[1]  O Thou that hast the resplendent sun ,the mirror - holder of the beauty of Thine ;
And the musk dark fragrant tress ,the censer - circulator of the dark mole of Thine

[2]   The court - yard of the palace of the eye ,I washed .But what profit
Not fit is this retired corner for the troop of the fancy of love of Thine .

[3]   O sun of beauty in the height of grace and graciousness ,thou art
O Lord till the up - standing the resurrection be no decline of Thine

[4]   More agreeable than Thy picture ,no picture ,delineated ,
The Tughra - scribe God ,great and glorious the musky dark beperfumed eye - brow like the eye - brow of Thine .

[5]   O poor heart in the curl of His tress ,how art thou
For perturbed ,the morning breeze uttered the circumstances of thine

[6]   O beloved hath risen the perfume ,of the rose by the door of friendship come and union choose
O fresh spring of ours the auspicious face is the omen of Thine .

[7]   So that of the crowd of our beringed ones slaves the sky may be ,
Where ,the charm of an eye - brow like the new crescent moon of Thine

[8]   So that offering congratulation ,I may go back to fortune ,
Where ,the glad tidings of the approach of the 'idd of the union - of Thine

[9]   This dark spot ,that became the centre of luminosity ,
Is in the fold of vision ,only a reflection of the dark mole of Thine .

[10]   Before the Khwaja ,which hardship shall I represent
The explanation of my own need was the displeasure of Thine .

[11]   Hafiz in this noose the beloved's tress is the head of many a headstrong one ;
Crude passion ,indulge not ; for it is not the power of thine .

[1]  Die Sonne ist der Spiegelhalter Von deiner Schönheit, Der Moschus ist das schwarze Rauchfaß Von deinem Maale.

[2]  Ich habe meiner Augen Hofraum Zwar rein gewaschen, Allein, was nützt es, dieser Winkel Ist deiner unwerth.

[3]  Es stehet im Zenith der Anmuth Die Schönheits-Sonne! O Herr! bis an das End' der Welten Geh' sie nicht unter!

[4]  Es mahlte der Diplomenmahler Von Moschusbrauen, Bisher kein schöneres Gemählde, Als deine Formen.

[6]  Es steigen auf des Friedens Düfte, O komm' zu mir her! Du bist für uns mit deinen Wangen Der junge Frühling.

[7]  Wann werden deine Augenbrauen Mir wieder schmeicheln? Damit ich selbst den Himmel zähle Zu meinem Sklaven.

[8]  O gieb beim Feste des Genusses Mir Freundenkunde, Damit ich zu dem Schicksal wieder Mit Menschen kehre.

[9]  Der schwarze Punkt des Augenapfels, Des Lichtes Ausfluß, Ist nur des Licht, das wiederstrahlet Von deinem Maale.

[10]  Wie soll ich wohl vor meinem Herren Mein Leiden klagen! Wo fang' ich an bei meinen Bitten? Bei deinen Härten?

[11]  Hafis, der Närrischen sind Viele In diesen Banden, Laß dir nichts Wildes träumen, Das dir nicht ziemet.

[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]  For the sake of love's existence are man and Pari ,
A little pure desire ,show ,so that a great happiness in attaining to true love thou mayst achieve .

[2]   Khwaja strive portionless of .love be not
For none buyeth the slave with the defect of being void of skill .

[3]   The wine of the morning draught ,and the sweet sleep of dawn ,how long
For pardon strive by the supplication of mid - night ; and ,with the weeping of the morning .

[4]   O dainty one ,sorcery - player what doll art thou thyself
Neither in front of the eye art thou nor hidden from vision art thou .

[5]   A thousand holy souls consumed on account of this jealousy ,
For ,every morning and evening ,the candle of another assembly thou art .

[6]   The message from me to His Highness Asaf ,who taketh ,
Saying Recollect two hemistiches of mine in Dan verse

[7]   Come ,so that ,even so ,the world's way I may behold
If ,examination ,thou wilt make ,wine ,thou drinkest and grief ,sufferest not .

