[1]  The rectitude of work ,where and ,I ruined wanting in rectitude where
Behold the distance of the Path ,from where rectitude to ruin where

[2]   My heart wearied of the cloister ,and of the patched garment of hypocrisy
The Magians' cloister the circle of the murshid where the pure wine of the love of God where

[3]   With profligacy the being severed from friend and stranger what connection have rectitude and piety hypocrisy
The hearing of the exhortation that affecteth not the heart where The melody of the stringed instrument the murshid where

[4]   From the Friend's luminous face ,what gaineth the dark heart of enemies
The dead extinguished lamp ,where The candle of the resplendent sun ,where

[5]   The dust of Thy threshold is like the kuhl of our vision
Where go we Order .Hence ,where

[6]   Look not at the apple dimple of the chin for in the path is a great pit
O heart where goest thou With this haste ,where

[7]   He is gone To him the true beloved or the murshid be the time of union a pleasant memory .
Gone is that tender glance ,where and that reproof to amend where

[8]   O friend from Hafiz seek neither ease nor patience
Ease ,what Patience ,what Sleep ,where

[1]  Wo ist was Recht und gut ist, wo?Wo ich Betrunkener, wo?Ha! Welch ein Unterschied ist nichtIm Weg von wo zu wo!

[2]  Die Zelle und das GleisnerkleidVerließ schon längst mein Herz;Wo ist der wackre alte WirthUnd reiner Necktar, wo?

[3]  Wie reimet sich die TrunkenheitMit der Schamhaftigkeit?Wo ist das Wort des Predigers,Schalmei'ngetöne, wo?

[4]  Ach! Was versteht vom AngesichtDes Freunds, des Feindes Herz!Wo ist ein ausgelöschtes Licht,Und Sonnenschimmer, wo?

[5]  Weil deiner Thüre SchwellenstaubDes Auges Schminke wird,So sage, wo ich bleiben sollVor dieser Thüre, wo?

[6]  Betrachte nicht ihr Apfelkinn!Im Wege liegt ein Brunn,Wohin mit dieser Last mein Herz?Wo wirst du halten, wo?

[7]  Ach! des Genußes Tag ist hin,Gesegnet sey er mir!Wo ist die süße SchmeicheleiDes Liebchens Zürnen, wo?

[1]  In this city ,my fortune ,I have tried
From this whirlpool ,my chattels 'tis necessary to draw .

[2]   Since many a time I gnaw the hand of regret and heave the sigh from my chest
To my body ,piecemeal torn ,like the rose leaf shedding I set fire .

[3]   Last night from a bulbul that sang ,how sweetly it came to me in a place where
From the branch of its rose - tree ,the rose made wide its ear ,

[4]   Saying O heart joyful be thou .For that beloved ,ill of nature ,
Long sitteth refractorily on account of his ill fortune .

[5]   The world ,cruel in words and slow in covenant - keeping to pass by thee thou wishest
Thy own slow covenant and cruel words abandon .

[6]   If ,upon the lofty sky ,vicissitudes Shaitan's temptations wave - mounting ,strike their head ,
Yet his chattels and fortune ,wet soiled with Shaitan's snare the Arif maketh not .

[7]   O Hafiz if union had been attainable ,ever ,
Far severed from bis throne ,Jamshld would not have remained .

[1]  Mein Glück hab' ich in dieser Stadt versucht,Nun muß ich schnell mich aus dem Wirbel retten.

[2]  Ich seufzte, in den Finger biß ich michUnd legte meinem Körper Feuer unter.

[3]  Ich hörte gestern eine Nachtigall,Die Rose neigte hin ihr Ohr vom Busche.

[4]  Sie sang: Sey frohen Muthes, denn der MannVon hartem Sinn verhört des Glückes Stimme.

[5]  Soll Hartes, Leichtes nicht zu Herz dir gehen,Nimm Andrer Hartes Leichtes nicht zu Herzen.

[6]  Wenn an den Himmel schlägt des Schicksals Fluth,So wird der Weise sich doch nicht benetzen.

[7]  Hafis! Gäb's einen ewigen Genuß,So hätte nicht Dschemschid den Thron verlassen.

