[1]  O Sufi outwardly pure ,inwardly impure come ; for bright is the mirror of the cup the heart of the perfect murshid
That thou mayest see the brightness of the wine of ruby hue or experience the intoxication of the wine of the love of God

[2]   Of profligates intoxicated with excess of love for God as the mystery unutterable and hidden within the veil
For ,this state wherein they utter mysteries is not the zahid's ,lofty of degree .

[3]   The Anka God's pure existence is the prey of none .Up - pluck thy snare
For ,here ever ,in the hand of the snare ,is only wind vain thought

[4]   At time's banquet ,enjoy one or two cups moments of union with the true Beloved and go to eternity
Here verily desire not perpetual union for 'tis vain

[5]   O heart youth's vigour hath departed and ,from life ,thou hast not plucked a single rose of true love ,or of divine grace
Elderly of head ,show skill in permanence of name and fame in supplication and lamentation to God

[6]   Whilst thou art in the world strive in the pleasure of zikr va filer of the present .As ,when no water remained ,
Adam let go the garden of the house of safety Paradise

[7]   On our part ,at thy threshold ,many are thy rights of service .
O Sir again ,in pity ,look upon thy slave who ,at least ,hath not quitted thy threshold

[8]   The disciple of the cup of Jamshld is Hafiz .O breeze ,go
And give salutation from the slave to the Shaikh of Jam .

[1]  Komm o Weiser und schau hinein in den Spiegel des Bechers,Schaue die Lust des purpurnen Weines!

[2]  Frag' um verborgenen Sinn die Eingeweihten des Bechers,Weil auch hievon die Frömmsten Nichts ahnen.

[3]  Keiner hat erjagt den Simurg, o zieh die Garne zusammenDenn es schwillt nur vom Winde das Netz auf.Auf! Genieße die Zeit, und gedenke: dem Vater der MenschenBlieb in Elisiums Fluren der Trunk nicht.

[4]  Leere der Becher ein Paar, beym Feste des Lebens und fort dann!Geiz' nicht hienieden nach stätem Genuße.

[5]  Hin ist die Jugend! o Herz, und keine Blume gepflücket,Nach Namen und Tugend streb nun im Alter:

[8]  Ostwind höre! Hafis ist ein treuer Jünger des BechersGeh und grüß mir den Herrn vom Weinhaus.

[1]  A hundred times ,before the dust of Thy foot ,our face we have placed ,
Hypocrisy and dissimulation ,aside we have placed .

[2]   The arch and the corridor of the College ,and the disputation of excellence ,
So that they may go to the wind of destruction in the path of ease and of the true Beloved ,rose of face ,we have placed .

[3]   To those two narcissi of the sorcerer ,our life we have entrusted
In those two Hindu hyacinths black tresses also our heart we have placed .

[4]   Passed hath a long life ,and in hopefulness of a glance ,
On those two narcissi of sorcery ,an eye of hope we have placed .

[5]   Not with the army ,have we taken the country of ease
Not with the powerful arm ,the throne of sovereignty is it that we have placed .

[6]   Let us see what sport the sorcery of the Friend's eye maketh ,for ,again ,
On the glance of sorcery ,our foundation of life ' we have placed .

[7]   Without the grace of His narcissus ,our head of distraughtness from wine of love
Like the dark ,mourning violet ,on the knee we have placed .

[8]   In hope's corner ,like eager spectators of the new moon ,
On that curve of the eye - brow ,hope's eye we have placed .

[9]   Thou spakest saying O Hafiz thy distraught heart is where
In the meshes of that curl of the tress ,it we have placed .

[10]   The fame of so many years generations of ancestors ,good of name ,
So that they may go to the wind of destruction in' the path of the cup and of the Saki of love ,we have placed .

[11]   Sensible and learned ,are we for ,with heart ,on the hand and the foot ,
The chain and the bond of that tress - curl ,we have placed .

[12]   Hafiz for love ,strive .For the cash of wisdom and of sense outward knowledge
For the sake of the true Beloved of chain - tress ,aside we have placed .

[13]   A glance ,make .For our two expectant eyes ,
Ever on the two corners of Thy eye - brow ,we have placed .

[1]  Wir haben hundertmal das Angesicht Vor dir in Staub geleget, Wir haben allen Trug und Gleisnerey Vor dir beiseit geleget. Den guten Namen von so manchem Jahr, Und selbst von unsern Ahnen, Wir haben ihn des Schenken Mondgesicht Zu Liebe weggeleget.

