[1]  The splendour of youth's time the murshid's assembly again belongeth to the garden the holy traveller's existence
The glad tidings of divine glories of the rose the Beloved reacheth the bulbul the lover sweet of song .

[2]   O breeze if again thou reach the youths of the meadow the murshid's disciples
Convey our service of prayer to the cypress ,the rose ,and the sweet basil the murshid's disciples

[3]   If the young magian the khalifa ,showing the true Path wine - seller ,display such splendor of explanation
In thanks I will make myeye - lash the dust - sweeper of the door of the wine - house his dwelling

[4]   O thou that drawest ,over the moon of thy face the chaugan of purest ambergris the black tress
By concealing thy grace make not distraught of state ,me of revolving head .

[5]   This crowd that laugheth and carpeth at those lovers of God drinking the wine dregs of the wine of the love of God I fear
They will ,in the end ,ruin their Faith .

[6]   Be the friend of the men of God for ,in Nuh's ark the existence of the people of God
Was a little dust humbleness that purchased not the deluge the empire of the world for a drop of water .

[7]   Forth from the house of the sphere ,go and bread ,seek not .
For ,in the end ,this dark cup of avarice slayeth the guest .

[8]   To him ,whose last sleeping - place is with two handfuls of earth the grave
Say Thine what need ,to exalt the turrets to the sky

[9]   My moon of Kan'an my soul the throne of Egypt the rank of perfection the world of souls is thine
The time is that time when thou shouldst bid farewell to the prison of the body ,or of the world

[10]   Hafiz drink wine of love practise profligacy the concealing of secrets and be happy grieve not ,and grieved be not but ,
Like others ,make not the Kuran the snare of deceit .

[11]   Not even one mystery of the mysteries of the Absolute existence mayest thou know ,
If head bewildered of the circle of possibility ,thou be .

[12]   The land of liberty ,and the corner of contentment is a treasure ,
That ,by the sword ,the Sultan cannot attain .

[1]  Die Gärten blühn im frischen Reiz der JugendBulbul hört von der Rosen Freudenkunde.

[2]  O Morgenwind kömmst du zu jungen Wiesen,Grüß mir Basilikon, Cypreß, und Rose.

[3]  Wenn mich des Wirths Knabe süß liebkoset,So weih' ich meine Wimpern ihm zur Bürste.

[4]  Du der mit Ambraschlägeln Ballen spielestSchlag mich Geschlagenen nicht mehr zurücke.

[5]  Ich fürchte, jene, die der Trinker spotten,Verlieren ihren Glauben selbst in Schenken.

[6]  Sey Männern Gottes Freund, es ist ein StäubchenIm Schiffe Noahs, dem die Fluth nicht schadet.

[7]  Begehr' kein Brot, verlaß der Erde Gasthof!Der Erde Wirth ermordet seine Gäste.

[8]  Was brauchts Palläste die zum Himmel reichenFür jenen der zuletzt im Staube schlummert?

[9]  O Kanaan's Mond! dein ist der Thron AegyptensZeit ists den finstern Kerker zu verlassen. Ich weiß nicht was du willst mit deinen Locken:Dein Moschushaar auf diese Art verwirrend.

[10]  Hafis trink Wein, betrinke dich, sey froh,Mach nicht zuletzt zum Fallstrick den Koran.

[1]  The thought of the bulbul the holy traveller all is that ,that the rose the true Beloved his beloved may be
The rose ,in thought how ,in her work ,grace she may display .

[2]   Not all heart - ravishingness is that that slayeth the lover
Khwaja is he ,whose attendant is grief .

[3]   That is a place where into the ruby's heart the wave dasheth blood ,
With this loss that its the ruby's market - value ,the sherd shattereth .

[4]   From the bounty of the rose the true Beloved the bulbul the holy traveller learned speech and if not ,there had not been
In his beak ,all this sweet speech and song .

[5]   O thou that passest in the street of our Beloved ,
Full of caution ,be for the head ,his wall shattereth .

[6]   That travelled one the Beloved whose fellow - traveller is a hundred Kafilas of the heart ,
O God wherever he be ,him ,in safety from the peril of travel keep .

[7]   O heart although health's company happily falleth to thee ,
Precious ,is love's quarter : it ,abandon not .

[8]   Merry of head intoxicated the Sufi placed his cap aslant ,
With two cups of wine more ,disordered may be his turban .

[9]   The heart of Hafiz that had become accustomed to the sight of Thee
Is cherished with union .Its the heart's torment ,seek not .

[1]  Wenn die Begierde nicht die RuhIn deiner Seele störet,So findest du den Weg gewißZu ihrem Angesichte.

[2]  Es sinnt die Nachtigall, wie sieDie Rose zur Freundinn mache,Die Rose aber sinnt daraufDie Nachtigall zu kränken.

[3]  Der Mörder eines LiebendenIst noch kein Herzensräuber,Wer um die Dienerschaft sich sorgtIst wahrhaft ein Gebieter.

[4]  Es ist gerecht, daß der RubinIm Herzen blutig schäume,Wenn rothe Glaskorallen ihnIm Handel überwiegen.

