[1]  When His the true Beloved's tress ,ambergris - diffusing ,the breeze fate and destiny dishevelled ,
Every shattered one ,with whom it the breeze joined ,his life fresh became .

[2]   A fellow - breather is where so that to him explanation of my grief ,I may give
From the time of separation from Him ,what torments my heart endureth .

[3]   Of the leaves of the rose the limbs of man time made a token of Thy face O true Beloved
But on looking - well through shame of Thee ,concealed it man in the rose - bud the closed tomb

[4]   Thou asleep and no limit appeared
Thanks be to God for this Path of love that hath no end

[5]   Perchance ,the beauty of the Ka'ba the true Beloved desireth excuse for want of union of the way - farer to the Ka'ba
For ,in its desert ,consumed the soul of those alive of heart lovers of God

[6]   To this shattered house of sorrow the lover's body who bringeth .
From the pit of the true Beloved's chin trace of the Yusuf of the heart

[7]   That tress - tip the world of evidence ,or this world I take and it to the khwaja's hand ,I give ,
That ,perchance ,my justice from its hands he may take and ,holding me excused ,may not drive me away

[8]   In the morning ,by the border of the sward ,from the bulbul I heard
His melody of Hafiz ,sweet of voice ,sweet of song .

[1]  Ach wer bringt in mein Haus die TrauerkundeVon dem Jusuf des Herzens aus dem Kinnbrunn!

[2]  Als der Ostwind aus ihren Locken hauchte,Lebten Kranke, die er umfloß, von Neuem.

[3]  Wo sind Freunde, daß ich den Gram erzähle,Den mein Herz von der Trennung erlitten.

[4]  Nachgeahmt hat Natur dein RosenantlitzUnd ihr Werk dann beschämt versteckt in Knospen.

[5]  Sorglos bist du, die Liebe hat kein Ende;Preis den Herrn, denn er ist auch unendlich!

[6]  Nachsicht Kaaba der Schönheit hast du nöthig,Denn die Wüste verbrennt beseelte Herzen.

[7]  Ihre Locken ergreif' ich, leg' sie in dieHand des Herren, damit er mich doch räche.

[1]  To the shattered one ,when thou comest ,the Fatiha recite
Thy lip ,open for life to the dead ,the ruby of thy lip giveth .

[2]   That one the holy traveller who ,for inquiry after my state came the Fatiha readeth and departeth ,
A breath where that my soul after him ,I may move sacrifice

[3]   O thou that art the physician of the shattered my face and tongue ,behold
For ,on the tongue ,this breath and sigh of my chest is the heart's load .

[4]   Though hot with love ,fever made my bone ,and departed ,
From my bone ,like the fever ,love's fire departeth not .

[5]   Like the state of thy dark mole on the ruddy fire of its native land thy luminous ,ruddy ,cheek is the state of my heart
On account of those two eyes of thine that against me consider tyranny lawful shattered and powerless my body hath become .

[6]   With the water of my two eyes ,quench my heat of love's fever and feel
My pulse whether any trace of life it giveth .

[7]   That one the holy traveller who ,for the sake of rest ,me ,the wine of the bottle the heart had given ,
Momently ,to the physician ,my bottle the heart wherefore taketh he

[8]   Hafiz the draught of the water of life ,me ,thy verse gave
The physician ,forsake come the prescription of my draught sweet verse read .

[1]  Bet', wenn du zum Kranken kommst, ein kleines Gebetlein, Oeffne deinen Rubin, daß er beseele den Leib.

[2]  Wer da kommt zum Besuch, ein Fatiha betet und gehet, Sag' ihm: Habe Geduld; siehe dann folget der Geist.

[3]  Du der Herzen Arzt, beschäme das Aeußre des Herzens, Meine Zunge beschwert Seufzer und Rauch von der Brust.

[4]  Fieberhitze verbrennt das Gebein, doch geht sie von hinnen, Liebesfieber verbrennt, aber es gehet nicht fort.

[5]  Wie das verbrannte Maal ist das Herz im Feuer zu Hause, Deinem Auge gleich schmachtet deßhalben der Leib.

[6]  Lösche nun wieder aus die Gluth mit den Thränen der Augen, Greife mir den Puls, zeiget er Leben noch an?

[7]  Jener, der mir zum Trunk die Flasche der Liebe gegeben, Sage, warum trägt er immer die Flasche zum Arzt.

