[1]  Me ,Thou beholdest and ,in a moment ,my pain ,greater Thou makest
Thee ,I behold and momently my inclination for Thee greater becometh .

[2]   As to my state ,Thou askest not what mystery Thou hast ,I know not
For my remedy ,Thou strivest not perchance ,my pain ,Thou knowest not .

[3]   Not the way is this that me ,on the dust ,Thou shouldst cast and pass on
Pass by me and again my state ask ,so that the dust of Thy Path ,I may become .

[4]   From off Thy skirt ,I keep not my hand ,save in the dust of the grave and ,that very moment ,
When ,over my dust in the grave Thou passest ,Thy skirt ,my dust will seize .

[5]   From grief of love for Thee ,my breath of life descended .Breath ,Thou givest till when
Forth from me ,destruction ,Thou takest : Thou sayest not : Breath ,bring forth .

[6]   One night ,in the darkness ,from Thy dark tress ,my heart I sought
Thy face ,I beheld and a cup of Thy ruby lip ,again I drank .

[7]   Suddenly ,Thee ,into my bosom ,I drew and ,into the curl of Thy tress ,it my heart went
On Thy lip ,my lip I placed and ,soul and heart ,made sacrifice .

[8]   To Hafiz ,kind be Thou .To the enemy say Thy life surrender :
When on Thy part ,warmth I see ,of the enemy cold of breath ,mine ,what fear

[1]  Wenn du hinaus auf Felder geh'st,Hinaus in's Grüne wandelst,So strömet meine blut'ge Thrän'Herab die gelben Wangen.

[2]  Du schauest mich und alsogleichVermehrest du mein Leiden;Ich schaue Dich und alsogleichVermehrt sich meine Liebe.

[3]  Ich weiß nicht, was im Sinn du führst,Du fragst nicht, wie's mir gehe;Du eilest nicht, mir beizustehn,Weißt du nicht, daß ich kränkle?

[4]  Du wirfst mich in den Staub, und gehstVorüber, ist dies billig?O komm, und frage, wie's mir geht,Ich will dein Wegstaub werden.

[5]  Ich zieh' die Hand von deinem StaubNicht ab, bis daß ich Staub bin,Wenn du mein Grab vorübergehst,Flieg' ich dem Saum als Staub an.

[6]  Im Gram um deine Liebe giengHinab zum Grund die Seele,Du rächest dich, du sagest nichtNun ruhe aus ein wenig.

[7]  Ich suchte bei der dunkeln NachtMein Herz in deinen Locken,Da sah ich deiner Wangen Mond,Und trank aus rothen Lippen.

[8]  Ich zog dich her an meine Brust,Da kräusten sich die Haare,Ich legte Lippen auf den Mund,Aufopfernd Herz und Seele.

[1]  If the dust of the sole of my idol's foot give aid
With it on the tablet of vision ,a dusty line whereby my vision may be increased I will draw

[2]   Overwhelmed in desire of Thy embrace I became and my hope is
That ,through the violence of the wave of my tear ,me to reach to the shore ,it the wave may cause .

[3]   If in desire of my life ,His order reach me ,
That very moment ,like the candle ,in a moment ,my life a sacrifice for Him I surrender .

[4]   To - day ,from fidelity to me ,turn not away Thy head and think
Of that night ,when ,through grief ,my hand in prayer ,I uplift .

[5]   For the consolation of lovers ,Thy two tresses ,
A great covenant ,gave ; and my rest ,took .

[6]   O breeze murshid me ,a fragrant waft from that cup of wine of divine love bring :
For ,from the grief of wine - sickness temptations of the world me convalescence ,that perfume giveth .

[7]   If the Friend establish not the proof of the base - coin of my heart ,
From my eye ,in His path ,current coin tears I reckon .

[8]   From me ,dusty ,shake not in pride thy skirt .For ,after death ,
From this door ,it is not possible that my dust even the whirling wind can take .

[9]   Hafiz since His ruby lip is as the dear soul to me ,
That moment when to the lip of the true Beloved I bring my soul ,a lasting life mine will be .

[1]  Meine Worte haben gelobt die Locken,Deßhalb hauchen sie nun Gerüche süß wieDüfte des Moschus.

[2]  Wenn der Staub der Sohlen der Freundinn zu mir kommt,Will ich auf der Tafel des Aug's mit StaubeLinien zeichnen.

[3]  Ich versank in deiner Umarmung Wünschen,Doch ich hoffe an das Gestade aus derFluth mich zu retten.

[4]  Fodert mir ihr Schmetterling ab die Seele,Will ich wie die Kerze im AugenblickeOpfern die Seele.

[5]  Ziehe nicht zurück vom Gemüth die Treue,Denk der Nacht, wo ich zum Gebet die Hand ausSchmerzen erhoben.

[6]  Deine schwarzen Locken versprachen alleHerzen zu bewahren, und meines habenSie mir geraubet.

[7]  Ostwind bring' mir einen Geruch vom Weine,Denn mich heilen diese Gerüche von demHefen des Schmerzens.

[8]  Wenn sie keinen Werth für das Herz bestimmet,Will ich auf dem Weg statt der baaren MünzeStreuen die Augen.

[9]  Wisch' nicht ab den Staub von dem Saum des KleidesBin ich einstens Staub, so vermag von dir keinWind mich zu wehren.

[1]  Like the morning of laughing forehead Thou art ; and the candle of the chamber of the morning ,I am
Smile and behold how for Thee my soul ,I surrender .

[2]   In my heart ,the stain of love for Thy heart - alluring tress is so in dwelling that ,
When from this vanishing world I pass ,my tomb becometh the dark violet bed .

