[1]  To the Sultan's attendants ,who will convey this prayer
In thanks for sovereignty ,away from sight drive not the beggar

[2]   From the watcher imperious lust demon of nature ,- I take shelter in my God
Perchance that gleaming light God's bounty and grace may ,for God's sake ,give a little aid .

[3]   If Thy dark eye - lash arrow - like made for our blood ,
O Idol think of its deceit in blood - shedding and ,make no mistake lest Thou suffer regret for my blood

[4]   When by Thy splendour Thou enkindlest thy face ,Thou consumest a world
From this ,what profit hast Thou that Thou doest no kindness

[5]   All night all my life in this hope I am that the breeze of dawn the angel of death
With the message of lovers giving release by death from the world's tumult will cherish me the lover .

[6]   O true Beloved what is the tumult that to lovers thou displayedest
Thy face like the gleaming moon ,Thy stature like the heart - ravishing cypress

[7]   O murshid to the lover Hafiz morning - rising ,give thou ,for God's sake ,a draught of wine of love
May his prayer of the morning - time avail thee

[8]   Hafiz's sorrowful heart that through separation from Thee ,is full of blood ,
What would be its state if ,awhile ,it should attain union with the true Beloved

[1]  Wer überbringet das GesuchDen Freunden des Sultanes?Vom Bettler wende nicht den BlickFür deine Herrschaft dankbar.

[2]  Ich flücht' vom Nebenbuhler, derDes Teufels ist, ich flüchteZu meinem Gott, vielleicht daß ErDurchs Feuer ihn verzehret.

[3]  Wenn deine schwarzen Wimpern dirZum Blutvergießen winken,So denke, daß sie Schelme sind,Laß dich ja nicht verführen.

[4]  Du steckst die ganze Welt in Brand,Wenn deine Wangen leuchten,Sag' an, was hast du denn davonDaß du nicht milder herrschest? Geliebte was für Formen sindDem Liebenden erschienen!Welch ein Gesicht dem Monde gleichUnd Wuchs, gleich der Cypreße!

[5]  Ich hoffe ganze Nächte langDaß mit dem Hauch des MorgensMir eine Kunde kommen wirdVon meinen trauten Freunden.

[6]  Es blutet längst mein armes HerzDurch deine Zauberaugen.O meine Theure blicke herWie du mich hast ermordet!

[7]  Hafis! wenn jetzt im TrennungsstandDein Herz sich schon verblutet,Was harret sein, wenn einst GenußDasselbe soll beglücken.

[1]  O Saki arise and into the cup of gold ,joyous water wine the intoxication of love cast
Before that the cap of the head the skull dust becometh cast .

[2]   In the end ,our dwelling is the valley of the silent the place of tombs
Now into the vault of the skies ,the resounding shout and clamour of zikr va fikr cast

[3]   Far from the true Beloved's face ,is the eye stained with sight for other than God
On His face ,from the pure mirror of the pure heart glance cast .

[4]   O cypress I conjure thee by thy verdant head ,when I become dust ,
Out from thy head ,disdain put and ,on this my dust ,shade cast .

[5]   For our heart that ,from the deadly snake of Thy tress - tip ,is shattered
From Thy own lip to the recovery - house ,the antidote of a kiss cast .

[6]   The country of this sown - field the world thou knowest that it hath no permanency
Into the countries of the world from the liver of the wine cup ,the murshid's interior a great fire' cast .

[7]   In my own tears ,I bathed .For the people of tarikat say
First be pure then ,on the beauty of that Pure One ,the true Beloved thy eye cast .

[8]   O Lord that zahid ,self - beholding ,who ,save defect ,saw naught ,
Into the mirror of his understanding so that he may ,no longer ,see defect the smoke of a great sigh cast .

[9]   Hafiz like the rose ,on account of His perfume make rent thy garment
And ,in the path of that form of the Beloved swift for the slaughter of lovers that rent garment cast .

[1]  Steh' auf! gieße mir fröhliches Naß in den goldenen BecherEhe dein Schädel zum Staube den Staub gießt.

[2]  Unsere Wohnung zuletzt ist die schweigende Wohnung der Gräber,Jetzt erhebe den Jubel zum Himmel,

[3]  Augen mit trübem Blick sind ferne vom Antlitz des FreundesSchau' ihn an mit der Reinheit des Spiegels.

