[1]  Love - playing and youthfulness and wine of ruby hue love
The assembly of love kindly ,and the companion concordant ,and ever the drinking of wine love's bounties

[2]   The Saki sweet of mouth ,and the minstrel sweet of speech the perfect murshid
Fellow - sitters friends of good repute and companions of good fame

[3]   The lovely one the true Beloved who is peerless with grace and with purity ,the envy of the water of life
A heart - ravisher ,in beauty and goodness ,the envy of the full moon

[4]   Abanquet - place the assembly of the circle of zikr heart - alluring ,like the palace of loftiest paradise ,
Arose - bed ,its borders like the garden of the mansion of peace

[5]   he Tranks of sitters the assembly of the circle of zikr well wishing to each other and the attendants ,with respect
Friends possessed of mysteries and of divine knowledge and companions friendly of desire

[6]   The cup of rose - hue true love ,that ,at first is very bitter and strong and afterwards pleasant tasting ,light
Its sweetmeat ,the kiss of the ruby lip of the idol its tale ,wine of the ruby cup

[7]   The Saki's glance the glory ,and the splendour ,of the true Beloved ,that from all things ,is manifest for the plunder of wisdom ,sword - drawn
The true Beloved's tress the world's strange forms that ,from all things make manifest the true Beloved ,splendour - kindling for the capture of the heart of Arifs snare spread

[8]   None is a subtlety - understander ,jest - utterer ,like Hafiz sweet of speech
None is a liberality - teacher ,world - kindling ,like Haji Kivam .

[9]   Who ,this society desireth not ,to him be heart - happiness ,ruined
Who ,this pleasure seeketh not ,to him be life unlawful

[1]  Spiele der Liebe, Jugend,Wein gefärbt wie Rubinen,Freundeverein im Stillen,Stäter Trunk, und Gelage;

[2]  Schenken mit Rosenlippen,Sänger, liebliche Stimmen,Edele Welt zum Umgang,Wohlbekannte Vertraute.

[3]  Einen Geliebten, reinerAls das Wasser des Lebens,Eine Geliebte, derenSchönheit reizet den Vollmond.

[4]  Dann ein Gemach zu Festen,Wie die Köschke des Himmels,Rosengeländer, welcheFluren seliger Lust sind.

[5]  Redliche Tischgenossen,Feine Tafelvorsitzer;Freunde, die Zutrau'n werth sind,Und erwünschte Gesellen.

[6]  Rosichten Wein, ein wenigScharf, und leicht zu verdauen,Roth gefärbt, wie Purpur,Wie Rubinen zum mahlen;

[7]  Wimpern des Augs gespitzetZum Verstandes Verderben.Locken des Liebchens HerzenEinzufangen verspreitet.

[8]  Einen beliebten süßenSchwätzer, wie es Hafis ist.Einen erlauchten großenGönner, wie es Kawam ist.

[9]  Wer sich nicht dieses wünschet,Grämle mir im Herzen,Wer sich nicht dieses suchet,Thu' Verzicht auf das Leben.

[1]  Ruby wine love for the true Beloved drink ; and the face of those moon of forehead Arifs of God behold
Contrary to the religious order of those Abids ,and Zahids ,outward worship .pers the beauty of these the Arifs of God behold .

[2]   Beneath the gilded garment ,nooses of prayer they the Arifs and the recognisers of God have
Notwithstanding their poverty the long - handedness loftiness of spirit of these short of sleeve the Arifs poor of resource behold .

[3]   For the harvest of both worlds ,their head ,they lower not
The brain and pride of beggars ,corn - gleaners ,behold .

[4]   The frown from the eye - brow full of frown ,the Friend looseneth not
The need of people of heart ,and the grace of the dainty beloved ones ,behold

[5]   From none ,the tale of the covenant of love ,I hear :
The non - fidelity of the society of friends and of fellow - sitters behold .

[6]   The means of release from imperious lust is to become captive to love
The fore - seeing mind of the fore - seers behold .

[7]   Love's polish ,the dust of Hafiz's heart taketh .
The purity of the pure mirror of those pure of faith behold .

[1]  Sieh röthlichen Wein, Sieh Mondengesichter, Sieh jenen zum Trotz Die Schönheit von diesen.

[2]  Sie tragen ein Band, Versteckt in der Kutte, Die Aermel sind kurz, Doch lang sind die Hände.

[3]  Sie beugen den Kopf Um Himmel und Erd' nicht, Ey siehe den Stolz Der kleinlichten Bettler. Es öffnet der Freund Die trotzigen Brau'n nicht O sieh wie darum Ihn Liebende bitten.

[5]  Noch hörte ich Nichts Vom Bunde der Liebe, O schaue die Treu' Der Freunde und Trauten.

[6]  Durch Liebe geknüpft Erhalt ich die Freiheit, So sorget der Sinn Vorsichtiger Liebe.

[7]  Es reinigt den Staub Hafisen die Liebe, O schaue, wie rein Der Spiegel des Sinns ist.

