[1]  With the point of Thy arrow - glance ,at my heart ,strike not
For ,before Thy sick languishing eye ,I die .

[2]   Within the limit of excellence ,is the lawful portion of beauty
Me ,alms give for miserable and fakir ,I am .

[3]   O Zahid like boys ,how long practisest thou towards me deceitfulness ,
With the apple of the garden of paradise and the honey ,and the milk of the garden

[4]   With the Friend ,my heart's space became full to such a degree ,
That ,lost from my mind ,became the thought of self .

[5]   Full ,make the goblet for from love's fortune ,I
Will make youthful fortune to leap ,though old I am .

[6]   With the wine - sellers ,an arrangement I have made ,
That ,on grief's day ,naught save the cup of love I take .

[7]   Be naught save the account of the minstrel and of wine
If a word the reed of my secretary write .

[8]   In that tumult of the resurrection when another's state none asketh ,
From the Pir of the Magians Muhammad the favour of acceptance before God I accept .

[9]   O happy that moment when independence of intoxication ,
Me ,freedom from dependence on the king and the vazir ,giveth

[10]   I am that bird such that ,every evening and morning ,
From the roof ,the ninth heaven ,cometh the cry of mine .

[11]   In the heart ,great treasures I have
Although me ,poor and indigent the adversary regardeth .

[12]   Off from Hafiz ,my heart I took at that time
When the Saki my necessary friend became .

[1]  Verwunde nicht mein Herz mit Wimpernpfeilen, Vor deinem kranken Aug' muß ich sonst sterben.

[2]  Vollkommen ist der Reiz von deiner Schönheit. Bedürftig bin ich, thu' mir Armen Gutes.

[3]  Wie lang' betrügest du mich noch wie Kinder, Mit schönen Aepfeln, Milch, und Honigkuchen?

[4]  So sehr ist von der Freundinn voll der Busen, Daß Sorge für mich selbst daraus verbannt ist. Wenn je mein Schreiber eine Feder anrührt. So sey's, die Rechnung von dem Wein zu machen.

[5]  O füll' das Glas, ich bin im Glück der Liebe, Noch jung, wiewohl ich schon an Jahren alt bin.

[6]  Ich schloß mit Weinverkäufern dieses Bündniß, Daß mein der Schenke sey am Tag des Grames.

[8]  Im Lärmen fraget keiner um den Andern, Ich nehme Gnaden an von meinem Wirthe,

[9]  O gute Zeit, wo ich, im Rausch begraben, Entbehren kann des Schahs und des Wesirs.

[10]  Ich bin der Vogel, der so früh als Abends Nur auf dem Dach des Himmels niedersitzet.

[11]  Es liegen viel Schätze mir im Busen, Wiewohl der Nebenbuhler arm mich glaubet, Mein Herz hab' ich Hafisen dann entwendet, Als insgeheim den Schenken ich geliebet.

[1]  A thousand breaches in my faith ,with Thy dark eye - lashes ,Thou hast made :
Come ,so that ,out of my heart on account of Thy sick languishing eye ,a thousand pains ,of mine I may pluck .

[2]   Ho ,O fellow - sitter ,of my heart the true Beloved from Whose memory ,friends who ,in this world of non - existence are Thy companions and slumber in Thy unity have passed
Not a day be mine ,the moment when ,void of recollection of Thee ,I sit .

[3]   Old and foundationless ,is the world of this Farhad - slayer ,justice
Me ,vexed with sweet life ,its craft and sorcery made .

[4]   Drowned in sweat like the rose ,I became through the torment of the fire of separation
O breeze ,night - seizing the perfect murshid a breeze ,from the sweat - seizer of mine the true Beloved bring .

[5]   The world ,transitory and permanent ,a ransom for the true Beloved and the Saki I make
For ,the world's sovereignty ,love's humble companion ,I deem .

[6]   If ,in my place ,the Friend God choose a stranger ,He is judge
If ,in place of the Friend ,I choose my life ,it ,unlawful be

[7]   Sabahu - l - khair shouted the bulbul .Saki murshid where art thou Arise bring wine
For ,in my head ,tumult maketh the intoxication of the wine of last night the day of A last

[8]   From me ,not from the admonisher ,hear the mysteries of love and of intoxication
For ,with the cup and the goblet every night ,the companion of the moon and of the Pleiades ,I am .