[5]  Die Nachtigall hat den GesangGelernet von der Rose,Woher denn sonsten das GeschwätzDas Kosen ihres Schnabels?

[6]  Du, der vorbeigehst an dem HausVon dem geliebten Freunde,Gieb Acht, daß an der Mauer duDen Kopf dir nicht verschlagest.

[7]  O Gott! gieb dem gereißten Freund,Dem Hundert KarawanenDer Herzen folgen, gieb ihm stets,Wo er auch seyn mag, Wohlseyn!

[8]  O Herz! wie wohl dir das GesprächDes wahren Heils gefallen,Verlaß' du doch die Liebe nichtDenn sie ist hoch zu ehren.

[9]  Der Sofi, der im Rausche krummDie Mütze aufgesetzet,Zerwühlet (trinkt er noch ein PaarVon Gläsern) seinen Turban.

[1]  Last night ,to me ,a mystery - knower ,keen of sense ,secretly spake ,
Saying Concealed from thee ,one cannot hold the mystery of the wine - seller .

[2]   He said To thyself ,action easy take .For ,from nature's way ,
On men hard - striving ,hard the world seizeth .

[3]   Then ,me ,he gave a cup ,from whose splendour on the heavens ,
To dancing came Zuhra and the lute - striker player kept saying Drink

[4]   With the bloody wounded heart ,bring forth display the laughing lip like the cup laughing with wine's sparkle
If ,thee ,a cleaving wound reach ,like the shrieking reed ,into clamour of grief come thou not .

[5]   So long as ,with this screen of mystery thou becomest not acquainted ,a hint thou hearest not
Not the place for Jibra ,il's message ,is the ear of the unprivileged .

[6]   O son counsel ,hear ,grief for the world's sake ,suffer not
To thee ,a tale ,I utter lustrous as a pearl if thou canst ,hear .

[7]   In love's fold ,of talking and of hearing one cannot boast
For ,there ,eye and ear ,must be all thy limbs .

[8]   On the carpet stage of subtlety - knowers ,is the condition ,no self - selling boasting
O man of wisdom either words known understood and weighed utter or silent be .

[9]   O Saki wine ,give .For Hanz's profligacies ,understood
Asaf ,the Lord of conjunction ,fault - forgiving ,defect - concealing .

[1]  Gestern sagte zu mir ein Vielverständiger heimlich:Nimmer birgst du vor mir heimliche Dinge des Wirths.

[2]  Weiteres sprach er zu mir: Erleichtere Alles dir selber,Denn es fällt ja diese Welt immer den Schweren zu schwer.

[3]  Einen Becher gab er mir dann, von dessen GefunkelVenus zu tanzen begann; trinke, so sagt' er dazu.

[4]  Blutet dein Herz, doch lächle die Lippe dir ähnlich dem Glase,Ist dein Inneres wund, tanze mit Lautengetön!

[5]  Du erfährst kein Geheimniß bis du nicht Freundschaft beginnest,Denn in Unheilige dringt himmlische Kunde nicht ein.

[6]  Trinke, höre den Rath, mein Sohn, daß die Welt dich nicht kümmre;Wohl ein köstliches Wort, wenn du's zu fassen vermagst.

[7]  In dem Gemach der Liebe geziemt es sich nimmer zu sprechen,Jedes der Glieder sey dorten nur Auge, nur Ohr.

[8]  In dem Kreise der Weisen, sich selbst zu loben geziemt nicht;Du sey kundig des Worts, oder erzeige dich stumm.

[9]  Schenke gieb mir den Wein, Hafisens Trunkenheit kennetEr, der den Koran besitzt, Er, der gelinde Wesir.

[1]  Affrighted ,became my heart ; and careless ,I ,the darvish ,am ,
As to what hath happened ,to that great bewildered prey my heart

[2]   For the head of my own faith ,I trembled like the willow
For ,in the hand of one of bow eye - brow ,Kafir in religion ,is my heart .

[3]   From much weeping the fancy of the spirit of the mighty sea ,I a mere drop mature .Alas
In the head of this drop ,absurd of thought HSfiz are what crude fancies

[4]   Of that eye - lash ,bold ,rest - slayer ,I boast
On the tip of whose point ,the wave of the sweet water of life dasheth .

[5]   From the sleeve of a thousand physicians ,trickleth blood ,
If ,for examination ,a hand on my wounded heart ,drowned in blood ,head to foot they place .

[6]   In the street of the wine - house the murshid's threshold weeping and head cast down ,I go
Because ,of my empty ,vain produce ,ever cometh shame to me .

[7]   Remaineth neither the prolonged age of Khjzr ,nor the great dominion of Sikandar
Darvish upon the head of the mean world ,strife make not .

[8]   Hafiz I to that girdle of the true Beloved reacheth not every beggar's hand
The treasury greater than Karun's treasure ,to hand bring .

[1]  O Sklav! beklage dichNicht über deine Feinde,Der Liebe nicht zu sprechen ziemtZu wenig und zu viel.

