liver - thirsty ones ,gave not even a little dew .

[10]   For one reed of his candy ,why purchase they not that one Hafiz
Who ,a hundred sugar - scatterings ,made from the reed of a single pen

[11]   O king in Hafiz's hand is naught worthy of thy value
Save the supplication of a night and the prayer of a morning .

[1]  Wo ist Ostwind, der Both, um jenen nach Würden zu ehren, Der von meinem Freund liebliche Briefchen mir bringt,

[2]  Wisset, mit was der Verstand im Wege der Liebe vergleichbar? Mit dem Tröpfchen Thau, das in die Fluthen sich senkt.

[3]  Komm'! denn ist gleich mein Ordenskleid die Stiftung der Schenke, Keinen Pfennig doch wirst du darum finden bei mir.

[4]  Wie und warum, und alles zu wissen macht häufiges Kopfweh, Nimm den Becher, und ruh' wenig Minuten nur aus!

[5]  Was verstehen die Aerzte am Weg, die Leiden der Liebe? Du gestorbener Mann sieh' um den Heiland dich um.

[6]  Ha! mein Herz ist wider Trommel und Kutten im Aufruhr, Vor der Schenke Thür pflanzen die Fahne wir auf.

[7]  Komm'! die auf Zeit sich verstehen verhandeln Himmel und Erde Für zwey Becher Wein, und ein vertrautes Gespräch.

[8]  Immer genießen und schwelgen ist nicht die Gewohnheit der Liebe, Gehst mit uns du um, trinke die Hefen des Grams.

[9]  Klagen will ich nun nicht, allein die Milde des Freundes Feuchtete noch bisher durstige Herzen nicht an.

[10]  Ey warum kauft ein Zuckerrohr nicht von Freunden der Redner, Dessen süßem Kiel liebliche Rede entfließt.

[11]  Nichts besitzet Hafis, was deinen stattlichen Wuchs zahlt, Nichts als Abendgruß, nichts als Morgengebet.

[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 .