[1]  In the age of the king ,fault - forgiving ,crime - covering ,
Flagon - drinker ,became Hafiz and cup - drinker ,the mufti .

[2]   Forth from the cloister - corner ,the Sufi sate drinking at the wine - jar's foot ,
Since he beheld the muhtasib a wine - pitcher on his shoulder bear .

[3]   The state of the shaikh ,and of the kazi and of their jew secret drinking ,
I asked ,in the morning ,of the Pir ,the wine - seller .

[4]   He said Unfit to be uttered is the matter though thou art a confidant
From slander thy tongue indraw the screen of high and of low preserve and wine of love drink .

[5]   Saki spring arriveth and means of wine drinking is none
On getting means a thought make .For ,from grief of want of means of wine - drinking into tumult hath come my heart's blood .

[6]   Love and poverty ,and youth ,and the new spring ,all this is
My excuse .It ,accept and ,in mercy's trail ,the crime conceal .

[7]   Like the burning candle ,tongue extending in clamour how long makest thou
O friend the moth of thy desire hath arrived .Silence

[8]   O King ,in form and in truth like thee ,
No eye hath seen no ear hath heard .

[9]   Remain ,until the khirk a of hypocrisy ,accepteth
Thy youthful fortune from the old ,tattered garment - wearing sky .

[10]   Hafiz from this inconstant sphere ,I sought my purpose
It said To the wine - house ,go and the cup of wine ,drink .

[11]   Last night ,from the hidden ,to the ear of my heart ,reached a voice
Hafiz less grief suffer thou tranquil sit wine ,drink .

[1]  In der Zeit des milden SchahesTrinkt Hafis aus seinem Kruge,Dem Mufti aus seinem Becher.

[2]  Von der Zelle in das WeinhausGeh'n Sofis, seit sie den VogtSah'n, die Kanne auf den Schultern.

[3]  Um den Scheich, um den Richter,Um den Trunk der Juden fragt' ichIn der Früh' den Weinverkäufer.

[4]  Bist du gleich ein Eingeweihter,Sprach er, kann ich's doch nicht sagen,Trinke schweigend und verstecket.

[5]  Schenk', der Frühling ist gekommen,Aber hin ist's Geld, bedenkeWie mein Herzensblut nun wallet.

[6]  Geldlos und verliebt im Frühling!Halte mich damit entschuldigt,Und verzeihe meine Fehler.

[7]  Ey wie lange wirst du schwätzenWie die Kerze, sieh! des WunschesSchmetterling ist da, nun schweige.

[8]  Herrscher nach dem Wort und Sinne,Den kein Auge noch gesehen,Den kein Ohr noch hat gehöret,

[9]  Bleibe bis dein junges SchicksalVon dem alten Greis des HimmelsSeine blaue Kutte annimmt.

[1]  Tis a time when expectant ,us thou keepest ;
Not in the way of others ,thy slaves ,thou keepest .

[2]   Not opened towards me became the corner of the eye of thy satisfaction
Like this ,the honour of those possessed of vision thou keepest .

[3]   Best that Thou cover up that arm when ,for the sake of colouring ,
In the heart's blood of those full of skill ,Thy hand Thou keepest .

[4]   O true Beloved from the stain of grief of separation from Thee ,escaped neither the rose nor the bulbul in the garden
All clamouring ,garment - rending ,Thou keepest .

[5]   O thou that ,in the coloured tattered garment of the Sufi seekest the delight of the presence of God it ,how mayst thou obtain
Wonderful by those void of knowledge ,hope of satiation thou keepest .

[6]   O eye and lamp since the narcissus of the garden of vision thou art ,
With me ,heart shattered ,the head heavy wherefore is it that thou keepest

[7]   From the mine of the other world ,is the jewel of the world - viewing cup of Jamshid the Arif acquainted with m'arifat
From the clay of the pitcher - makers dry zahids desire for this jewel vainly Thou keepest .

[8]   O heart the father of experience of the end ,thou art .Wherefore is it that
Desire for the love and the fidelity of these youths thou keepest

[9]   Departed heart and faith but truly I cannot speak ,
For in respect of them heart and faith me ,consumed of heart ,Thou keepest .

[10]   Though ,profligacy and depravity are our sin ,yet ,
A lover spake ,saying : On them profligacy and depravity the slave Thou keepest .

[11]   Hafiz in reproach ,abandon not the day of safety
From the passing world ,what expectation is it that thou keepest

[1]  Es ist schon eine gute Zeit, Daß du mich in Erwartung hältst, Und daß du deinen Diener nicht Auf gleichen Fuß mit Andern hältst.

[2]  Der Winkel deines Auges ward Zu meinem Wohle aufgemacht, Ist's recht, daß du die Liebenden Auf solche harte Weise hältst?

[3]  Weit besser ist's, wenn du den Arm Vor aller Leute Blick versteckst; Du der die Hand stets in das Blut Der Redlichen getauchet hältst.

[4]  Es kann sich nicht die Nachtigall, Die Rose nicht von dir befreien, Weil du sie mit zerrißnem Kleid Und Wehgesang von dannen hältst.

[5]  O du der mit dem blauen Kleid Noch Ruhe und noch Frieden suchst, Ich weiß, daß auf Geheimnisse Unwissender du vieles hältst.

[6]  O meine Lampe, o mein Licht, Narzisse der Betrachtenden, Was treibet dich wohl an, daß du Den wunden Kopf so schwer nur hältst. So lang der Ost, die Nachtigall Den Rosen deine Schönheit liest, So sey versichert, daß du gleich Sie alle in Erwartung hältst.

[7]  Es kam der Stoff zum Glas Dschemschids Hieher aus einer andern Welt, Ich weiß, daß du auf Lehm und Thon Der Kannegießer vieles hältst.

[8]  Der Vater der Erfahrung bist Nur du mein Herz seit langer Zeit, Ich weiß nicht, wie du Lieb' und Treu' Von Jünglingen für möglich hältst.

[9]  Du leer vor allen Andern aus Den Beutel Silber oder Gold, Sobald nach Silberbusichten Du Sehnsucht und Verlangen hältst. Das Herz, der Glaube ist dahin, Doch sprechen kann ich nicht gerad Indem du mein verbranntes Herz Noch immer so von ferne hältst.

[10]  Wiewohl die Trunkenheit, der Rausch Nur meine eigne Sünde ist, So sprach ein Liebender doch jüngst, Daß du dazu uns unterhältst.

[11]  O bringe nicht mit Traurigkeit Hafis! den Tag des Heiles zu, Ich weiß nicht, was auf dieser Welt Du für Erwartung hegst und hältst

[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

[84]   The tale of every violence that ,of thy gentle nature ,they made ,
Is the word of the interested and is therefore discredited Those deeds of violence thou doest not .

[85]   O Zahid if our beloved display splendour to thee by visiting thee
From God ,save wine and the beloved ,a wish thou makest not .

[86]   O Hafiz adoration of his eye - brow curved like the prayer - arch ,make
For save here ,a prayer from sincerity's source thou makest not .

[87]   This my subtlety ,hear that ,free from grief ,thyself thou mayst make ;
Blood of grief thou drinkest ,if search for victuals ,not placed intended for thee thou makest .