[2]  Der hohen Schule Säulengang und Saal Und allen Streit von Tugend, Wir haben Alles auf den Liebesstand Der Schönen hingeleget. Wir legten keine allzugroße Last Auf unser Herz, das schwach ist. Wir haben, was wir treiben, was wir thun, Nie auf ein Haar geleget.

[3]  Wir haben diesen zwey Narzissen längst Empfohlen unsre Seele, Wir haben auf die süßen Zaubereien Der Liebe Grund geleget.

[5]  Wir haben nicht mit unserm eignen Heer Des Feindes Reich erobert, Und unsrer Herrschaft Krone haben wir Nicht selber abgeleget.

[7]  Wir haben unser ungeliebtes Haupt Erfüllet von Begierde, Und liebberauschet wie Narzissen hin Auf's Knie zur Ruh geleget. Hafis! bemühe Dich um Freund' und Sang, Denn des Verstandes Summe Ist alle auf das schöne lange Haar Des Freundes angeleget.

[8]  Wir haben in der Hoffnung letzten Eck, Gleich Sehern nach dem Monde, Des Wunsches Sehrohr auf den Brückenbau Der Brauen angeleget.

[9]  Du sagtest: O Hafis! wo ist dein Herz, Das sich so sehr empöret? Wir haben's sorgsam in die Ringelein Von jenem Haar geleget.

[1]  From me ,the beggar ,to kings ,who taketh a message ,
Saying : In the street of the wine - sellers ,they sell two thousand mighty Jamshids for a single cup of wine .

[2]   Ruined and ill of fame ,I have become yet ,hope I have
That ,by the blessing of dear ones those of good name I may escape from ill - fame and reach to good - fame .

[3]   Thou that sellest alchemy ,at our impure gold heart cast a glance of alchemy
For ,a great capital in trade we have not and a snare to captivate the true murshid we have cast .

[4]   At the fidelity of the Beloved ,wonder that He made not an inquiry ,
Neither by the reed ,a salutation nor by letter ,a message .

[5]   If this wine be immature ,and this companion matured ,
By a thousand times ,than a thousand matured ones better is an immature one .

[6]   O Shaikh by the beads of the rosary ,I beseech thee cast me not from the Path ;
For ,when once the wise bird falleth ,he falleth not again into any snare .

[7]   Desire for Thy service ,I have ; in kindness ,me ,purchase and sell not ;
For ,into good fortune ,seldom falleth ,like me the slave a slave .

[8]   My plaint ,I take to where This tale ,I utter to whom
For thy lip was our life and ,Thou hadst not even a little permanency .

[9]   O true Beloved the arrow of Thy eye - lash ,loose and the blood of Hafiz ,spill
For ,in respect of such a slayer ,none maketh even a little revenge .

[1]  Wer bringt dem Schah von mir dem Bettler Kunde? Zweitausend Dscheme geh'n bei uns auf ein Glas Wein.

[2]  Wiewohl ich Hab' und Ruf verlor nähr' ich noch Hoffnung, Durch meiner Freunde Hülf' zu gutem Ruf' zu kommen.

[3]  Schau auf mein Herz, o du, der mit Chemie dich prahlest, Von Kapital entblöst hab' ich das Netz gespannt.

[4]  Es wundert mich gar sehr von des Geliebten Treue, Daß er sich nicht erkundigte durch Brief' und Grüße.

[5]  Bei ungegohrnem Wein, und ganz durchgohrnem Freunde Ist jener lieber mir um tausendmal als dieser.

[6]  O lock' mich Scheich nicht mit Betkorallen, Ein schlauer Vogel wird nicht in das Netz gelocket. Ihr Tugendhaften geht, denn weg ist meine Tugend, Ich schlürfte lautern Wein, verlor den guten Namen.

[7]  Ich sehne mich nach deinem Dienst; verkauf' mich nicht, Denn nimmer findest du so einen treuen Diener.

[8]  Wem soll ich klagen, wem soll dieses ich erzählen? Mein Leben ist der Mund, doch ist es ohne Dauer.

[9]  O mach' die Wimpern auf, vergieß das Blut Hafisens! An solchen Mördern hat noch Niemand sich gerächet.

[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 .

[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 .

[53]   Two friends holy travellers good of understanding ,and of old wine a quantity ,two mans ,'
A little leisure ,and a book ,and a sward - corner .

[54]   For this ,and the next ,world I give not this state
Though ,of carpers momently ,fall upon me

[55]   Every one who ,for the world's treasure ,gave the treasure of contentment ,
Sold ,the precious Yusuf of Egypt for a very paltry sum .