[1]  If ,in thy religious order ,the shedding of the blood of the lover is lawful to us it is lawful
Our rectitude is all that which is thy rectitude .

[2]   The black hue of thy hair is the explanation of the Bringer forth of darkness .
The white hue of thy face ,the manifestation of the Splitter of the morning .

[3]   Escape from the grasp of thy tress - noose ,none gained
Nor freedom from the little bow of thy eye - brow ,and from the arrow of thy eye .

[4]   From thy eye into the bosom ,went flowing a raging stream ,
In the midst whereof ,the sailor swimmeth not .

[5]   Thy lip ,like the water of life ,is the power of the soul
From him ,our dusty existence is the taste of wine .

[6]   With a hundred stratagems ,the ruby of thy lip gave me no kiss
With a hundred thousand solicitations ,my heart gained no desire from him .

[7]   A prayer for thy soul be the morning - prayer of the tongue of Hafiz
Be ever continual till evening and morning

[8]   O Zahid ever seek not from me rectitude ,or penitence ,or piety
From the profligate ,and the lover ,and the distraught ,none sought perseverance in good .

[9]   What is the worthless cup Ever in recollection of thee ,we drink
Drinking ,we drink a cup so big .

[1]  Bescheidenheit, und Scham, und ReueVerlange nicht von mir,Wer heischet gute Werke,Von Trunkenen und von Liebenden?

[2]  Wenn du für Recht hältst zu vergießen,Das Blut des Liebenden,So halt' auch ich's für recht und billig,Gerade so wie es dir däucht.

[3]  Wer deinen Locken Schwärze schenkte,Hat eingesetzt die Nacht;Den Tag hat aufgekläret,Wer deinem Antlitz Weiße gab.

[4]  Noch Niemand ist den krausen LockenVon deinem Moschushaar,Noch Niemand dem GeschooßeDer Brauen, und des Aug's entflohn.

[5]  Von meiner Augen Thränen fließtEin bittrer Quell zusammen,Kein Schiffer steuert durch die MitteVon diesem Fluthenmeer sein Schiff.

[6]  Des Lebens Quell sind deine Lippen.Sie geben Geisteskraft,Deßwegen hat mein KörperDen geistigen Geschmack des Weins.

[8]  Kein Kuß von deinen PurpurlippenWard mir durch tausend List.Es hat mit tausend BittenMein Herz nicht seinem Wunsch erreicht, Was ist das Glas, das sich auf deineGesundheit immer leeret?Wir Andern trinken immer,Und sind hierin den Gläsern gleich.

[1]  With the true Beloved ,a covenant is mine that As long as in body ,life I have
The well - wishers of His street ,dear like my own precious life 1 hold .

[2]   By that candle of Chigil the true Beloved the purity of the khilvat of my heart ,I behold
From that moon of Khutan ,the splendour of my eye and the luminosity of heart ,I have .

[3]   When to the desire and wish of my heart ,a khilvat ,I have gained ,
Of the malice of evil - speakers in the assembly ,what care is it that I have

[4]   In the house ,mine is a cypress the murshid ,perfect and excellent in the shade of whose lofty stature ,
Independence of the cypress of the garden ,and of the boxtree of the sward I have .

[5]   If in design upon my heart ,a hundred armies of lovely ones ambush make ,
Ba hamd - i - llahu va - 1 - minnat ,an idol ,army - shatterer the true Beloved I have .

[6]   Of the seal - ring of His ruby lip ,it is fit that a Sulaiman - like boast I should express
When mine is the ism - i - a'zam the great name of Ahriman ,what fear is it that I have .

[7]   O learned Pir Ho the wine - house ,forbid me not
For ,in abandoning the wine - cup ,a heart ,promise - shattering I have .

[8]   O watcher for God's sake ,to - night ,a while ,thy eyes close
For ,with His silent ruby lip ,a hundred secret words ,I have .

[9]   When in the rose - bed of his favour ,I proudly move Praise be to God
Inclination neither for the tulip and the wild white rose nor for the narcissus ,I have .

[10]   After abstinence like this ,notorious for profligacy Hafiz became ,
What grief have I ,when as patron in the world Aminu - d - Dm Hasan ,I have .

[1]  Ich schloß ein Bündniß mit dem Liebchen, Daß ich, so lang ich Leben habe, Die Liebenden, die sie besuchen, So werth, wie meine Seele habe.

[2]  Hiemit sey kund: daß meine Freuden Durch diese Tschügilskerze leuchten, Daß ich das Licht des Aug's, des Herzens Von diesem Monde Chotens habe.

[3]  Wenn ich nach meines Herzens Wünschen Mich in der Einsamkeit befinde, Was ist's, was ich von bösen Zungen Der Neider dann zu fürchten habe?

[4]  In meinem Haus steht eine Ceder, In deren hohen kühlen Schatten, Ich weder Cedern noch Cypreßen, Noch Buchs und Ahorn nöthig habe.

[5]  Wenn wider mich im Hinterhalte Sich hundert Heere Schöner lagern, So dank' ich Gott, daß ich ein Liebchen, Das hundert Heere tödtet, habe.

[6]  Es ziemt sich, daß an ihrem Ringe Die Kräfte Salomons ich preise, Ich weiß nicht, was mit diesem Namen Vom Satan ich zu fürchten habe.