[4]  Ich beschwöre dich Wuchs der Cypreße beim grünenden WipfelBin ich Staub beschatte mein Grabmal.

[5]  Meinen Lippen vom Pfeil der Schlangenlocken verwundetLeg Teriak aus dem heilenden Mund auf.

[6]  Alle Saaten der Erde vergehen das weißt du seit langenZünde die Welt mit dem Feuer des Weins an.

[7]  Thränen reinigen uns indem die Lehrer uns sagenSey erst rein, dann schaue den Reinen.

[8]  Herr! der selbstische Mönch, Er, welcher Gebrechen nur schauetWerde blind von dem Rauche der Seufzer.

[9]  Wie die Rose Hafis! zerreiß die Kleider vor ihremWohlgeruch, und verstreu' sie vor ihr hin.

[1]  Even as in the rose - season the time of manifestations of glories of mysteries of repentance of wine love I became ashamed ,
So of un - upright conduct abandoning wine - drinking let none be ashamed .

[2]   My counsel the circulation of the cup is all the snare of the Path and ,of the argument ,
On account of the lovely one ,or of the Saki ,in no way am I ashamed .

[3]   It may be that ,through His compassionate nature ,the true Beloved asketh not my sin
For ,of question I am vexed and of answer ,ashamed .

[4]   Of the blood ,that ,last night ,went flowing from the pavilion of the eye ,
In the sight of the night - prowlers of sleep that come upon the path of the eye we were ashamed .

[5]   Lawful it is ,if the intoxicated narcissus cast down its head
For ,of that Beloved's eye full of wrath ,it became ashamed .

[6]   Than the resplendent sun ,more beauteous of face ,thou art .Thanks to God
That ,in the sun's face ,of thee O murshid I am not ashamed .

[7]   The veil of the Zulmat darkness the gleaming water of life of Khizr established for the reason that it became ,
Of the pure nature of Hafiz and of this his poetry lustrous like water ,ashamed .

[8]   Beneath the lip ,poison - laughter ,why expresseth the cup ,
If ,of Thy ruby lip ,the ruddy wine became not ashamed

[9]   Its face in the veil of the shell ,it the pure pearl concealed on that account ,
That ,of the pearls of my lustrous verse ,the pearl of pure water became ashamed .

[1]  Ich habe nie vor deiner ThürNoch meine Wangen abgewendet,Durch Gottes Gnade hab' ich michDerselben nicht zu schämen.

[2]  Ich fieng an in der RosenzeitDer Reu' des Trinkens mich zu schämen,Und doch soll Niemand deß, was erNicht recht gethan sich schämen.

[3]  Es ist die EingezogenheitAuf meinem Wege nur ein Fallstrick,Denn ich will mich der Schönen nichtUnd nicht der Schenken schämen.

[4]  Die Freundinn wird ob ihrer HuldMit Fragen mich vielleicht verschonen,Mich kränkt die Frage und ich mußDer Antwort mich nur schämen.

[5]  Des Blutes halb, das gestern nachtsGeflossen ist von meinen Augen,War vor den Nachtgesichtern ichIm Falle mich zu schämen.

[6]  it allem Recht hängt die NarzißDen Kopf auf eine Seite nieder,Sie muß sich vor des Liebchens Aug'Sobald es zürnet, schämen.

[7]  Es überscheint der Sonnenglanz,Der Glanz von deinem Angesicht,Gott sey gelobt! ich habe michVor dir doch nicht zu schämen. Warum, lacht wohl das Glas voll WeinSo giftig zwischen deinen Lippen?Es muß vor dem Rubin des MundsDer Wein gewiß sich schämen. Die Perle hat ihr AngesichtVersteckt im Schleier einer Muschel;Denn vor den Perlen des GesangsMuß sie sich billig schämen. D

[1]  Obtained was the sight of the true Beloved and the kiss ,and the embrace also
To fortune ,thanks I owe and to time ,also .

[2]   Zahid go about thy own work and forbid not wine and the lovely one For if ascendant be my fortune ,
Will be in my hand ,the cup and the Beloved's tress also .

[3]   For profligacy and intoxication ,we ascribe to none defect
Sweet is the ruby lip of idols ,and pleasant - tasting wine also .

[4]   O heart thee ,glad tidings ,I give .The muhtasib is no more
Full ,is the world of wine ,and of the wine - drinking idol also .