[8]   On thy head of beauty ,aslant in pride be not the crown of sovereignty
For ,the beauty of fortune ,and worthy of throne and of the crown of gold ,thou art .

[9]   By the perfume of Thy tress and Thy cheek ,go and come ,
The morning breeze for acquiring from Thy tress the power of perfume - diffusing ,and the rose for acquiring from Thy cheek splendour .

[10]   Since ,prepared of vision ,thou art not ,union ,seek not ,
For ,no good doeth the world - viewing cup of Jamshid at the time of being without vision .

[11]   Turneth calamity the prayer of the corner - sitters
With a corner of thy eye ,at us corner - sitters wherefore lookest thou not

[12]   O beloved come and ,from us ,with the capital of thy beauty ,sovereignty purchase
Careless of this matter ,be not ,lest sorrow thou suffer .

[13]   Love's Path is a path wonderfully dangerous ,
We seek refuge in God If to a place of safety ,the path thou take not .

[14]   By the blessing of the prayer of Hafiz ,is hope that again
I may see the traces of glories of my Laila the true Beloved in the path of the night ,luminous with the moon .

[1]  Menschen und Feen sind ungebetene Gäste der Liebe, Zeige mir Willenskraft, sicher entführst du das Glück.

[2]  Suche keinen Genuß, wenn du nicht im Stand bist zu schauen, Denn der Spiegel Dschemschids nützet den Sehenden nur.

[3]  Morgentrunk und Morgenschlaf, wie lange noch währt dieß? Sinn' auf Entschuldigung, höre das Morgengeschrey.

[5]  Tausend heilige Seelen, sie sind entbrennet voll Eifer, Weil du Abends und früh Anderen haltest das Licht.

[7]  Komm', ich habe so viel aus langer Erfahrung gelernet, Welcher das Weinglas leert, leeret die Sorgen auch aus.

[8]  Niemals sey der Wipfel von deiner Cypresse gekrümmet, Denn wahrhaftig du bist würdig der Krone des Throns.

[9]  Rosen und Ostwind kommen und gehen mit Glanz und Gerüchen, Diese vom Dufte des Haars, jener vom Licht des Gesichts.

[11]  Winkelsitzergebet verhütet Schaden und Unglück. Warum blickest du nicht mir nach dem Winkel des Aug's? Was soll ich thun, verwirrt von der Trennung, und von dem Genuße? Immer bist du im Aug', aber von Angesicht fern.

[12]  Komm' und kaufe die Herrschaft von uns mit dem Schatze der Schönheit, Sorge dafür, daß du's nicht mögest verzehren umsonst. Höre den Meister, und sey nicht ganz entblößet von Liebe, Niemand kaufet den Knecht, wenn er nicht Tugenden hat. Jegliche Nachricht öffnet das Thor zu neuen Geschäften, Deßhalb bin ich berauscht, bin so verloren und irr'. Zeige mir doch den Weg in diesen finsteren Gängen. Schon tönt Morgengebet, tönet das Morgengeschrey.

[13]  Wunderlich ist der Weg der Lieb' und voll von Gefahren, Laßt uns flüchten zu Gott, daß er uns Sicherheit geb'. Siehe! sie kommen und gehen in Hoffnung des Duftes der Locken, Winde verstreuen das Roth, Rosen bedienen sich deß. Durch die Schmerzen der Freundinn bin ich auf ewig gebunden, Hin ist mein Leben durch sie, aber mich kümmert es nicht. Kennet der Unerfahrene wohl die heimlichen Freuden? Wollte Gott, ich hätt' Kräfte zu Freuden des Gau's! Mein Geheimniß, o Freund! ist durch die Thränen verrathen, Du erbarme dich mein, der zur Genüge mich kennt! Trockenen Mund's gieng ich vorbei am Wasser des Lebens, Hilf mir, Schenke, o hilf, reich' mir vom lautersten Trunk! Wenn Hafis für dich einst stirbt, an der Schwelle der Thüre Wird ihm durch den Tod ewiges Leben zu Theil.

[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