[1]  O thou that hast the blood - price of the precious musk - pod of Chin ,the dust of the path of thine
And the sun ,cherished in the shade of the border of the cap of thine

[2]   O beloved forth beyond limit ,the narcissus carrieth her amorous glance move forth and display thy glance that the narcissus may know thy worth
O soul be a sacrifice for the glance of the dark eye of thine

[3]   My blood ,drink .For ,with beauty like this ,even any angel ,
From his heart ,it cometh not to record the sin of thine .

[4]   O beloved the cause thou art of the people's ease and the world's slumber
On that account ,the border of my eye and of my heart became the repose - place of thine .

[5]   Mine ,every night in recollection of thy effulgent face with every gleaming star is the work of weeping and wailing
In envious regret for the splendour of the moon - like effulgent face of thine .

[6]   From each other separated all are friends ,fellow - sitters
But together are I and the threshold of the empire - shelter of thine .

[7]   Hafiz favour ,desire not .For ,in the end ,
To grief's harvest ,setteth fire the smoke of the sigh of thine .

[8]   To - morrow ,the day of assembly the resurrection when is the presenting of the people ,
In the midst ,possibly ,may fall on me the kind glance of thine

[1]  Das Blutgeld für den Moschus aus Sina Ist deiner Füße Staub. Die Sonne selbst sie wurde genähret Im Schatten deines Orts.

[2]  O sieh! wie die Narzissen es treiben Mit ihren Schmeichelei'n; O zeig dich, und sie opfern die Seele Dem Nicken deines Augs.

[3]  O trinke kühn mein Blut, denn es waget Zu deiner Schönheit sich Kein Engel in die Nähe, daß selber Aufmerke deine Schuld.

[4]  Du bist die Ursach', daß hier auf Erden Die Menschen ruhig sind. Deßwegen ist mein Herz, und mein Auge Zum Wohnort dir geweiht.

[5]  Ich habe jede Nacht mit den Sternen Mein eigenes Geschäft, Aus Sehnsucht nach dem strahlenden Glanze Von deinem Mondgesicht.

[6]  Die Freunde, die vereiniget waren, Sind alle nun getrennt, Ich aber blieb als Schwelle der Zuflucht Vor deinem Glück zurück.

[7]  Hafis! verzweifle nicht an der Gnade Von deinem Gott und Herrn, Es wird des Grames Scheune verbrennen Bei deinem Seufzerrauch.

[1]  Mine is an eye ,blood - shedding on account of the eye of that bow eyebrow
Full of tumult will become the world on account of that eye ,and of that eyebrow .

[2]   The slave of the eye I am of that saucy one such that ,in the sweet sleep of intoxication ,
The adorned rose - bed is her face and the musky canopy ,her eyebrow .

[3]   Through this grief ,my body became lean and slender like a crescent moon .For ,notwithstanding her musky dark fragrant writing the decorated eyebrow
Where is the moon that ,from the arch of sky will dare show its eyebrow

[4]   The watchers careless unacquainted with my secrets and ,momently ,from that eye and forehead ,ours
Are a thousand kinds of message and ,the curtain between them is the eyebrow .

[5]   To the soul of the corner - sitters ,the beauty of the rose - bed is only a little of his beauty
On the border of whose sward ,a saunterer becometh the eyebrow .

[6]   Notwithstanding such beauty ,again none speaketh of the Hur and the Par
Saying : Of this the Hur is like this ,the eye ; and of that the Pari like that ,the eyebrow .

[7]   Thou ,Kafir of heart ,bindest not the veil of thy tress .I fear
That my prayer - arch will turn ,the curve of that heart - ravishing eyebrow .

[8]   Although ,in possessing fidelity ,Hafiz is the wise bird yet
Him ,with the arrow of the glance ,prey made ,the eye of that bow eyebrow .

[1]  Blut verströmet mein Aug', verwundet vom Schwerte der Brauen, Welten werden verwirrt durch diese Augen und Brauen.

[2]  Gänzlich weihe ich mich dem Dienste des lieblichen Knaben, Sein Gesicht ist die Ros', und schattige Lauben die Brauen.

[3]  Abgezehret bin ich aus Gram so fein wie der Neumond, Weil der Mond es noch wagt, keck zu steh'n vor den Brauen.

[4]  Ha! es merken nicht auf die Nebenbuhler, indessen Kommt mir Kunde der Stirne des Augs vom Mittler der Brauen.

[5]  Wunderlich dünkt den Zellenbewohner die Stirne des Freundes. Denn es neigen herab sich auf die Flaumen die Brauen. Immer halte dein Aug' gespannt den Bogen der Schönheit, Denn es fliegen die Pfeile zum Mond vom Bogen der Brauen.

[6]  Keiner vergleiche den Freund hinfort mit Huris und Perien, Wo hat jene das Aug', und wo hat diese die Brauen?

[7]  Du ungläubiges Herz, verhüllest dich nicht mit den Locken, Aber ich fürchte, es stürzt der Altar zusammen vor Brauen.

[8]  Zwar ist in Sehnsucht und Lust Hafis ein lustiger Vogel, Aber er ward doch erlegt vom scharfen Pfeile der Brauen.