[8]  Dein Gesang, o Hafis, hat mich mit dem Leben getränket, Laß den Arzt, und komm, singe vielmehr mir ein Lied.

[1]  'Tis a city full of graceful ones and ,on every side ,an idol .
O friends 'tis love's salutation ,if ye make a bargain .

[2]   More fresh than this ,the sky's eye seetli not a youth
In the hand ,none beheld more beautiful than this an idol .

[3]   Created of soul ,who shall have seen a body
On this skirt ,of these dusty ones be not a particle of dust

[4]   The shattered one like me ,from before thyself wherefore drivest thou
For great expectation is mine ,of a kiss ,or of an embrace .

[5]   Know the wine is without alloy haste the time is opportune
Another year ,who hath hope of a new spring

[6]   In the garden ,companions like the tulip and the rose ,
Each a cup taken to the memory of the face of a friend .

[7]   This knot ,how may I loose This mystery ,how may I unfold
A pain ,and a severe pain a work ,and a difficult work .

[8]   In the hand of the tress ,of a saucy one ,is every thread of Hafiz's hair
'Tis difficult to dwell in a land like this .

[1]  Voll von Zarten ist die Stadt, Ueberall sind Schönheitsbilder, Freunde fangt zu handeln an, Denn es ist die Zeit der Liebe.

[2]  Nie noch hat das Aug' der Welt Frisch're Jünglinge gesehen, Keinem ist ein schön'res Bild In die Hände je gefallen.

[3]  Habt sein Auge ihr geseh'n, Ganz aus Lebensgeist erschaffen? Niemals soll von diesem Staub' Seinen Saum ein Stäubchen drücken.

[4]  Wenn ich ganz zerschlagen bin, Wer kann sich darob wohl wundern? Hab' ich nicht umsonst geharrt Auf Umarmungen und Küsse.

[5]  Eile! sieh' der Wein ist rein, Nütze diese frohen Zeiten, Wer kann für das nächste Jahr Frühlingsfreuden dir versprechen?

[6]  Zwey Gesellen bleiben noch In dem Garten Ros' und Lilie, Beide halten hoch den Kelch Auf des Freundes Angedenken.

[7]  Wenn die Liebe sich entrollt, Das Geheimniß sich aufschließt, Fühl' ich Pein, o harte Pein, Fühl' ich Schmerz, o schwerer Schmerz!

[8]  Immer liegt Hafisens Haar In des Freundes Locken, Schwer ist's wahrlich, lange hier Auf der Wache auszuhalten.

[1]  O Beloved Thou whose purpose in the world whatever it be ,Thou hast ;
Of the state of the feeble and of the powerless ,what grief is it that Thou hast

[2]   From Thy slave ,life and heart ,demand the soul ,take
For over the free ,the current order Thou hast .

[3]   No waist ,hast Thou and momently I wonder how ,
In the midst of the assembly of lovely ones ,thou displayest exaltation .

[4]   Fit ,is no picture for the whiteness of Thy face because ,
From the musky dark line of down blackness ,upon the ruddy arghavan the ruddy cheek Thou hast .

[5]   O graceful one ever drink wine ,for light of soul thou art
Especially ,at this moment ,when the heavy head through wine thou hast .

[6]   More than this ,against my heart ,make neither reproach ,nor violence
Do whatever thou canst ,when room occasion for it ,- thou hast .

[7]   If ,in thy power ,be a hundred thousand arrows of violence ,
Them with the intention of taking the life of me ,shattered ,thou hast .

[8]   The tyranny of the watchers ,ever endure ; happy of heart ,be ;
For 'tis easy ,if the kind Beloved thou hast .

[9]   If ,one moment ,to thy hand ,union with the Friend reacheth ,
Go do thy work For ,whatever desire is in the world ,thou hast .

[10]   Hafiz when ,in the border of this garden ,thou takest the rose ,
Of the weeping and the lamenting of the gardener ,what grief hast thou

[1]  Du, welche was hienieden Du immer wünschest, hast, Ich weiß nicht, welchen Schmerzen Du ob uns Armen hast.

[2]  Begehr' das Glas, und raube Das Herz dem Sklaven weg, Weil Freye zu beherrschen Du keinen Anstand hast.

[3]  Du kennest keine Mitte, Daher verwundr' ich mich, Wie in der Schönen Mitte Du stets das Mittel hast.

