[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]  The Shah of those box - tree of stature ,Khusrau of those sweet of mouth ,
Who ,with His eye - lash ,the centre of an army all rank - shatterers ,shattereth ,

[2]   Passed intoxicated and ,on me ,the darvfsh ,a glance cast
And said 0 eye and lamp of those all sweet of speech

[3]   Void of silver and of gold ,thy purse how long will be
My slave ,be and ,of those all silver of body ,the fruit enjoy

[4]   Not less than an atom a mote art thou low ,be not love ,practise
So that ,to the sun's chamber of privacy ,whirling ,thou mayst reach

[5]   On the world ,rely not in that goblet ,wine thou hast
The pleasure of those Venus of forehead ,and tender of body enjoy .

[6]   Our Pir ,the wine - measurer whose soul be happy
Said : The society of covenant - breakers ,shun .

[7]   Into the hand ,the Friend's skirt bring ; from the enemy break away
The man oi God ,be by Ahriman ,safely pass .

[8]   In the morning ,in the parterre of the red streaked tulips ,to the breeze ,I spake ,
Saying Martyrs for whom are these ,all of bloody shrouds

[9]   He the breeze said Not informed of this mystery are we ,I and thou ,
The tale of the ruby wine ,and of those silver of chin ,mention .

[1]  Der Schah der Schlankgewachs'nen, Der Herr Süßmundichter, Der mit den Wimpern alle Herzen schlaget,

[2]  Vorüber gieng er trunken, Warf einen Blick auf mich, Und sprach: du Aug' und Lampe Süßberedter.

[3]  Wie lang von Gold und Silber Bleibt noch dein Beutel leer? Sey du mein Sklav und laß die Silbergötzen;

[4]  Gering wie Sonnenstäubchen, Verlier' nicht Lieb' und Lust, Daß zu der Sonne auf du kreisend steigest.

[5]  Die Welt ist keine Stütze, Du hast ein Glas voll Wein. O bring's schönstirnichten und zarten Schönen.

[6]  Es sprach's der alte Trinker. (Dafür ergeh's ihm wohl.) Er sprach: o hütet euch vor Bundesbrechern.

[7]  Ergreif' den Saum des Freunds, Sey unbesorgt um Feinde, Sey Gottes Mann und fürchte nicht den Teufel.

[8]  Ich sprach zum Wind des Ostens: Auf tulpenreicher Flur, Von welchem Märtyrer sind die blut'gen Leichentücher.

[9]  Er sprach: Hafis uns beiden Hat man es nicht vertraut; Erzähl' vom Weinrubin, vom Silberkinne.

[1]  Last night ,to the door of the wine - house ,I went ,sleep stained
The khirka wet of skirt ,and the prayer - mat ,wine stained

[2]   The magian boy of the wine - seller ,cry - making ,came
He said Awake ,O wayfarer ,sleep stained .

[3]   Washing and washing ,do then ,to the tavern ,proudly move
So that ,by thee ,this ruined cloister become not' stained

[4]   In desire for those sweet of mouth beloved ones how long makest thou
The jewel of thy soul with the melted ruby the bloody tear stained

[5]   In purity ,pass the stage of old age and make not ,
The honour - robe of old age ,with the splendid dress of youth ,stained .

[6]   Pure and clean ,be and ,from nature's well ,come forth
Giveth not purity water ,earth stained .

[7]   I said O soul of the world not a defect is it ,the rose - book
If ,in the spring season ,it become with pure ruddy wine bestained .

[8]   In this deep sea of love those acquainted with love's path ,
Were drowned and were not with water stained .

[9]   He said : Hafiz to friends ,thy jest and subtlety boast not ;
Alas for this thy grace ,with varied forms of reproach bestained .

[1]  Ich gieng zur Schenke gestern, Vom Schlafe ganz befleckt, Befeuchtet war die Kutte, Der Teppich ganz befleckt.

[2]  Es kam ein Schenkenknäblein Und sagte mir mit Spott: Es ist schon Zeit: Erwache O du vom Schlaf befleckt!

[3]  Vor allem andern wasch' dich, Dann komm' zur Thür' herein, Es würde ja die Schenke Von dir sonst auch befleckt.

[4]  Wie lang wird noch aus Sehnsucht Nach einem süßen Mund Mit flüssigem Rubine Der reine Geist befleckt?

[5]  Geh', wo die Alten wohnen, Mit Reinigkeit vorbei, Das Kleid des Alters werde Von Jungen nicht befleckt.

[6]  Sey rein, steig' in die Höhe, Vom Brunnen der Natur, Denn nimmer schmeckt das Wasser Als rein, das Staub befleckt.

[7]  Ich sprach zu meinem Liebchen: Ist es nicht Schand' und Spott, Daß in den Lenz die Rose Sich so mit Wein befleckt?

[8]  Erfahrene der Liebe Sind zwar in diesem Meer Hinab zum Grund gefahren, Und wurden nicht befleckt.

[9]  Sie sprach: Hafis, die Räthsel Verkauf' den Freunden nicht! O Schade! dieser Milde Mit solchem Grimm befleckt.

[1]  O thou ,of whose street ,only a tale is the tale of paradise
And of whose face ,only a sign is the description of the beauty of the Hur .

[2]   From thy ruby lip ,only a jest is the life - giving breathing of 'Isa
And ,from ,thy sweet mouth ,only a sign is the water of life .