[1]  For the sake of love's existence are man and Pari ,
A little pure desire ,show ,so that a great happiness in attaining to true love thou mayst achieve .

[2]   Khwaja strive portionless of .love be not
For none buyeth the slave with the defect of being void of skill .

[3]   The wine of the morning draught ,and the sweet sleep of dawn ,how long
For pardon strive by the supplication of mid - night ; and ,with the weeping of the morning .

[4]   O dainty one ,sorcery - player what doll art thou thyself
Neither in front of the eye art thou nor hidden from vision art thou .

[5]   A thousand holy souls consumed on account of this jealousy ,
For ,every morning and evening ,the candle of another assembly thou art .

[6]   The message from me to His Highness Asaf ,who taketh ,
Saying Recollect two hemistiches of mine in Dan verse

[7]   Come ,so that ,even so ,the world's way I may behold
If ,examination ,thou wilt make ,wine ,thou drinkest and grief ,sufferest not .

[8]   On thy head of beauty ,aslant in pride be not the crown of sovereignty
For ,the beauty of fortune ,and worthy of throne and of the crown of gold ,thou art .

[9]   By the perfume of Thy tress and Thy cheek ,go and come ,
The morning breeze for acquiring from Thy tress the power of perfume - diffusing ,and the rose for acquiring from Thy cheek splendour .

[10]   Since ,prepared of vision ,thou art not ,union ,seek not ,
For ,no good doeth the world - viewing cup of Jamshid at the time of being without vision .

[11]   Turneth calamity the prayer of the corner - sitters
With a corner of thy eye ,at us corner - sitters wherefore lookest thou not

[12]   O beloved come and ,from us ,with the capital of thy beauty ,sovereignty purchase
Careless of this matter ,be not ,lest sorrow thou suffer .

[13]   Love's Path is a path wonderfully dangerous ,
We seek refuge in God If to a place of safety ,the path thou take not .

[14]   By the blessing of the prayer of Hafiz ,is hope that again
I may see the traces of glories of my Laila the true Beloved in the path of the night ,luminous with the moon .

[1]  Menschen und Feen sind ungebetene Gäste der Liebe, Zeige mir Willenskraft, sicher entführst du das Glück.

[2]  Suche keinen Genuß, wenn du nicht im Stand bist zu schauen, Denn der Spiegel Dschemschids nützet den Sehenden nur.

[3]  Morgentrunk und Morgenschlaf, wie lange noch währt dieß? Sinn' auf Entschuldigung, höre das Morgengeschrey.

[5]  Tausend heilige Seelen, sie sind entbrennet voll Eifer, Weil du Abends und früh Anderen haltest das Licht.

[7]  Komm', ich habe so viel aus langer Erfahrung gelernet, Welcher das Weinglas leert, leeret die Sorgen auch aus.

[8]  Niemals sey der Wipfel von deiner Cypresse gekrümmet, Denn wahrhaftig du bist würdig der Krone des Throns.

[9]  Rosen und Ostwind kommen und gehen mit Glanz und Gerüchen, Diese vom Dufte des Haars, jener vom Licht des Gesichts.

[11]  Winkelsitzergebet verhütet Schaden und Unglück. Warum blickest du nicht mir nach dem Winkel des Aug's? Was soll ich thun, verwirrt von der Trennung, und von dem Genuße? Immer bist du im Aug', aber von Angesicht fern.

[12]  Komm' und kaufe die Herrschaft von uns mit dem Schatze der Schönheit, Sorge dafür, daß du's nicht mögest verzehren umsonst. Höre den Meister, und sey nicht ganz entblößet von Liebe, Niemand kaufet den Knecht, wenn er nicht Tugenden hat. Jegliche Nachricht öffnet das Thor zu neuen Geschäften, Deßhalb bin ich berauscht, bin so verloren und irr'. Zeige mir doch den Weg in diesen finsteren Gängen. Schon tönt Morgengebet, tönet das Morgengeschrey.

[13]  Wunderlich ist der Weg der Lieb' und voll von Gefahren, Laßt uns flüchten zu Gott, daß er uns Sicherheit geb'. Siehe! sie kommen und gehen in Hoffnung des Duftes der Locken, Winde verstreuen das Roth, Rosen bedienen sich deß. Durch die Schmerzen der Freundinn bin ich auf ewig gebunden, Hin ist mein Leben durch sie, aber mich kümmert es nicht. Kennet der Unerfahrene wohl die heimlichen Freuden? Wollte Gott, ich hätt' Kräfte zu Freuden des Gau's! Mein Geheimniß, o Freund! ist durch die Thränen verrathen, Du erbarme dich mein, der zur Genüge mich kennt! Trockenen Mund's gieng ich vorbei am Wasser des Lebens, Hilf mir, Schenke, o hilf, reich' mir vom lautersten Trunk! Wenn Hafis für dich einst stirbt, an der Schwelle der Thüre Wird ihm durch den Tod ewiges Leben zu Theil.

[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 .