[1]  The eye of expectation of friendship from friends we had
Verily ,'twas mistake that which we thought .

[2]   Let us see ,when fruit ,the tree of friendship will give
Now ,we have departed and a seed zikr va fikr we have sown .

[3]   Not the way usage of the darvish is discussion of complaint of the true Beloved ,or of the murshid
If not ,to narrate passed circumstances to thee we had .

[4]   The way of thy eye ,battle's deceit had ,
This we knew not and peace ,we sowed .

[5]   Not of itself ,heart - fascinating became the rose - bush of thy beauty
On it ,the breath of blessing ,we established .

[6]   Subtleties passed and complaint ,none made
Aside ,dignity we put not .

[7]   The true Beloved said Hafiz to Us ,thou thyself gavest thy heart
To none ,the tax - collector ,we sent .

[1]  Freundschaft hab' ich von Freunden erwartet, Leider! hab' ich hierin mich geirret.

[2]  Ach wann tragen die Bäume der Freundschaft, Jetzt erst hab' ich den Saamen gepflanzet.

[3]  Leere Rede geziemt nicht Derwischen, Was geschehen, ist einmal geschehen.

[4]  Deine Augen betrogen mit List uns, Doch wir meinten, dies wäre nur Friede,

[5]  Deine Schönheit betrog sich allein nicht, Mit betrogen ward muthiger Sinn auch.

[6]  Vieles spricht man, doch keiner beklagt sich, Denn wir haben die Huld nicht vergessen,

[7]  Mein, so sprach sie, Hafis, du bist mein nun, Keinen Sammelnden hab' ich bestellet.

[1]  From us ,wherefore seeketh thou peace ,when ,to the intoxicated ,an invitation we uttered
At the revolution of thy intoxicated eye ,farewell to safety we uttered .

[2]   Open me the door of the wine - house of love and drink wine that divine mysteries may be revealed to thee for ,from the monastery ,naught is revealed
If thine be belief of my word if not ,this was the speech ,we uttered .

[3]   O Saki by thy eye ,ruined intoxicated I have fallen .But ,
A calamity that cometh from the friend ,to it ,a thousand welcomes we uttered .

[4]   If me thou forgive not ,thou wilt at last suffer regret ,
In thy heart ,keep this matter ,where a complaint in thy service we uttered

[5]   We said Thy stature is the lofty box - tree much shame it bringeth to fruit
To the box - tree this similarity why made we and this calumny why is it that we uttered

[6]   Like a bloody musk - pod ,blood became my liver and for me was fit not less than this ,
Its requital because ,in comparison with His glorious ,beperfumed tress the word of the mean musk of Chin by mistake ,we uttered .

[7]   O Hafiz fire through grief of separation thou hast become but ,with the true Beloved ,it took no effect
From infidelity to the covenant of the rose ,thou mayst say the tale to the wind we uttered .

[1]  Was suchest du bei uns das Heil? Bewillkommt haben wir die Trunkenen, Wir haben zur Narzißenzeit Zu deinem Heil Gebete hergesagt.

[2]  Ich steh' am Schenkenthor, mach auf! Das Kloster hat uns wahrlich nichts genützt. Glaub' oder nicht, dies ist das Wort, Das wir so oft dir haben vorgesagt.

[3]  Es hat o Schenke! mich dein Aug' Zerstört, ich bin verwüstet und dahin! Dem Unglück, das vom Freunde kam, Hab' ich mit Lust Willkommen hergesagt.

[4]  Wenn du dich meiner nicht erbarmst, So wirst du einst bereuen deine That, Bewahre stets in dem Gemüth, Was deinem Dienst zu Liebe ich gesagt.

[5]  Ich sprach ein Buchsbaum ist dein Wuchs, Deß schämte sich vor mir der traute Freund, Er sprach: Was soll denn der Vergleich, Welch' eine Kinderey hast du gesagt.