[2]  Mein Herz ist aufgeschreckt,Ich sorg' nicht als Derwisch,Was vor der Jagd des störrigenVorhergegangen sey.

[3]  Wie Weiden zittre ichAus Furcht vor meinem Glauben,Es hält mein Herz ein BogenschützVon den Ungläubigen.

[4]  Ich trage mich herumMit der Idee des MeeresEin Tropfen ich! was denk' ich Tropf',Was für Unmöglichkeit!

[5]  Ich will ein Opfer seynDem Augenhaar des Mörders,Ich seh', auf seinen Spitzen wogtDes Lebenswassers Fluth.

[6]  Vom Arztesärmel strömtDas Blut aus tausend Strömen,Wenn er die Hand auf's wunde HerzEs zu befühlen leget.

[7]  Ich geh' mit ThränenfluthUnd mit gesenktem HaupteZur Schenke, denn ich schäme michVor meinen Handlungen.

[8]  Das Leben Chisers undDie Herrschaft AlexandersSind längst verschwunden, o DerwischZank' nicht um diese Welt!

[1]  The dust of my body is the veil of the true Beloved's face
O happy that moment when from off this face ,the veil I cast

[2]   Not fit for a sweet singer like me ,is the cage of the world like this
To Rizvan's rose - bed ,I go for the bird of that sward am I .

[3]   Manifest ,it is not wherefore ,I have come into this world where ,I had been
Regret and sorrow that ,of my own work ,careless I am .

[4]   In the expanse of the holy world ,my circuit how may I make
When ,in the mixed abode this dusty world plank - bound confined to a dusty body ,I am .

[5]   If ,from my heart's blood ,the perfume of musk issue ,
Have no wonder for fellow - sufferer with the musk - pod of Khutan the musk - deer I am .

[6]   Outwardly regard not the embroidery of my gold - thread tunic resplendent like the candle ,saying He is happy
For ,within the tunic ,hidden consumings ate .

[7]   Come and from before him ,the existence of Hafiz take up
For ,with Thy existence ,none heareth from me that I am living

[1]  Sieh! des Körpers Staub ist der Schleier des Seelengesichtes, Selige, selige Zeit, flieget der Schleier empor!

[2]  Solch ein Käficht geziemt nicht einem lieblichen Sänger, Richte nach Eden den Flug, du bist ein Vogel von dort.

[3]  Weßhalb ich kam, und wo ich gewesen, ist immer noch dunkel, Wehe, wehe daß ich immer so unbesorgt war!

[4]  Wie ist's möglich, daß ich die Welt der Geister umkreise? Ich bin im Körpernest immer ein Sklave des Maals. Ich, der den Blick hinauf zu den Sitzen der Seligen richte, Wähl' ich zum Vaterland dieses verwüstete Gau?

[5]  Weht vom Blute des Herzens der Duft des Moschus zu dir hin, Wund're dich nicht, denn ich theil' auch mit dem Moschus den Schmerz.

[6]  Halte dem äußern nach mich nicht für gerad' wie die Kerze, Inner des Hemdes steckt manches verborgene Maal.

[7]  Komm! o komm! und raube Hafisen sein eigenes Wesen, Keiner höre von mir, wer ich denn eigentlich sey.

[1]  Times I have said and again I say ,
That ,heart bereft ,not of myself ,have I gone this Path of love

[2]   Behind the pure mirror of the holy traveller's heart me ,they have kept like the parrot
What the Teacher of eternity without beginning said Say I say .

[3]   Whether I be the thorn ,or whether the rose ,there is a sward - adorner God
By whose hand ,as it cherished me ,I grew .

[4]   O friends me ,heart - bereft ,astonied ,censure not
A great jewel I have and the master of vision the jeweller God I seek .

[5]   Although to the wearer of the patched darvish garment ,the drinking of wine ,rose of hue ,is a sin ,
Me ,censure not for with it from off the darvish garment the colour of hypocrisy ,I wash .

[6]   From another place cause is the laughing and the weeping of lovers of God
In the night through union with the Beloved I sing ; in the morning - time through separation I moan .

[7]   To me ,Hafiz spake saying The dust of the tavern - door smell not
Say Censure not for the fragrant musk of Khutan ,I smell .

[1]  Oftmals hab' ich's gesagt, und abermal will ich es sagen, Ich Verlorener geh' nicht von mir selber den Weg.

[2]  Einem Papagey gleich wird mir der Spiegel gehalten, Was der Ewige sagt, plaudere lallend ich nach.

[3]  Gebe man mir, was es sey; Ich esse so Disteln als Rosen, Meine Nahrung gemäß, wachs' und gedeihe ich groß.

[4]  Schmähet mich nicht, und wißt, es ist die Perle mein eigen, Und ich suche nur einen Besitzer für sie.

[6]  Lachen und Weinen der Liebenden hat so mancherlei Gründe, Abend lach' ich vor Lust; Morgens bewein' ich mein Loos.

[7]  Riech' nicht, sagte Hafis, o riech' den Staub nicht der Schenke. Sag' ihm: schmähle nicht, denn Moschus entduftet dem Staub.

[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 .