[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]  O true Beloved on the workshop of the eye ,the form of Thy face ,I drew
An idol in Thy form ,not I saw not I heard .

[2]   Although in search of Thee ,equal in rein speed with the swift north breeze I am
Not even the dust of the swiftly moving cypress of Thy stature ,I reached .

[3]   Hope in the dark night of Thy dark tress for the bright day of life ,I established not
From the heart's desire ,desire for Thy mouth's round form ,I severed ,

[4]   From desire for Thy sweet fountain ,what drops tears they were that I scattered
From Thy ruby lip wine - selling ,what graces I purchased .

[5]   On my wounded heart ,what arrows of glances ,Thou loosedest
At the head of Thy street ,what loads of grief I endured .

[6]   O breeze of the morning from the true Beloved's street ,a little dust bring ;
For ,from that moist land ,the perfume of the blood of the wounded heart I perceived .

[7]   The sin fault of Thy dark eye ,and of Thy heart - alluring neck ,it was ,
That ,like the wild deer ,from man I fled .

[8]   Over my head ,from His street ,a fragrant breeze like the perfumed rose - bud passed ,
For obtaining the perfume of which ,the screen over my poor heart ,1 rent .

[9]   The oath by the dust of Thy foot and by the light of the eye of Hafiz ,I swear that ,without Thy face ,
No splendour from the lamp of the eye ,I saw .

[1]  Auf Herrschaft hoffte ich,Ich opferte mich deinem Dienste,Ich wünschte mir ein Reich,Und wählte dich zu meinem Herren.

[2]  Ich habe dein GesichtVor die Fabrik des Augs gezogen.Ich sah und hörte nurVon einem Bilde, das dir gleichet.

[3]  Wiewohl ich mit dem NordIn gleichem Flügelschritte gehe,So konnt' ich doch noch nichtZur Zeder deines Wuchses kommen.

[4]  In deiner Locken NachtThat ich Verzicht auf Lebenstage,Im Kreise deines MundsVergaß ich meines Herzens Wünsche.

[5]  Wie viel vergoß ich nichtAus Sehnsucht deines Auges Thränen!Wie viel LiebkosungenErkauft' ich nicht von deinen Lippen.

[6]  Mit wie viel Pfeilen hastDu nicht mein Wundes Herz durchschoßen?Wie viele Lasten GramHab' ich in deinem Gau geschleppet?

[7]  Bring' mir, o Morgenwind,Ein Stäubchen von dem Gau der Freundinn,Ich rieche dort den DuftDes Blutdurchströmten wunden Herzens.

[8]  Fürwahr es ist die SchuldDes schwarzen Aug's und schönen Nacken,Daß ich wie Rehe scheuMich vor dem Menschen fürcht' und flüchte.

[9]  Ein Duft aus ihrem GauGieng über mich wie über Knospen,Und dieser Duft zerrißDes armen Herzens Hülle.

[1]  O Thou ,whose face ,moon in appearance ,is the fresh spring of beauty ;
Whose mole and down are the centre of grace ,and the circle of beauty

[2]   Hidden in Thy eye full of intoxication the fascination of sorcery
Revealed on Thy restless floating tress ,the calm rest of beauty .

[3]   Not a moon shone like Thee from the mansion of goodness
Not a cypress arose like Thy stature from the stream of beauty .

[4]   By Thy darkish beauty ,joyous became the age of heart - ravishingness ;
By Thy grace ,expanded became the season of beauty .

[5]   From the snare of Thy tress ,and the grain of Thy mole ,in the world ,
Not a bird of the heart remaineth ,not become the prey of beauty .

[6]   Ever ,with grace ,from the midst of life nature's nurse ,
Thee ,cherisheth with care in the bosom of beauty .

[7]   Fresh and fresh is the dark violet hair about Thy lip ,for that reason ,
That it keepeth drinking the water of life from the fountain - source of beauty .

[8]   Hafiz severed desire when he seeth Thy equal
There is none save Thy face in the land of beauty .

[1]  Dein Mondgesicht, o Liebchen! ist Ein Frühlingstag der Schönheit. Es ist dein Flaum, es ist dein Maal Der Mittelpunkt der Schönheit.

