[1]  Bitter strong wine ,whose power is man - overthrowing ,I desire
Perchance ,a moment ,from the world and its iniquity and clamour ,I may rest .

[2]   No time of ease ,hath time's table cherishing the mean
O heart from its bitter and salted victuals ,wash the palate of greed and of avarice .

[3]   O heart wine of love bring .For safe without it from the deceit of the sky the traitor one cannot go :
Deceit caused by the sport of Venus ,its harper ; and of Mars ,its blood - thirsty one .

[4]   The Bahram hunting noose lust's desires let go the cup of love of Jamshid ,uptake
For ,this desert the world we have traversed .Visible is neither Bahram sensual desire nor his wild ass .

[5]   Come so that ,in pure wine ,time's mystery ,we may show
On the condition that ,to those crooked of disposition and blind of heart ,thou show it not .

[6]   To glance at darvishes is not against greatness
With all his pomp ,Sulaiman ,his mercy - glance was with the feeble ant .

[7]   From Hafiz ,turneth not its head the bow of the eye - brow of the true Beloved
But ,at this His arm full of force ,to Hafiz laughter cometh .

[1]  Meine flüßigen RubinenWill ich aus Smaragden trinken,Denn die Mönche sind wie Schlangen,Ich will sie damit verblenden.

[2]  Bittern Wein verlang' ich, dessenStärke selbst die Männer umwirft,Daß ich von den ErdenplagenDoch ein wenig ruhen möge.

[3]  Auf der Tafel dieser ErdeGiebt es keinen Ruhehonig,Herz, gieb auf die lockern Wünsche,Bitters sey dir gleich und Süßes.

[4]  Bringe Wein! wer könnte sicherBleiben vor des Himmels Raubsucht,Wenn dort Sohre Lauten schlaget,Und Merih die Waffen traget.

[5]  Zieh' das Jägernetz Behram's ein,Heb' empor das Glas Dschemschidens.Ich durchlief das Feld, entdeckteNicht Behram und nicht sein Grabmal.

[6]  Komm' daß ich in reinem WeineDir der Welt Geheimniß zeige,Doch mit der Bedingniß, daß duNicht dein Herz den Schiefen zeigest.

[7]  Auf Derwische niederblicken,Ist der Größe nicht zuwider;Salomon mit seiner GrößeBlickte auf die Ameis nieder.

[1]  The collection of beauteousness and of gracefulness is his cheek resplendent like the moon .
But ,love is not his ,nor constancy .O God love and constancy give him .

[2]   My heart - ravisher is the beloved and is a child in sport ,one day ,
He will cruelly slay me and ,in the shara' ,no sin is his .

[3]   Verily ,best that from him ,I guard well my heart
For ,bad and good ,he hath not seen and ,of them ,no knowledge hath what he wisheth ,he doeth

[4]   From his lip like sugar ,cometh a perfume of milk betokening early childhood
Though from the glance of his black eye trickleth blood betokening ,the slayer

[5]   Active and sweet ,fourteen years of age ,an idol ,I have
Whose slave with soul is the resplendent full moon of fourteen days .

[6]   O Lord in pursuit of that rose ,newly sprung ,our heart
Went where For ,in this place some time ,it ,we have not seen .

[7]   If my beloved ,the heart - possessor ,in this way shattereth my heart army
Quickly ,for his own life - guarding ,him ,the king will take .

[8]   Thankfully ,I sacrifice my life if that peerless pearl ,
Its place of rest become the shell the socket of the eye of Hafiz .

[1]  Alles Holde vereint dies Mondenantlitz,Doch nicht Treue; o Gott! verleih' ihm Treue!

[2]  Mein Geliebter ist ein gepriesner Knabe,Schuldlos bringt er mich einstens um durch Klagen.

[3]  Besser ist's, ich verwahr' mein Herz; denn KnabenUnterscheiden das Böse nicht vom Guten.

[4]  Milch und Zuckergeschmack entströmt dem Monde,Wenn das Nicken des Augs gleich Blut vergießet.

[5]  Einen Götzen von vierzehn Jahren hab' ich,Dessen treu'ster Sklav der volle Mond ist.

