[1]  For God's sake come to my cry relief O pious ones murshids of the age forth from the hand of control goeth my heart in perturbation For God's sake come to my cry and aid me
O the pain that the hidden mystery of love should be disclosed .

[2]   We are boat - stranded ones O fair breeze the murshid or divine love arise
It may be that ,again ,we may behold the face of the Beloved God

[3]   For the short space of ten days ,the sphere's favour is magic and sorcery entrancing
O friend regard as booty ,goodness in friends companions ,disciples

[4]   Last night in the assembly of the rose and of wine the banquet of taste ,of desire ,of glories ,of splendour ,of love for God 'the bulbul murshid sweetly sang
O Saki give wine O intoxicated ones come to life

[5]   O generous one in thanks for thy own safety
One day ,make inquiry of the welfare of the foodless darvlsh .

[6]   The ease of two worlds this and the next is the explanation of these two words
With friends ,kindness with enemies ,courtesy .

[7]   In the street of good name outward rectitude they Fate and Destiny gave us no admission If thou approve not ,change our Fate .
That true wine of the love of God ,which is like to thee bitter wine ,which the

[8]   Sufi Muhammad called The mother of iniquities ,
To us ,is more pleasant and more sweet than the kisses of virgins .

[9]   In the time of straitedness ,strive in pleasure and in intoxication
For ,this elixir of existence maketh the beggar rich as Karun .

[10]   Be not arrogant for thee ,like a candle ,with wrath will consume ,
The Heart - Ravisher the true Beloved ,God in whose hand ,the hard stone is as soft wax .

[11]   The cup of wine the heart filled with recollection of God is Sikandar's mirror .Behold ,
So that it may show thee the state of Dara's kingdom the soul

[12]   Life - givers ,are the lovely ones ,Persian - prattling
O Saki this news ,give to the old men of Pars Persia

[13]   Of himself ,Hafiz put not on this patched ,wine - stained garment of poverty
O shaikh ,pure of skirt hold us excused .

[1]  Meiner Hand ist das Herz entflohen ihr Herzenbesitzer!Wehe! bey Gott! Weh mir! denn das Geheimniß ist weg!

[4]  Gestern tönte so schön von Wein und Rosen AodiBringet den Morgenwein, o ihr Betrunkenen her!

[5]  Gnädiger Herr! aus schuldigem Dank für blühenden WohlstandFraget doch eines Tags, wie es Derwischen ergeht.

[6]  Ruhe hienieden und dort verbürgen diese zwey Worte:Liebreich begegne dem Freund, Feinden begegne mit Gunst.

[7]  Mir ward Eintritt ins Land des guten Namens versaget.Tadler, gefällt es dir nicht, änd're das ewige Loos.

[8]  Dieser bittere Saft, dem Weisen die Mutter der LasterSchmeckt viel lieblicher mir als ein jungfräulicher Kuß:

[9]  In unfreundlicher Zeit genieß, und freu dich des Rausches!Dieser Alchymiker macht Bettler wie Karun beglückt.

[10]  Sträube dich nicht, sonst wirst du wie Kerzen in Gluthen verflammen,In der Geliebten Hand werden die Steine zu Wachs.

[11]  Schau in das Glas! es ist der Spiegel des griechischen Königs,Alle Plane Daro's wirst du erspähen darinn

[12]  Persische Schönen verleihn mit ihren Worten das Leben,Greisen und Frömmlingen gieb Schenke die Kunde davon!

[13]  Ach nicht mit Willen besudelt Hafis die Kleider mit Weinfleck.Frommer Lehrer verzeih! O du verzeihest es ihm.

[1]  When His the true Beloved's tress ,ambergris - diffusing ,the breeze fate and destiny dishevelled ,
Every shattered one ,with whom it the breeze joined ,his life fresh became .

[2]   A fellow - breather is where so that to him explanation of my grief ,I may give
From the time of separation from Him ,what torments my heart endureth .

[3]   Of the leaves of the rose the limbs of man time made a token of Thy face O true Beloved
But on looking - well through shame of Thee ,concealed it man in the rose - bud the closed tomb

[4]   Thou asleep and no limit appeared
Thanks be to God for this Path of love that hath no end

[5]   Perchance ,the beauty of the Ka'ba the true Beloved desireth excuse for want of union of the way - farer to the Ka'ba
For ,in its desert ,consumed the soul of those alive of heart lovers of God

[6]   To this shattered house of sorrow the lover's body who bringeth .
From the pit of the true Beloved's chin trace of the Yusuf of the heart

[7]   That tress - tip the world of evidence ,or this world I take and it to the khwaja's hand ,I give ,
That ,perchance ,my justice from its hands he may take and ,holding me excused ,may not drive me away

[8]   In the morning ,by the border of the sward ,from the bulbul I heard
His melody of Hafiz ,sweet of voice ,sweet of song .

[1]  Ach wer bringt in mein Haus die TrauerkundeVon dem Jusuf des Herzens aus dem Kinnbrunn!

[2]  Als der Ostwind aus ihren Locken hauchte,Lebten Kranke, die er umfloß, von Neuem.

[3]  Wo sind Freunde, daß ich den Gram erzähle,Den mein Herz von der Trennung erlitten.

[4]  Nachgeahmt hat Natur dein RosenantlitzUnd ihr Werk dann beschämt versteckt in Knospen.

[5]  Sorglos bist du, die Liebe hat kein Ende;Preis den Herrn, denn er ist auch unendlich!

[6]  Nachsicht Kaaba der Schönheit hast du nöthig,Denn die Wüste verbrennt beseelte Herzen.

[7]  Ihre Locken ergreif' ich, leg' sie in dieHand des Herren, damit er mich doch räche.