[9]   The tale of longing that ,in this volume ,is become verified ,
Verily is void of error for me ,the dictation Hafiz gave .

[1]  Deine Wimpern haben meinen Glauben tausendmal durchstochen, Komm', daß ich vom kranken Auge, Tausend Leiden für mich sammle.

[2]  Herz! das mir so nah' verwandt ist, Deiner Freunde denkst du nimmer, Ferne, fern von mir die Stunde, Wo du meiner nicht mehr denkest.

[3]  Wer kann auf die Welt noch bauen, Diese Mörderinn Ferhardens, Wehe! ihre Streiche bannen, Mich von meiner süßen Seele.

[4]  Unsrer Trennung Gluthen haben, Mich versenkt in Schweiß wie Rosen, Komm' o Nachtwind bring' mir einen Duft vom Freund der Schweiß austrinket.

[5]  Beider Welten Seligkeiten, Opfere ich auf dem Schenken, Denn es sind die Herrn der Erde, Knaben auf dem Weg der Liebe.

[6]  Wählt mein Liebster andre Freunde, Soll dies frey zu thun ihm stehen, Aber mir ist's streng verbothen, Andre Freunde mir zu wählen.

[9]  Alle Sagen der Begierde, Welche diese Blätter füllen, Sind kein Fehler, denn dieselben Hat Hafis mir eingegeben.

[1]  Joyous that day when from this desolate abode this world I go
The ease of soul the true Beloved I seek and for the sake of the Beloved I go .

[2]   Though I know that to such a place the stranger findeth not the path ,
To the sweet perfume of that dishevelled tress ,I go .

[3]   From dread of the prison of Sikandar this fleeting world my heart took contraction
I bind up my chattels and to the Land of Sulaiman the lasting world I go .

[4]   With the sick heart ,and powerless body ,like the swift breeze ,
For the love of that moving cypress ,I go .

[5]   In His path ,like the pen ,if on my head it is necessary to go ,
With the heart ,wound - enduring and weeping eye ,I go .

[6]   If of this grief one day come to an end ,I have vowed that
To the wine - house door ,joyous and song - singing ,I will go

[7]   That like a mote ,in love for Him ,
To the lip of the fountain of the resplendent sun ,I will go .

[8]   Since ,to the Arabs those gone before ,who rest in proximity to God and who have escaped from time's tumult grief for us of heavy loads is none ,
Persians murshids of the faith guides of the Path of certainty A little help ,that happy and easy of heart in that Path I may go .

[9]   And if ,out from the desert ,I take not the path like Hafiz
Along with the constellations of the Asaf of the age I go .

[1]  O froher Tag! an dem aus diesem Zerstörten Haus ich werde gehen! An dem ich Seelenruhe suchen, Und nach der Freundinn werde gehen.

[2]  Wiewohl ich weiß, daß diese Straße Zu Nichts den fremden Wandrer führet, So will ich doch nach Wohlgerüchen, Der tief verwirrten Locken gehen.

[3]  Ein Schrecken hat mein Herz ergriffen, In diesem Kerker Alexanders. Ich werde nun mein Bündel schnüren, Zum Thron der Salomonen gehen.

[4]  Ich will mit meinem kranken Herzen, Und mit dem kräftelosen Körper Dem Ostwind gleich, blos aus Begierde Nach dieser schwanken Ceder gehen.

[5]  Und müßt' ich wie die Schreibefeder Sogar auf meinem Kopfe gehen, Ich würde doch mit wundem Herzen, Mit Thränen in den Augen gehen.

[6]  Ich that ein heimliches Gelübde, Wenn ich von diesem Scherzen einstens Befreiet bin, mit frohem Herzen Und Sang zur Schenke hinzugehen.

[7]  Aus Lust zu ihr und aus Begierde, Vermöchte ich wie Sonnenstäubchen Bis an den Rand des Aug's der Sonne Im Tanz und Glanz hineinzugehen.

[8]  Weil jene leicht geschnüret sind, Die auf arabischen Hengsten reiten, So wollen wir zu frommen Männern, Ganz leicht und frohen Muthes gehen.

[9]  Und wenn ich wie Hafis die Straße Nicht finden kann aus Trennungswüsten, So will ich immer mit dem Heere Des Großwesir's der Zeiten gehen.

[1]  One night ,our hand we shall uplift and a prayer we shall make .
For the grief of separation from Thee ,a remedy from some place we shall make .