[4]  Es ist der Wangen Weiße, Gemalt nach den Huris, Indeß du schwarze Zeilen Auf Purpurblättern hast.

[5]  O trinke Wein, es gehet Dir alles leicht von Hand, Zumal im Augenblicke, Wo du den Schwindel hast.

[6]  Hör' auf, mich auszuschelten, Doch tränke stets mein Herz, Thu' was dir nur beliebet, Weil du die Vollmacht hast.

[7]  Lanzetten hunderttausend Gebrauch nach deiner Lust, Wenn ob dem Blut des Kranken Du einen Zweifel hast.

[8]  Vergiß die Nebenbuhler, Sey heitern frohen Muths, Denn leicht sind alle Dinge, Wenn einen Freund du hast.

[9]  Wenn du zu dem Genusse Des Freundes einst gelangst, So weiß'st du, daß du alles, Was du nur wünschest, hast.

[10]  Hafis, nimm Ros' und Becher, Nimm um die Mitte sie, Weil auf des Gärtners Launen, Du nicht zu schauen hast.

[1]  O mouth ,thou resembleth a casket of pearls
O Lord around thy face ,how fit became the line of a new moon

[2]   Now ,me ,the vain fancy of union with Thee pleasantly deceiveth
Let us see what picture ,sporteth this form of a vain fancy .

[3]   Wine ,give .For ,though black of book of the world ,I became
Hopeless of the grace of the Eternal ,when can one be

[4]   Saki a cup bring and ,me ,forth from khilvat put
So that ,crafty and nothing - earning ,door to door ,I may wander .

[5]   If learned and wise thou be ,let not go four things
Safety ,wine void of alloy ,the Beloved ,and the void place the desert of solitude

[6]   Since time's picture is in no way fixed ,
Hafiz complaint ,make not wine ,let us drink .

[7]   Pure is the cup of the heart in the time of the Asaf of the age ,
Arise and cause me to drink of a cup of wine purer than limpid water .

[8]   Verily ,the country boasteth of him and of his efforts
Lord ever be this rank and this sublimity

[9]   The seat - kindler of the fortune of the mine of pomp and of grandeur ,
The proof of the country and of religion ,is Abu Nasr Abu - 1 - Mu'ali .

[1]  Der du aus finsterer Nacht so freundlich mein Schicksal belächelst, Sage, was will der Hof dort um den leuchtenden Mond?

[2]  Deines Genusses Traum hat mich so lange betrogen, Wie viel Gestalten nimmt noch dein Zauberbild an! Blutigen Herzens bin ich durch sein betrunkenes Auge, In der Liebe folgt Wunder auf Wunder sich nach. Blutig sind Herz und Aug', und Körper und Seele vertrocknet, Dieses kommet mir, jenes der Liebe zu Schuld,

[3]  Bin ich gleich schwarz im Weltenbuche gezeichnet, gieb Wein her! Wer verzweifelt wohl je an der ewigen Huld!

[4]  Schenke bringe das Glas, entreiß' mich dem einsamen Leben, Daß ich von Thüren zu Thür' luftig geschürzet herumgeh'. Billig fand's die Geliebte, mit meinem Blute zu spielen, Molla's saget, was ist Inhalt des Liebefetwa? Reiter, zu was bedarfst du wohl Begleiter und Führer, Findest du einen aus Redschd, gieb ihm Kunde von mir. Nimmer ruhet mein Aug' aus Sehnsucht nach Redschedens Gebirgen, Und mein trübes Herz kämpfet mit großer Beschwerd'. Gott! dir gehöret die Wüste, worinn die Geliebte sich aufhält, Einer Gaselle Blick hat die Gemüther verwirrt.

[5]  Bist du weise und schlau, so thue Verzicht auf vier Dinge, Nämlich auf Ruhe und Wein, Liebchen und Einsamkeit auch.

[6]  Keine einzigen Augenblick ist das Schicksal beständig, Klag' nicht, Hafis, dafür wollen wir trinken jetzt Wein.

[7]  Rein ist das Glas des Gemüths zur Zeit Aßafes, des Weisen, Auf und schenke mir ein von dem lautersten Wein!

[8]  Weit hat sich vergrößert der König durch Herrschaft und Reichthum, Ewig daure, o Herr, ewig die Größe und Macht.

[9]  Sieh' es sitzet hoch auf dem Polster des Glückes des Reiches, Königen, Völkern ein Licht, Abunaßr voll Glanz.

[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 .