[1]  Love's pain ,I have endured to such a degree - that ask not
Separation's poison ,I have tasted in such a way that ask not .

[2]   In the world I have wandered and its good and bad its heat and cold experienced and at the end of work ,
A heart - ravisher the true Beloved I have chosen so peerless that ask not .

[3]   In the desire of the dust of His door ,in that way ,
Goeth the water tears of my eye that ask not .

[4]   Last night ,from His mouth ,with my ear ,
Words ,I heard such that ask not .

[5]   Towards me ,wherefore bitest thou thy lip ,saying Speak not ,
A ruby lip ,I have bitten kissed such that ask not .

[6]   In the hut of my own beggary ,without Thee ,
Sorrows ,I have endured such that ask not .

[7]   In the path of love ,like Hafiz the stranger ,
At a stage of trouble I have arrived such that ask not .

[1]  Liebeschmerz hab' ich erlitten,Frage nicht.Trennungsgift hab' ich verkostet,Frage nicht.

[2]  Viel bin ich umher gewandert,Doch zuletztHab' ein Liebchen ich erkohren;Frage nicht.

[3]  Aus Verlangen nach dem StaubeIhres ThorsFließen meine Thränen häufig;Frage nicht.

[4]  Gestern hab' aus ihrem MundeIch gehörtIn mein Ohr ein süßes Wörtlein,Frage nicht.

[5]  Beißend in die Lippen sagst du:Rede nicht.Den Rubin der Lippen biß ich,Frage nicht.

[6]  Ohne dich hab' ich in meinemKämmerleinVielen Schmerz und Gram erlittenFrage nicht.

[7]  Wie Hafis der Fremdling bin ichEine PostAuf der Liebe Weg gekommen,Frage nicht.

[1]  Of His black tress the world complaint I have to such a degree that ask not
For ,on account of it ,without means and resource ,I am become in such a way that ask not .

[2]   In the hope of its fidelity ,let none abandon heart and soul the being a lover
For ,of this done ,I am penitent to such a degree that ask not .

[3]   For the sake of one draught of wine wherein is the injury of none .
From the ignorant man ,such torment 1 suffer that ask not .

[4]   Zahid from us in peace depart for this ruby wine
Taketh from ths hand ,heart and faith in that way that ask not .

[5]   In this Path ,the talk is that life melteth :
Every one the contention of this one is that look not of that one ,that ask not .

[6]   Corner of retirement taking and safety were my desire .But ,
That maddening narcissus practiseth a way that ask not .

[7]   I said From the ball of the sky ,I ask the present state
It said In the curve of the chaugan ,that I endure that ask not .

[8]   To Him the true Beloved I said : By whose malice ,dishevelledest Thou Thy tress He said
Hafiz long is this tale by the Kuran I conjure thee that ask not .

[1]  Ueber schöne schwarze LockenKlag' ich so viel, frage mich nicht.Denn sie haben mich von meinenSinnen gebracht, frage nicht.

[2]  Hoffend auf die Treu' verlasseKeiner die Seel', oder das Herz.Denn ich habe oft genug schonDieses bereut, frage nicht.

[3]  Wegen eines HefenrestesWelcher kein Leid Menschen gethan,Muß ich Armer von den ThorenTragen zu viel, frage nicht.

[4]  Frommer Mann o geh' vorüberRuhig und still, denn der RubinIn dem Glase hat mir Seele,Glauben geraubt, frage nicht.

[5]  Manche Sage geht, es würdenSeelen zerschmelzt wandernd allhier,Jedermann ist in Verwirrung;Schaue du nicht, frage nicht.

[6]  In dem Winkel wollt' ich sitzenNur auf das Heil einzig bedachtDoch da schmeichelte so viel mirJene Narziß, frage nicht.

[7]  Fragen wollt' ich erst den HimmelUeber das Weh meines Gefühls;Himmel dienen mir statt BallenSagte der Freund, frage nicht.

[8]  Weßhalb sprach ich zu dem Freunde,Hast du das Haar zornig gekrümmt,Lang' sprach er ist die GeschichteWahrlich Hafis! frage nicht.

[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]  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 .

[59]   In the hand of the mean the watcher I keep seeing my idol the beloved
Thus ,the vengeful sky recognised the right of service of one like me .

[60]   In the mirror of the Picture - establisher God the hidden form ,behold
If ,for thee out of the country of contentment ,desire maketh a native land .

[61]   O heart strive thou for patience .For God delivereth not
A seal - ring so precious as patience to the hand of an evil one .

[62]   From the fierce wind of vicissitude ,one cannot see ,
That ,in this sward ,hath been even a red rose ,or a wild white rose .

[63]   From this simum blast of lust that ,by the garden - borders ,passed ,
Wonder that from the heart of love's lust the colour of a rose remaineth ,or the perfume of a jessamine .

[64]   I have heard that ,for dogs ,thou appointest a collar
On Hafiz's neck ,why placest thou not a rope

[65]   Hafiz in this calamity ,ruined became time's temper
Where is the thought of a physician or the judgment of a Barhaman

[66]   Drink the cup of the wine of unity of a man
So that ,by it grief's root ,up from the heart ,thou mayst pluck .

[67]   Expanded ,keep the heart ,like the cup of wine
Head closed how long like a large jar

[68]   When ,from the jar of selflessness ,a ritl thou drinkest ,
Less of thyself voluntarily thou boastest of self .

[69]   Like the humble and worthless stone at thy foot be ,not like the water of the cloud glorying in sublimity
All colour of deceit ,thou mixest and wet of skirt lust - stained thou art .

[70]   To wine ,bind the heart ,so that ,like a man ,
The neck of hypocrisy and of piety thou mayst shatter .

[71]   Arise ,and ,like Hafiz ,an effort in the service of the Pir of tarikat make so that ,perchance ,
Thyself ,at the true Beloved's foot ,thou mayest cast .

[72]   Tis morning ; and ,droppeth hail from the cloud of the winter - month Bahman
The requisites of the morning cup ,prepare and give a cup of one ' man .'

[73]   The blood red wine of the cup ,drink for lawful is its blood
In the work of the cup ,engaged be ; for 'tis a work fit to be done .

[74]   If ,at dawn ,thee ,wine - sickness give headache ,
Verily ,best ,that the forehead of the vintner ,thou shatter .

[75]   Saki at hand to give the cup be for ,in ambush for us ,is grief
Minstrel so that grief may not reach us keep this very path of song that thou singest .

[76]   Give wine for ,the secret to my ear ,the harp hath brought and said
Happily pass life and ,hear this bowed Pir the harp

[77]   Hafiz by the independence of profligates ,I conjure thee drink wine ,
So that ,thou mayst hear the song of the Singer ,God the Independent One .

[78]   Into the sea of self and self - praise ,I am fallen .Bring
Wine ,so that freedom from self and self - praise me ,it may give .

[79]   Hafiz in the rivulet of the eye ,the plant of thy stature
Drank blood ,and established fruit .It thou wishest to up - pluck .

[80]   O thou who ,in our slaughter ,mercy exercisest not
Profit and capital ,thou consumest manliness ,thou showest not .

[81]   Deadly poison ,the sorrowful ones of calamity lovers ,sorrowful through sepa - ration from thee drink
The design of slaying this tribe of lovers is dangerous .Take care that it ,thou doest not .

[82]   Since ,with a corner of thy eye ,our grief it is possible to take ,
The part of justice it is not ,that our remedy for freedom from grief thou makest not .

[83]   Since ,in hope of thee ,our eye is the ocean through weeping why is it that
On the ocean - shore ,in recreation ,passing thou makest not