[2]   Went from the hand ,the sick heart .O friends a little help ,
So that to its head ,the physician we may bring and a little remedy we may make .

[3]   He who ,without offence on my part grieved ; and ,me ,with the sword struck and departed
For God's sake ,him bring back ,that purity of heart reconciliation we may make .

[4]   Withered ,became the root of my joy .The Path to the tavern is where
So that in that water and air ,springing and growing ,we may make .

[5]   O heart aid from the heart of profligates seek if not ,
Difficult is the work .God forbid that a fault we should make .

[6]   But a little work effecteth the shade of the bud of little resolution the imperfect murshid
Search for the auspicious shade of the Huma the murshid ,perfect and excel ,lent we shall make .

[7]   From the note of melody went my heart .Hafiz ,sweet of tone ,is where
So that ,with his words and ghazals ,harmony and melody ,we may make .

[1]  If ,like the lofty cypress ,a moment thou move in a rose - garden ,
In envy of thy face ,every rose suffereth a thorn .

[2]   On account of the infidelity of thy tress ,together are every assembly and a great tumult
On account of the sorcery of thy eye ,together are every corner and a sick one .

[3]   O intoxicated eye of the beloved to sleep ,like my fortune ,go not ;
For ,in pursuit ,from every direction ,is the sigh of^ a wakeful one .

[4]   The scattering of Thy Path's dust is my soul's cash ,although
On Thy part the soul's cash hath not even a little value .

[5]   O heart ever ,a malignant opinion of the tress of heart - enslavers ,express not
When malignant of opinion thou becomest ,how openeth to thee a work

[6]   Separate from the body went my head and ,awhile ,this work ended not ;
My hear f caught grief of love and Thine ,was no grief for a captive .

[7]   To him ,I said Like the centre - point enter into the midst of the circle of desirous ones
With laughter ,he spake ,saying Hafiz 1 in what compass ,art thou

[1]  Wenn im Rosenbeete du Cedern ähnlich schwankest, Fressen Rosen alsogleich Eifersüchtig Dornen.

[2]  Jedes Ringel deines Haars Ist voll List und Truges, Deiner Augen Zauberei Machet nichts als Kranke.

[3]  Trunknes Auge meines Freund's Schlaf' nicht wie mein Glück ein, Ach und Wehe hält dich rings Wach' von allen Seiten.

[4]  Meiner Seele Münze streu' Ich im Staub' des Weg's hin, Aber diese baare Münz' Zahlet deinen Werth nicht.

[5]  Wandle nicht, mein Herz, den Weg Von den Lockensklaven, Wenn du blind den Weg verfolgst, Wie wird's dir gelingen!

[6]  Hingegeben ist mein Haupt, Ungethan die Hauptsach', Fortgeflohen ist mein Herz, Und kein Herz ergriff ich.

[7]  Einem Punkte bist du gleich, Sprach ich in dem Kreise, Lächelnd sprach sie, du Hafis Gleichest einem Kreise.

[1]  O thou that art ever proud of thyself f
If love be not thine ,excused thou art .

[2]   Around those distraught of love ,wander not
For ,for the best wisdom ,renowned thou art .

[3]   O father of lust not in thy head is love's intoxication
Go no access to me is thine for ,with the wine of the grape ,intoxicated thou art .

[4]   The yellow grief - stricken face ,and the grief - stained sigh are
For lovers ,the evidence of affliction .

[5]   Hafiz thy own name and fame ,abandon
The cup of wine ,seek for wine - sick ,thou art .

[6]   For thee ,it is necessary to practise love for that moon ,
Though ,like the sun ,famous thou art .

[1]  Dir, auf deine Schönheit Stolzem Ist's verzeihlich, nicht zu lieben;

[2]  Liebenden geh' nicht zu nahe Du durch Weisheit Allberühmter!

[3]  Du kennst nicht den Rausch der Liebe, Kennest nur den Rausch des Weines.

[4]  Blässe und die Seufzer zeugen Von der Liebe schweren Krankheit. Ohne Wein und ohne Mädchen Gäb's in Eden keine Freude. Buhl' um dieses Mondes Liebe, Und wär'st du auch eine Sonne.

[5]  Thu' Verzicht, Hafis, auf Leumund, Fodre Wein, du bist berauschet.

[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 .