[3]   Together are every fragment of my heart and a tale of grief
Together are every line of thy qualities ,and a verse of mercy .

[4]   'Itr - diffuser of the assembly of souls ,when would it the rose have been ,
If ,to the rose ,thy perfume ,thou hadst not entrusted

[5]   In desire of the dust of the Friend's path ,I consumed ,
O morning breeze bring to mind that even a little protection thou gavest not .

[6]   O heart in absurd knowledge thou wast and from the hand ,life passed
A hundred sources of capital thou hadst and a sufficiency ,thou madest not .

[7]   Took the horizons of the world the perfume of my roasted grief - stricken heart
This consuming of my heart ,into the beloved's heart may penetrate .

[8]   If ,in the fire ,appear the form of thy lovely face
Saki come and give wine for even of hell ,no complaint then is mine .

[9]   From this lesson of grief ,Hafiz's desire ,what it is ,thou knowest
From thee O murshid a glance of kindness and from the Khusrau God the bounty of pardon

[1]  Was man vom Paradies erzählt, Ist eine Fabel deines Gaues, Was von Huris man uns erzählt, Das gilt von deinen Wangen.

[2]  Des Herren Jesus Wunderhauch Geht aus von deinen Lippen, Und deines Mundes Welle ist Das Lebenswasser Chisers.

[3]  Ein jedes Stück von meinem Herz Ist eine Gramgeschichte, Und jede Zeile deines Sinns Ist auch ein Vers im Himmel.

[4]  Wie würde von der Rose wohl Der geist'ge Kreis gewürzet, Wenn sie getreu zu bleiben dir Sich vorgesetzt nicht hätte.

[5]  Ich bin verbrennet aus Begier Nach meines Freundes Staube, Erinnre dich, o Morgenwind, Daß du uns nicht beschützest.

[6]  O Herz, umsonst verlorest du Die Wissenschaft, das Leben. Ein großes Kapital war dein, Doch warst du nicht zufrieden.

[7]  Des angebrannten Herzens Duft Ist überall verbreitet, Es wirket meines Innern Brand Daher nach allen Seiten.

[8]  Erscheint mir in der Hölle Gluth Der Zauber deines Bildes, Ich werde über Höllengluth, O Schenke, drum nicht klagen.

[9]  Errathest du Hafisens Wunsch, Wenn Er dir spricht von Leiden, Von dir ist's eine Schmeichelei, Vom Kaiser ist es Gnade.

[1]  O Beloved Thou whose purpose in the world whatever it be ,Thou hast ;
Of the state of the feeble and of the powerless ,what grief is it that Thou hast

[2]   From Thy slave ,life and heart ,demand the soul ,take
For over the free ,the current order Thou hast .

[3]   No waist ,hast Thou and momently I wonder how ,
In the midst of the assembly of lovely ones ,thou displayest exaltation .

[4]   Fit ,is no picture for the whiteness of Thy face because ,
From the musky dark line of down blackness ,upon the ruddy arghavan the ruddy cheek Thou hast .

[5]   O graceful one ever drink wine ,for light of soul thou art
Especially ,at this moment ,when the heavy head through wine thou hast .

[6]   More than this ,against my heart ,make neither reproach ,nor violence
Do whatever thou canst ,when room occasion for it ,- thou hast .

[7]   If ,in thy power ,be a hundred thousand arrows of violence ,
Them with the intention of taking the life of me ,shattered ,thou hast .

[8]   The tyranny of the watchers ,ever endure ; happy of heart ,be ;
For 'tis easy ,if the kind Beloved thou hast .

[9]   If ,one moment ,to thy hand ,union with the Friend reacheth ,
Go do thy work For ,whatever desire is in the world ,thou hast .

[10]   Hafiz when ,in the border of this garden ,thou takest the rose ,
Of the weeping and the lamenting of the gardener ,what grief hast thou

[1]  Du, welche was hienieden Du immer wünschest, hast, Ich weiß nicht, welchen Schmerzen Du ob uns Armen hast.

[2]  Begehr' das Glas, und raube Das Herz dem Sklaven weg, Weil Freye zu beherrschen Du keinen Anstand hast.

[3]  Du kennest keine Mitte, Daher verwundr' ich mich, Wie in der Schönen Mitte Du stets das Mittel hast.

[4]  Es ist der Wangen Weiße, Gemalt nach den Huris, Indeß du schwarze Zeilen Auf Purpurblättern hast.

[5]  O trinke Wein, es gehet Dir alles leicht von Hand, Zumal im Augenblicke, Wo du den Schwindel hast.

[6]  Hör' auf, mich auszuschelten, Doch tränke stets mein Herz, Thu' was dir nur beliebet, Weil du die Vollmacht hast.

[7]  Lanzetten hunderttausend Gebrauch nach deiner Lust, Wenn ob dem Blut des Kranken Du einen Zweifel hast.

[8]  Vergiß die Nebenbuhler, Sey heitern frohen Muths, Denn leicht sind alle Dinge, Wenn einen Freund du hast.

[9]  Wenn du zu dem Genusse Des Freundes einst gelangst, So weiß'st du, daß du alles, Was du nur wünschest, hast.

[10]  Hafis, nimm Ros' und Becher, Nimm um die Mitte sie, Weil auf des Gärtners Launen, Du nicht zu schauen hast.

[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 .