[6]  Mein ganzes Herz ist voll von Blut, Wie Blasen, die der reine Moschus füllt, Und dies ist Strafe, wohl verdient, Weil ich von krummen Locken hab' gesagt.

[7]  Hafis du wurdest zwar zur Gluth, Jedoch ergreift sie deine Freundinn nicht, Ich habe von der Rose Thun, Dem Ostwind die Geschichte hergesagt.

[1]  From the heart - desiring ruby lip of the true Beloved ever is my ease
And my work to desire ,al hamdu - 1 - illah

[2]   O obstinate fortune Him ,to thy bosom ,tightly draw
Drink ,sometimes ,the cup of gold sometimes ,the heart - desiring ruby lip

[3]   Us ,in intoxication ,tales told ,
The ignorant Pirs and road - lost Shaikhs .

[4]   Of the zahid's word ,we repented
And of the 'abid's deed ,we seek the pardon of God .

[5]   O soul the explanation of separation ,how shall I utter
Together are An eye and a hundred humidities tears a stricken soul and a hundred sighs .

[6]   Let not the Kafir see experience this grief that hath seen experienced
The cypress from thy lofty stature and the moon from thy luminous cheek .

[7]   From Hafiz's memory ,the desire of Thy face took made forgotten
The prayer of the night - time and the lesson of the morning - time .

[8]   The patched garment is the zunnar the mystic cord of the path of tankat
Sufi this way and usage ,cast down .

[9]   Once ,by His face ,pleasant was my time
On account of union with the Beloved ,a hundred lauhash allah

[10]   Away from the path of His service ,I turn not my face
Up from the dust of His court ,I lift not my head .

[1]  Der Herzrubin erfreut mich stets, Mir geht's nach Wunsch, Gott sey's gedankt!

[2]  O Loos, zieh' ihn an deine Brust, Zieh' bald das Glas, bald den Rubin.

[3]  Im Rausche ward ich zum Gespräch Den Alten und Unwissenden.

[4]  Mich reuet, was der Fromme sprach, Und vor dem Mönche bewahr' mich Gott!

[5]  O Herz! fühlst du den Trennungsschmerz, Die hundert Thränen, hundert Ach!

[6]  Den Ketzer treff' nicht solcher Gram, Wie du dem Maale angethan. Den Liebenden gedeiht Geduld, Darum begehr' Geduld von Gott. Mein Gurt ist das befleckte Kleid, O Frommer laß das Gaukelspiel. In seinem Anschaun freut' ich mich, Gott wehre mir nicht den Genuß. Ich wende mich vom Dienst nicht ab, Im Staube bleibt mein Kopf versenkt.

[7]  Hafis vergaß durch dein Gesicht Das Nachtgebet, die Morgenzeit.

[1]  The skirt - trailer damsel kept moving in cloth ,gold - embroidered ,
In envy of her ,a hundred moon - of - face ,the collar of hempen cloth rent

[2]   From the heat of the fire of wine ,round about her cheek ,sweat ,
Like drops of night - dew on the rose - leaf dropped .

[3]   A pronunciation ,eloquent and sweet a stature ,tall and beautiful
A face ,gracious and heart - alluring ; the eye in a bow sweetly drawn .

[4]   Her soul refreshing ruby lip of the water of grace born
The boxtree stature sweetly moving ,in daintiness cherished .

[5]   That heart - alluring ruby lip of hers ,behold and that laughter full of ripple
That sweet moving of hers ,behold and that gait reposed .

[6]   Forth from our snare ,that mistress ,dark of eye ,hath gone
Friends what remedy may I make with this heart affrighted

[7]   Take care so far as thou canst ,injure not people of vision
No fidelity ,hath the world .O light of both eyes

[8]   On account of that heart - fascinating eye ,reproach how long shall I endure
One day ,glance ,O friend well chosen

[9]   If ,on account of Hafiz thy noble heart be grieved ,
Come back .For ,repentance ,we have made of that uttered and heard .

[10]   On account of the Khwaja's service ,many the thanks that I shall utter ,
If to my hand fall that fruit matured .