[1]  Bird ,auspicious of foot ,gracious of message ,welcome
Happy thy arrival What news of the Friend He is where His path is what

[2]   O Lord be the grace of eternity without beginning the guide of this kafila ,
By means of which ,to the snare the enemy hath come and to His desire ,the Beloved .

[3]   No limit hath tale of me and of my Beloved
Whatever no beginning hath ,no ending taketh .

[4]   Grace beyond limit ,bringeth the rose the true Beloved with generosity ,Thy face display
Elegance ,the cypress displayeth and in its pride pleasant is not .For God's sake so that it may be ashamed forth gracefully move

[5]   Since the heart - possessing tress keepeth ordering me the zunnar the mystic cord which is contrary to the khirka
O khwaja go for ,on our body ,unlawful is the khirka .

[6]   The bird of my soul that ,from the summit of the Sidra tree ,crieth out
It ,at last ,into the snare of Thy beauty the grain of Thy mole cast .

[7]   For my blood - raining eye ,how is sleep fit
He who hath a grievous malady that slayeth how sleepeth he

[8]   To me ,heart - bereft ,Thou showest no pity I said
This is my claim that Thou pity me and this ,Thou art and this is the opportune time .

[9]   If inclination for Thy eye - brow ,Hafiz have ,it is fit
In the corner of the prayer - arch ,their dwelling ,men of eloquence or men of the Kuran will make .

[1]  Sey willkommen, o glücklicher Vogel,Gesegneter Bothe!Welche Kunde vom Freunde vom Guten?Wo führet sein Weg hin?

[2]  Herr! Du leite der Reisenden HeerzugDurch ewige Güte;Sie verstricken die Feinde in Schlingen,Sie beglücken Verliebte.

[3]  Was sich alles mit mir und dem LieblingHat Verschiednes ereignet,Hat kein Ende, denn leider! gebrichts hierSo am Ausgang wie Anfang.

[4]  Allzu üppig erscheinen die Rosen,Zeig' die Hülle des Geistes!Wohl bewegen sich schwankend Cypressen,Doch nicht lieblich, o Wandler!

[5]  Wenn der Liebling befiehlt, aus den LockenFeuergürtel zu machen,Dann, o Meister! ist's uns nicht erlaubet,Ordenskleider zu tragen.

[6]  Jüngst noch prahlte der Vogel des GeistesMit dem Lebensbaum Sidra,Sieh da hat ihn das Körnlein des MaalesIn die Schlingen gelocket.

[7]  Sage, ziemt es dem blutigen AugeZiemt es ihm wohl zu schlafen?Kann derjenige schlafen, der siechendStets in Todesgefahr liegt.

[8]  Du zeigst leider! mir Elenden keineHuld, keine ErbarmungDieses ist vorüber, ich klage,So bist du und die Zeiten.

[9]  Wenn Hafis zu den Brauen sich hinneigt,Ist's nicht anders als billig,Denn es machen die Künstler der RedeHochaltäre aus selben.

[1]  Glad tidings to the abode of Zu - Salam ,suddenly descended safety from calamity
To God praise ,the praise of the confessor of the greatest blessing

[2]   That bringer of happy news ,who brought the glad tidings of victory ,is where
So that in joy my soul which is dearer than gold and silver I may scatter on his foot like gold and silver .

[3]   From the King's turning back ,what a rare picture established
His enemy's resolution in the mansion of non - existence

[4]   Verily ,shattered of heart becometh the covenant - breaker
In the opinion of the Lords of wisdom ,sacred charges are covenants .

[5]   From hope's cloudlet ,he sought a blessing .But ,
To his seeing eye ,it gave naught save moisture .

[6]   Into the dark Nil of grief ,he the covenant - breaker fell to him ,in reproach the sky said
Verily ,now ,repentant ,thou hast become ; and profit from repentance ,thou gainest not .

[7]   Saki come ,for it is the season of the rose ,and the time of pleasure :
The cup ,bring and suffer no grief ,more or less .

[8]   From the cup of wine ,hear .For this old woman ,newly married the world
Many a husband ,like Kay Kubad and Jamshid ,slew .

[9]   O heart seek not thou the kingdom of Jamshid seek the cup of wine
For this was the song of the bulbul ,garden - singer ,of Jamshid .

[10]   When ,like the red flagon ,the enemy's red blood ,thou spilledest ,
With friends ,in ease and joy ,take the cup of Jamshid .

[11]   In the tavern - corner ,hath Hafiz his place of ease ,
Like the bird in the garden and like the lion in the forest .

[1]  Komm' o Schenke jetzt sind die Tage der Rosenzeit,Jetzt sind die Tage der Freude.Bring' den Becher heraus, weiters bekümmreDich ums minder und mehr nicht.

[2]  Frohe Kunde, das Heil ist nun gegönnt mit RechtDen Bewohnern von SalemWer die mächtige Huld dankbar erkennt und schätztLobt und preiset den Herren.

[3]  Wo? o wo ist der Both', welcher hievon heut unsFreudenkunde gegeben?Daß statt Silber und Gold hin auf die Erde ichStreuen möge die Seele.

[4]  Welche schönre Gestalt nehmen die Dinge nunDa der Kaiser zurückkehrt.Was der Feind durch Betrug Arges geschmiedet hat,Ist zu Wasser geworden.

[5]  Wer Verträge zerstört wird vom gerechten Loos,Scharf gezüchtiget werden.Von Vernünftigen ward Bund und Vertrag von jeHoch und heilig gehalten.

[6]  Freilich hatte der Feind auf der ErbarmungenWolken Hoffnung gegründet,Aber ausser der Fluth, welche den Augen entströmt,Hat er keine gesehen.

[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 .