[7]  O du verständ'ger guter Alter, O halte mich nicht ab von Schenken, Weil ich im Punkt der Becher-Untreu, Ein kitzliches Gewissen habe. Mir perlet süßer Wein in Bechern, Ein Liebchen habe ich zum malen, Ich weiß wohl, es besitzet Keiner Ein Liebchen, wie ich eines habe.

[8]  Bey Gott dem Herrn! o Nebenbuhler, Schließ diese Nacht durch deine Augen, Weil ich mit ihrem Mundrubin Viel Heimliches zu sprechen habe.

[9]  Wenn ich in ihrem Rosenbeete Herumgeh', so ist Gott mein Zeuge Daß ich nach Tulpen, nach Narzißen, Nach Lilien kein Verlangen habe.

[10]  Es lebte lang Hafis im Stillen, Nun kennet ihn die Welt als Trinker, Was fürchte ich, so lang' ich Schönheit Auf dieser Welt zum Hüter habe.

[1]  Like the rose ,momently ,by thy fragrance ,the garment of my body ,
Rent ,I make from collar to skirt .

[2]   Thou mayst say The rose in the garden ,beheld thy body
Since like the intoxicated ,, the garment on its body ,it rent .

[3]   From the power of grief for thee ,with difficulty ,I bear life
But ,from me ,the heart easily thou tookest .

[4]   At the word of enemies watchers away from the friends lovers thou turnedest ;
With the friend ,enemy none becometh .

[5]   Thy body in the garment ,like sparkling wine in the cup :
Thy head in the chest ,like hard ,red iron in pure white silver .

[6]   O candle from thy eye ,rain tears like the cloud
For ,manifest to the people ,hath become the consuming of thy heart .

[7]   Do not ,so that ,from my breast ,the sigh liver - consuming
May ascend like smoke by way of the window .

[8]   My heart ,shatter not ; it ,under foot ,cast not ;
For in thy tress - tip ,its dwelling it hath .

[9]   Since to thy tress ,Hafiz hath bound his heart ,
In this way ,his work under foot ,cast not .

[1]  Deinem Geruche zu lieb, weil die Rose den Schleier zerreißet, Zerreiß' auch ich mein ganzes Kleid.

[2]  Auf den Fluren ersah dich die Rose, und ohne Besinnen Zerriß wie trunken sie ihr Kleid.

[3]  Schwer befrey' ich mein Herz aus der Hand der Schmerzen und Leiden, Und du befreiest so leicht dein Herz!

[4]  Ich verließ den Freund, von meinem Feinde beredet, O niemand sey den Freunden Feind.

[5]  Deinen Körper umhüllt das Gewand, wie den Nektar der Becher, Das Herz die Brust, das Gold der Stein.

[6]  Träufle, Kerze, herab! o träufle Thränen in Fluthen! Dein Herzensbrand sey allen kund!

[7]  Thue mir Nichts, sonst steigt von meinen verbrennenden Seufzern Der Rauch empor wie vom Kamin.

[8]  Brich nicht das arme Herz, und wirf es mir nicht vor die Füße, Es ist geknüpfet an dein Haar.

[9]  Da Hafis sein Herz an deine Locken geknüpft hat, So wirf es mir nicht vor den Fuß.

[1]  O Beloved for Thy rose - leaf ruddy face of the musky fragrant hyacinth the tress the veil make
That is Thy face conceal and a world ruined make .

[2]   The sweat from Tby face ,scatter on the borders of the garden
As from seeing Thee the flagons of our eyes are full of rose - water ,tears so full of rose - water the garden make .

[3]   Haste for departing ,like swift life ,the rose - season maketh :
Saki in the circulation of the cup of roseate hue ,haste make .

[4]   Thy narcissus ,full of sleep ,intoxicated ,gracefully open
And ,in envy of Thy eye to sleep the eye of the lovely narcissus put .

[5]   The dark violet's perfume ,perceive and the dark tress of the idol the true Beloved take
At the want of colour of the white lily ,gaze resolution for the ruddy wine make :

[6]   Since the way and usage of lover - slaying is thine ,
With enemies ,the goblet drain with us ,reproach make .

[7]   On the face of the goblet the murshid like vanishing bubbles ,open thy eye ;
The foundation of this house this world from that of vanishing bubbles ,estimation make .

[8]   By the path of prayer ,union ,Hafiz seeketh
O Lord the prayer of those heart - broken accepted make .

[1]  Verhüll' mit Moschushyacinthen Die Rosenblätter, Das ist die Wangen mit den Locken, Verheer' die Welten.

[2]  Ström' Schweiß von deinem Angesichte, Füll' an die Gärten, Wie die Pokale unsrer Augen, Mit Rosenwasser.

[3]  Des Lebens Tage geh'n vorüber Schnell wie die Rosen, O Schenke! eil' die Weinrubinen Herumzureichen.

[4]  Schließ auf die schlafende und trunkne Narziß liebkosend, Daß die Narzissen eifersüchtig Sich schlafen legen.

[5]  Mach' dich bekannt mit Veilchendüften, Schau' an die Locken, Schau' an der Tulpen Flor, begehre Das Glas zum trinken.

[6]  Seitdem die Liebenden zu morden, Dir ward zur Sitte, Reichst du den Becher hin den Feinden Und schmählest unser.

[7]  Siehst du das Weinglas, o so rolle Dein Aug' wie Blasen, Und schließ' aus Blasen auf den Zustand Des Weltgebäudes.

[8]  Hafis gieng auf dem Weg des Betens Nach dem Genusse; O Herr, erhöre die Gebete Der kranken Herzen.

[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 .