[2]  In deinem Funkelauge ist Ein Zauberspruch geschrieben, In den verwirrten Locken liegt Beständigkeit der Schönheit.

[3]  Ein Mond, dir ähnlich, gieng nie auf Am Himmel der Vollendung. Und keine Zeder, die dir gleicht, Wuchs je am Strom der Schönheit.

[4]  Der Lebenslauf der Schönen wird Erfreut durch deine Anmuth. Durch deine Lieblichkeit wird froh, Der Weltenlauf der Schönheit.

[5]  Die Locken sind ein Netz, es ist Das Maal ein Korn der Lockung, Darum ist jeder Vogel stets Die Beute deiner Schönheit.

[6]  Der Anmuth Amme nähret dich In unsrer Seelen Mitte, Sie nähret dich mit Schmeichelei'n Am Busenrand der Schönheit.

[7]  Um deine Lippen blüht so frisch Die Veilchensaat des Flaumes, Weil sie das Lebenswasser trinkt Frisch aus dem Quell der Schönheit.

[8]  Es hofft Hafis nun nimmermehr Dein Angesicht zu sehen. Denn außer deinen Wangen giebt Es Nichts im Land der Schönheit.

[1]  The skirt - trailer damsel kept moving in cloth ,gold - embroidered ,
In envy of her ,a hundred moon - of - face ,the collar of hempen cloth rent

[2]   From the heat of the fire of wine ,round about her cheek ,sweat ,
Like drops of night - dew on the rose - leaf dropped .

[3]   A pronunciation ,eloquent and sweet a stature ,tall and beautiful
A face ,gracious and heart - alluring ; the eye in a bow sweetly drawn .

[4]   Her soul refreshing ruby lip of the water of grace born
The boxtree stature sweetly moving ,in daintiness cherished .

[5]   That heart - alluring ruby lip of hers ,behold and that laughter full of ripple
That sweet moving of hers ,behold and that gait reposed .

[6]   Forth from our snare ,that mistress ,dark of eye ,hath gone
Friends what remedy may I make with this heart affrighted

[7]   Take care so far as thou canst ,injure not people of vision
No fidelity ,hath the world .O light of both eyes

[8]   On account of that heart - fascinating eye ,reproach how long shall I endure
One day ,glance ,O friend well chosen

[9]   If ,on account of Hafiz thy noble heart be grieved ,
Come back .For ,repentance ,we have made of that uttered and heard .

[10]   On account of the Khwaja's service ,many the thanks that I shall utter ,
If to my hand fall that fruit matured .

[11]   Every evil that ,in respect of us ,the enemy uttered thou heardest
O Lord the adversary's tongue be severed

[1]  Er schleppte nach die Schleppe Vom goldgestickten Hemd, Und hundert Mondgesichter Zerrissen ihr Gewand.

[2]  Der Schweiß trof auf die Wangen Von heißer Gluth des Weins, Wie auf die Rosenblätter Ein Tropfe frischen Thaus.

[3]  Voll süßer schöner Worte, Hochstämmig und gewandt, Vom lieblichen Gesichte Und anmuthsvollem Blick.

[4]  Es war aus Lebenswasser Geformt des Munds Rubin, Sein Buchs war aufgewachsen, Genährt mit Schmeichelei'n.

[5]  O schaue die Rubinen Und dieses Lächelns Reiz, Den Gang voll Huld und Anmuth, Den wohlgemeßnen Schritt.

[6]  Der Hirsch mit schwarzen Augen Entkam aus unsrem Netz, Was ist zu thun, o Freunde, Für ein zerschlagnes Herz!

[7]  Hüt' dich, bist du's im Stande, Rühr' Liebende nicht an, Die Welt hat keine Treue, O du mein Augenlicht!

[8]  Wie lang schilt mich dein Auge, Das alle trüget, aus? Wann wirst du mir dann schmeicheln, Mein auserwählter Freund?

[9]  Hat deine edle Seele Beleidiget Hafis, So komm', denn That und Worte Will herzlich ich bereun.

[10]  Ich will den Herren loben Aus schuld'ger Dankbarkeit, Wenn diese Frucht gereifet In meine Hände fällt.

[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 .