[11]   Every evil that ,in respect of us ,the enemy uttered thou heardest
O Lord the adversary's tongue be severed

[1]  Er schleppte nach die Schleppe Vom goldgestickten Hemd, Und hundert Mondgesichter Zerrissen ihr Gewand.

[2]  Der Schweiß trof auf die Wangen Von heißer Gluth des Weins, Wie auf die Rosenblätter Ein Tropfe frischen Thaus.

[3]  Voll süßer schöner Worte, Hochstämmig und gewandt, Vom lieblichen Gesichte Und anmuthsvollem Blick.

[4]  Es war aus Lebenswasser Geformt des Munds Rubin, Sein Buchs war aufgewachsen, Genährt mit Schmeichelei'n.

[5]  O schaue die Rubinen Und dieses Lächelns Reiz, Den Gang voll Huld und Anmuth, Den wohlgemeßnen Schritt.

[6]  Der Hirsch mit schwarzen Augen Entkam aus unsrem Netz, Was ist zu thun, o Freunde, Für ein zerschlagnes Herz!

[7]  Hüt' dich, bist du's im Stande, Rühr' Liebende nicht an, Die Welt hat keine Treue, O du mein Augenlicht!

[8]  Wie lang schilt mich dein Auge, Das alle trüget, aus? Wann wirst du mir dann schmeicheln, Mein auserwählter Freund?

[9]  Hat deine edle Seele Beleidiget Hafis, So komm', denn That und Worte Will herzlich ich bereun.

[10]  Ich will den Herren loben Aus schuld'ger Dankbarkeit, Wenn diese Frucht gereifet In meine Hände fällt.

[1]  Saki come for the goblet of the tulip hath become full of wine
Mutterings ,how long raving words till when

[2]   Pride and disdain ,abandon .For Time hath seen
The wrinkling in decay of the robe of the Kaisar and the abandoning in death of the crown of Kay .

[3]   Sensible be drink wine For the bird of the sward became intoxicated with love for the rose Ho
Vigilant be for the sleep of non - existence is in pursuit .Alas

[4]   O branch of fresh spring gracefully thou wavest ;
Be it not that distress be thine from the torment of the wind of December .

[5]   On the kindness of the sphere ,and its way ,reliance is none
O woe to that one who became safe careless of its deceit

[6]   O Zahids to - morrow after death the wine of Kausar is for us and the har ;
To - day before death the Saki the murshid moon of face and the cup of wine of love

[7]   Recollection of the covenant of youth ,the morning breeze giveth
O kind youth me ,the life - elixir that pain taketh ,give .

[8]   The pomp and the sovereignty of the rose ,regard not .For ,scattereth
The chamberlain of the breeze every leaf of it beneath the foot .

[9]   To the memory of Hatim Tai the perfect murshid give the cup of one ' man ' two gallons
So that we may fold up the black book of the misers void of God's bounty ,ignorant of His love

[10]   That wine that ,to the ruddy Arghavan ,gave colour and grace ,
Casteth out in sweat from His face the grace of His nature .

[11]   To the garden ,take the cushion .For ,in service ,like attendants ,
The cypress is standing and loin - girt is the reed .

[12]   Hafiz the tale of magic of thy sweet deceit thy lustrous verse hath reached ,
To the limits of Egypt and of Chin ,and to the boundaries of Rum and of Rai .

[13]   For wine of love for God pledge the things of time
For ,of the man of the Path ,hath remained naught .

[1]  Komm', o Schenke, mit Wein sind der Tulpen Kelche gefüllet, Wie lange noch den Mönchebrauch!

[2]  Laß den Stolz und laß Schmeicheleien bei Seite, Wo sind die Kaiser Sina's? Rom's?

[3]  Sey' vernünftig, es hat der Vogel sich eben betrunken. Erwach'! der Schlaf des Nichts harrt dein.

[4]  Ast des Frühlings, wie schön ist deine Schaukelbewegung! Dich treffe nicht der Sturm des Winters!