[3]   On the threshold of hope of Thee ,I have opened my eye ,
That Thou mayest cast one glance from Thy glance ,me Thou Thyself castedest .

[4]   O crowd of griefs to thee ,how may I utter thanks God forgive thee
On the day of friendlessness ,at last ,from my bosom thou goest not .

[5]   I am the slave of the man of vision ,who ,notwithstanding his black - hearted - ness ,
Raineth a thousand drops tears when my heart's pain ,I recount .

[6]   On every side ,our idol divine bounty displayeth splendour but ,
This glance that I keep glancing ,none seeth .

[7]   If the Beloved like the fragrant breeze pass to the tomb of Hafiz
From desire of that Beloved in the heart of that narrow place the grave the shroud ,I rend .

[1]  Du bist der Morgen, ich die Lampe, O lächle nur und ich vergehe,

[2]  Gebrannt hat mich die Veilchenlocke, Daß Veilchen meinem Grab entblühen.

[3]  Mein Kopf lag auf der Hoffnung Schwelle, Du hast mir deinen Blick entzogen.

[4]  Wie dank ich dir o Herr des Schmerzens, Du bleibst bei mir am Sterbetage.

[5]  Ich bin der Sklav' des Augeapfels, Der über meine Leiden weinet.

[6]  Mein Abgott liebeäugelt immer, Doch Keiner schauet, was ich schaue.

[7]  Hafis besucht dein Grab die Freundinn, Das Leichentuch wirst du zerreißen.

[1]  God forbid that ,in the rose - season ,wine ,I should abandon
Of reason ,I boast ; this work how should I do

[2]   The minstrel is where So that all the in - gathering of austerity and of knowledge ,
In the work of the harp ,of the lyre ,and of the voice of the reed ,I may make .

[3]   Now ,weariness of the useless disputation of the outward college ,hath my heart taken
Once ,awhile ,only the service of the beloved the perfect murshid and of wine of love I will do .

[4]   In time ,fidelity was where The cup of wine ,bring ,
That the tale of Jam ,and of Ka ,us ,and of Kay ,I may make .

[5]   The black book of sins I fear not .For ,in the day of assembling ,
By the bounty of His grace ,a hundred books of this kind ,I would close .

[6]   The foot - messenger of morn the breeze from the east where So that plaints of the night of separation ,
To that one ,auspicious of fortune ,and happy of foot the murshid I may make .

[7]   This borrowed life ,that ,to Hafiz ,the Friend God entrusted ;
His face ,one day ,I shall see and to Him its surrender will make .

[1]  Gott bewahr! zur Zeit der Rosen, Auf den Wein Verzicht zu thun. Ich der mit Verstande prahle, Wie vermöcht' ich dies zu thun?

[2]  Ha! wo ist der Sänger! alle Tugend und Bescheidenheit Will ich bei dem Ton der Flöte Und des Saitenspiels verthun.

[5]  Mich erschrecken nicht die Sünden, Denn am Tage des Gerichts Wird man durch die Huld des Herrn Sünden aus dem Buch austhun.

[6]  Ha! wo ist der Both' des Morgens, Denn die Klagen dieser Nacht Soll er jenem Freund des Glückes Meinerseits zu wissen thun. Einstens ward der Staub des Körpers Abgeknetet mit dem Wein, Sagt, was fodert Ihr, ihr Tadler, Kann darauf Verzicht ich thun.

[7]  Diese mir gelieh'ne Seele, Die ich von dem Freund erhielt, Will sobald ich ihn nur sehe, Ich sogleich beiseite thun.

[1]  By her two tresses ,Salma bound my heart
Yet ,every day ,my soul crieth to me Come and die

[2]   For God's sake on me ,heart - bereft ,bestow pity
Me ,despite the hate of enemies ,cause to reach to the beloved .

[3]   O idol in grief of love's passion for Thee ,
On the Lord God of slaves ,is our reliance .

[4]   O thou who despisedest me for my love for Salma
Her face ,thou shouldst at first have clearly seen .

[5]   To the true Beloved ,wholly and completely ,surrender ,like me ,thy heart ,
O drowned in love in the sea of friendship

[6]   Subsequently ,to thee ,our soul ,we shall have to advance
For ,stubbornly ,hast thou fought with lovers and their heart taken .

[7]   Grief for Thee wholly devoured this heart ,helpless
Me ,the news of the good fortune of my verse deceiveth .

[8]   Within the curl of Thy tress ,went Hafiz
In the dark night and God is the guide .

[1]  Leichten Schrittes gieng Selma am liebenden Herzen vorüber. Und es rief ihr zu jeglichen Tages, mein Geist!

[2]  Herzensgeliebter, o wirst du nicht mir Herzensverbrannten Schenken Arzney wider die Schmerzen des Feinds?

[3]  In den Schmerzen, worein mich deine Liebe versenket, Trau' ich nur Gott mich an, ihm dem Beherrscher der Welt.

[4]  Wenn du vielleicht noch läugnen sollst die Leidenschaft Leila's, Schaue mir in das Gesicht, daß deine Zweifel vergeh'n.

[5]  O mein Schönheitsgötz', ich ergreife so mancherlei Wege, Tief in Liebesgluth, tief ist versenket mein Herz.

[6]  Du empfehl' mir immer zum Heile der Seele die Reue, Ach! ich werde nicht klug durch der Erfahrungen Schein.

[7]  Siehe, dein Gram hat längst mir's Herz verzehrt und zerfressen, Und doch ruft man mich noch nicht zur edenischen Flur.

[8]  Sieh' Hafisens Herz steckt in der Krause des Haares, Und in finsterer Nacht leitet der Herr mich den Weg.

[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 .