[5]   Not wise ,is it to give the heart to the power of separation :
Tranquillity of heart seek ; and a flagon ,bring also ;

[6]   On the dusty ones lovers of love ,pour a draught of his Muhammad's lip ,
So that ruby - hue may become the dust ; and musk - diffusing also .

[7]   Passed hath that time ,when from ambush was lurking the evil - eye
Departed from the midst ,hath the enemy thezahid or the watcher and ,from the bosom ,the tear also

[8]   O perfect murshid since by thy perfume of hope all created beings are living ,
O resplendent sun the true Beloved from us ,Thy shade of bounty keep not also .

[9]   Since the honour decoration of the tulip and of the rose is the bounty of thy beauty ,
O cloud of grace Muhammad on me ,dusty humble ,grace rain also .

[10]   Captive to thee ,became people of vision .God fear
And the obtaining of justice from fi .saf ,powerful as Sulaiman ,also .

[11]   Burhan - i - Mulk va Din ,from whose hand of vazlrship ,
The happy ,time of the mine became his right hand and of the ocean ,his left also .

[12]   To the memory of his most illumined judgment ,in the morning ,the sky
Maketh sacrifice of surrendered its own life ; and the constellation ,scattering also .

[13]   Snatched by thy chaugan of justice ,is the ball of earth's sovereignty
And this up - lifted blue dome of the fortress also .

[14]   Into motion ,thy intention ,light of rein ,bringeth
This world ,firm ,lofty of centre ,also .

[15]   Until that time when ,from the effects of the sky ; and the way of its revolution ,there be ,
Change of years ,and of month ,and of autumn ,and of spring also .

[16]   Void of chiefs ,be not thy palace of dignity
And of Sakis ,cypress of stature ,rose of cheek also .

[17]   Hafiz ,who ,in thy praise ,scattereth such jewels ,
Before thy hand was embarrassed and ashamed also .

[1]  Ha! mir wurde vergönnt der Anblick, der Kuß, die Umarmung, O wie dank ich's dem Glück, dank es dem Schicksal dazu.

[2]  Frommer hinweg! denn wenn mein Glück ist, das Glück, das ich meine, Halt' ich das Glas in der Hand und auch die Locken dazu.

[3]  Keinen habe ich noch des Rausches wegen getadelt, Lieblich ist Lippenrubin, lieblicher Wein auch dazu.

[4]  Fröhliche Kunde mein Herz! kein Weinvogt ist übrig geblieben, Voll ist die Welt vom Wein, voll von Betrunknen dazu.

[5]  Das Gemüth zu verstören, ist wahrlich gar nicht vernünftig, Liedersammlungen nimm, und die Pokale dazu.

[6]  Gieße aus für die Staubverliebten die Hefen der Lippen, Rothgefärbt sey der Staub, moschusgewürzet dazu.

[7]  Nimmer lauert uns auf ein böses Aug' im Verborgnen, Fort ist nun der Feind, fort sind die Thränen dazu.

[8]  Alles, was lebet, das wird durch deinen Geruch nur belebet, Sonne fliehe mich nicht, laß mir den Schatten dazu.

[9]  Rosen und Tulpen sind nur durch deine Schönheit so lieblich, O du Wolke der Huld regne auf mich noch dazu.

[10]  Männer von Einsicht hast du in deinen Banden gefangen, Fürchte dich vor Gott, vor dem Wesire dazu.

[11]  Er ist die Stütze des Reichs, die Probe der Wahrheit des Glaubens, Minen füllet er an, Meere beglückt er dazu.

[13]  Siehe die Kugel der Erd' ist seiner Gerechtigkeit Ballen, Dieses blaue Gewölb, ist das Behältniß dazu.

[14]  Alles bringt dein leicht regierender Wink in Bewegung, Selbst den Mittelpunkt, unserer Erde dazu.

[15]  Durch den kreisenden Lauf, und die stete Bewegung des Himmels Wechseln die Jahre, der Mond, Sommer und Winter dazu.

[16]  Bis an den Tag des Gerichts, sey deine Wohnung der Wohnort Aller Großen der Welt, liebliche Schenken dazu. Selber Hafis, der dein Lob in köstliche Perlen gereiht hat, Ist, sobald du sprichst, scheu, und beschämet dazu.

[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 .