[5]  Freunde, glaubet mir, traut den glatten Worten des Glücks nicht, Weh' dem! der sich darauf verläßt.

[6]  Morgens warten Huris auf uns in Edens Gefilden, Und heut die Schenken mit dem Glas.

[7]  Es erinnert der Ost an die Zeiten der Fürsten von Saba, Gieb uns das Glas zur Seelenkur,

[8]  Sieh' nicht auf die Pracht, und auf den Schimmer der Rose, Der Wind zerstreut jedes Blatt.

[9]  Auf die Gesundheit Hatems gieb uns ein Glas von zwey Maaßen, Man bürde uns den Geiz nicht auf!

[10]  Dieser Wein von röthlicher Farb' und süßem Geschmack Macht meinen Liebling roth und süß.

[11]  Bringe den Polster heraus, es warten auf dich in dem Garten Die Ceder und die Flöte schon. Höre die Sänger der Flur, sie haben zusammengestimmet Die Flöten und das Barbiton.

[12]  Deine Zaubergesänge, Hafis, sind durchaus verbreitet, Von Sina bis nach Griechenland.

[1]  From me ,the beggar ,to kings ,who taketh a message ,
Saying : In the street of the wine - sellers ,they sell two thousand mighty Jamshids for a single cup of wine .

[2]   Ruined and ill of fame ,I have become yet ,hope I have
That ,by the blessing of dear ones those of good name I may escape from ill - fame and reach to good - fame .

[3]   Thou that sellest alchemy ,at our impure gold heart cast a glance of alchemy
For ,a great capital in trade we have not and a snare to captivate the true murshid we have cast .

[4]   At the fidelity of the Beloved ,wonder that He made not an inquiry ,
Neither by the reed ,a salutation nor by letter ,a message .

[5]   If this wine be immature ,and this companion matured ,
By a thousand times ,than a thousand matured ones better is an immature one .

[6]   O Shaikh by the beads of the rosary ,I beseech thee cast me not from the Path ;
For ,when once the wise bird falleth ,he falleth not again into any snare .

[7]   Desire for Thy service ,I have ; in kindness ,me ,purchase and sell not ;
For ,into good fortune ,seldom falleth ,like me the slave a slave .

[8]   My plaint ,I take to where This tale ,I utter to whom
For thy lip was our life and ,Thou hadst not even a little permanency .

[9]   O true Beloved the arrow of Thy eye - lash ,loose and the blood of Hafiz ,spill
For ,in respect of such a slayer ,none maketh even a little revenge .

[1]  Wer bringt dem Schah von mir dem Bettler Kunde? Zweitausend Dscheme geh'n bei uns auf ein Glas Wein.

[2]  Wiewohl ich Hab' und Ruf verlor nähr' ich noch Hoffnung, Durch meiner Freunde Hülf' zu gutem Ruf' zu kommen.

[3]  Schau auf mein Herz, o du, der mit Chemie dich prahlest, Von Kapital entblöst hab' ich das Netz gespannt.

[4]  Es wundert mich gar sehr von des Geliebten Treue, Daß er sich nicht erkundigte durch Brief' und Grüße.

[5]  Bei ungegohrnem Wein, und ganz durchgohrnem Freunde Ist jener lieber mir um tausendmal als dieser.

[6]  O lock' mich Scheich nicht mit Betkorallen, Ein schlauer Vogel wird nicht in das Netz gelocket. Ihr Tugendhaften geht, denn weg ist meine Tugend, Ich schlürfte lautern Wein, verlor den guten Namen.

[7]  Ich sehne mich nach deinem Dienst; verkauf' mich nicht, Denn nimmer findest du so einen treuen Diener.

[8]  Wem soll ich klagen, wem soll dieses ich erzählen? Mein Leben ist der Mund, doch ist es ohne Dauer.

[9]  O mach' die Wimpern auf, vergieß das Blut Hafisens! An solchen Mördern hat noch Niemand sich gerächet.

[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 .