[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]  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]  O thou ,of whose street ,only a tale is the tale of paradise
And of whose face ,only a sign is the description of the beauty of the Hur .

[2]   From thy ruby lip ,only a jest is the life - giving breathing of 'Isa
And ,from ,thy sweet mouth ,only a sign is the water of life .

[3]   Together are every fragment of my heart and a tale of grief
Together are every line of thy qualities ,and a verse of mercy .

[4]   'Itr - diffuser of the assembly of souls ,when would it the rose have been ,
If ,to the rose ,thy perfume ,thou hadst not entrusted

[5]   In desire of the dust of the Friend's path ,I consumed ,
O morning breeze bring to mind that even a little protection thou gavest not .

[6]   O heart in absurd knowledge thou wast and from the hand ,life passed
A hundred sources of capital thou hadst and a sufficiency ,thou madest not .

[7]   Took the horizons of the world the perfume of my roasted grief - stricken heart
This consuming of my heart ,into the beloved's heart may penetrate .

[8]   If ,in the fire ,appear the form of thy lovely face
Saki come and give wine for even of hell ,no complaint then is mine .

[9]   From this lesson of grief ,Hafiz's desire ,what it is ,thou knowest
From thee O murshid a glance of kindness and from the Khusrau God the bounty of pardon

[1]  Was man vom Paradies erzählt, Ist eine Fabel deines Gaues, Was von Huris man uns erzählt, Das gilt von deinen Wangen.

[2]  Des Herren Jesus Wunderhauch Geht aus von deinen Lippen, Und deines Mundes Welle ist Das Lebenswasser Chisers.

[3]  Ein jedes Stück von meinem Herz Ist eine Gramgeschichte, Und jede Zeile deines Sinns Ist auch ein Vers im Himmel.

[4]  Wie würde von der Rose wohl Der geist'ge Kreis gewürzet, Wenn sie getreu zu bleiben dir Sich vorgesetzt nicht hätte.

[5]  Ich bin verbrennet aus Begier Nach meines Freundes Staube, Erinnre dich, o Morgenwind, Daß du uns nicht beschützest.

[6]  O Herz, umsonst verlorest du Die Wissenschaft, das Leben. Ein großes Kapital war dein, Doch warst du nicht zufrieden.

[7]  Des angebrannten Herzens Duft Ist überall verbreitet, Es wirket meines Innern Brand Daher nach allen Seiten.

[8]  Erscheint mir in der Hölle Gluth Der Zauber deines Bildes, Ich werde über Höllengluth, O Schenke, drum nicht klagen.

[9]  Errathest du Hafisens Wunsch, Wenn Er dir spricht von Leiden, Von dir ist's eine Schmeichelei, Vom Kaiser ist es Gnade.

[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

[65]   Hafiz in this calamity ,ruined became time's temper
Where is the thought of a physician or the judgment of a Barhaman

[66]   Drink the cup of the wine of unity of a man
So that ,by it grief's root ,up from the heart ,thou mayst pluck .

[67]   Expanded ,keep the heart ,like the cup of wine
Head closed how long like a large jar

[68]   When ,from the jar of selflessness ,a ritl thou drinkest ,
Less of thyself voluntarily thou boastest of self .

[69]   Like the humble and worthless stone at thy foot be ,not like the water of the cloud glorying in sublimity
All colour of deceit ,thou mixest and wet of skirt lust - stained thou art .