[6]  Dieser Rose zu lieb entfloh mein Herz, o Gott!Lange hab' ich es nicht gesehen, wo ist es!

[7]  Weil die Heere des Freund's das Herz so schlagenWird der Kaiser dieselben hoch belohnen.

[8]  Dankbar will ich verspenden meine SeeleWenn die Perle des Aug's Hafisens ruhet.

[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]  Displayed from the garden border hath become the diadem of the Sultan ,the rose the true Beloved
O Lord to the cypress and the jessamine disciples and lovers of the Path its arrival happy be

[2]   In his own proper place ,happy was this imperial sitting the Sultan ,rose
Since now in his own proper place ,every one sitteth .

[3]   To Sulaiman's seal - ring ,news of the happy conclusion give ,
Whereby ,short the hand of power of ahriman the enemy the ism - i - a'zam made .

[4]   Be prosperous to eternity without end ,this house the world from the door of which ,
Every moment ,with the perfume of mercy ,the breeze of felicity the words of the perfect murshid bloweth

[5]   The majesty of Pashang's son ,Afrasiyab ,king of Turan and his world - seizing sword ,
In all king - chronicles ,the tale of the assembly is .

[6]   Obedient to thee ,became beneath the saddle ,the chaugan - steed of the sphere ,
O royal horseman since to the field of sport thou hast come ,the ball strike .

[7]   The stream of the country is the water lustre of thy sword
The tree of justice ,plant thou : the root of ill - wishers ,tip - pluck .

[8]   After this if ,despite the perfume of thy sweet nature ,it Iran blossometh not ,
From Iran's plain ,the musk - pod of the musk of Khutan the well - being and welfare of Iran ariseth and departeth

[9]   Expectation of sweet splendour ,the corner - takers recluses make ,
Aslant in pride place the cap and ,from thy face ,the veil up - pluck .

[10]   In love - playing with my own reason ,I consulted .He said Hafiz drink wine
O Saki according to the word of the trusty adviser reason wine give .

[11]   O breeze to the Saki of the banquet of Atabak the praised one prefer the request ,
That ,from that cup ,gold scattering ,me ,a draught he may give .

[1]  Die Krone der Fürstinn, Der Rose zeigte sich auf Fluren. Es sey den Cedern und Jasminen Gesegnet die Ankunft.

[2]  Nun stehet in Wahrheit Der Kaiserthron an seinem Orte, Es setze sich ein Jeder auf den Ihm eigenen Platz hin.

[3]  Dem Ringe Dschemschidens Gieb von dem guten Ende Kunde, Der große Name, der ihn zeichnet, Bezwingt Ahrimanen.

[4]  Es blühe beständig Das hohe Haus, das du bewohnest, Von dessen Thürenstaub ein Lüftchen Erbarmender Huld weht.

[5]  Die Größe des Sohnes Peschengs, sein Schwert, das Welten zwinget, Ist durch des Schahrame's Geschichten Zur Sage geworden.

[6]  Den Renner des Himmels, Bezäumtest du mit deinem Zügel, O Reiter, du bist auf dem Rennplatz, Nun schlage den Ballen.

[7]  Es strahlen die Reiche Durch deines Säbels Glanz und Wasser, O pflanze du den Baum des Rechtes, Entwurzle die Bösen.

[8]  Was ist es zu wundern? Wenn du so süß und milde duftest, Und wenn die Düfte Chotens hauchen, Iredschische Steppen.

[9]  Die Winkelbewohner Erwarten deine Schmeicheleien, Entblöß' den Kopf von deiner Mütze, Zerreiße den Schleier.

[10]  Ich fragte die Klugheit: O trinke Wein, Hafis! so sprach sie, O Schenke! reiche uns den Becher, Dem Rathe zu folgen.

[11]  Ostwind dem Schenken Beim Fest der Atabegen melde, Daß er von jenem goldnen Glase Den Hefen mir gebe.

[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 .

[56]   Come ; for not less becometh the amplitude of this workshop the world
By the austerity of one like thee or ,by the profligacy of one like me .

[57]   On the day of events of death with cheering wine ,'tis necessary to tell one's grief
For ,on none ,is reliance at a time like this .

[58]   Happy of heart ,in a corner sit and behold
That none keepeth in mind so strange a calamity .