[1]  Saki murshid with the light of wine divine love up - kindle the cup of the heart of ours .
Minstrel murshid speak ,saying The world's work hath gone agreeably to the desire of' ours .

[2]   In the cup of the heart we have beheld the reflection of the face of the Beloved God
O thou void of knowledge of the joy of the perpetual wine - drinking of ours .

[3]   Never dieth that one ,whose heart is alive with true love to God
On the world's record ,is written the everlasting existence of ours .

[4]   The coy glance and the grace of those straight of stature illusory beloved ones is only till
With grace ,moving like a lofty pine - tree ,cometh the cypress the true Beloved of ours .

[5]   O breeze if thou pass by the rose - bed of beloved ones ,
Take care present to the beloved the murshid the message of ours .

[6]   O breeze from thy memory ,our name why purposely takest thou
Itself forgetfulness cometh ,when after death cometh no recollection of ours .

[7]   To the eye of our heart - binding beloved the murshid pleasing is intoxication
For that reason ,to intoxication they Fate and Destiny have given the rein of ours .

[8]   On the day of up - rising the resurrection I fear ,a profit taketh not .
The lawful bread piety of the shaikh ,more than the unlawful water wine of love of ours .

[9]   Hafiz from thy eye ,keep shedding a tear - drop
It may be ,that the bird of union may attempt the snare of ours .

[10]   The green blue sea of sky ,and the bark of the new moon the mysteries of the sphere
Are immersed'in the favour of Haji Kivam the murshid of ours .

[11]   Like the tulip ,in the cold air of love my heart was caught contracted
O bird of fortune Beloved of the soul when wilt thou go into the snare drawings of love of ours

[1]  Schenk! erleucht' mit dem Licht des Weins den Becher,Sänger singe; nun geht's nach unsern Wünschen.

[2]  Ich erblick im Pokal der Wangen Abglanz.Wiß es, der du nichts weißt vom Glück des Trinkens.

[3]  Wessen Zunge die Lieb' beseelet, stirbt nicht.Ewig bleibet mein Ruhm im Weltenbuche.

[4]  Dieser Schmächtigen Reiz gefällt so lang nur,Bis sich meine Cypreß mit Schwanken nahet.

[5]  Ostwind, gehst du vorbei beim Rosenhaine,Gieb doch Kunde von mir dem treuen Freunde.

[7]  Rausch und Trunkenheit ziemt dem Aug des Freundes;Deßhalb raubt mir der Rausch so Zaum als Zügel.

[8]  Ich befürchte, daß nicht am jüngsten TagePriesterbrod und der Wein von gleichem Werth sey.

[9]  O mein Auge verstreu' das Korn der Thränen,Daß sich fange im Netz der Wollust Vogel.

[10]  Du Aetherische Fluth, und du o Mondschiff,Ihr verschwindet zugleich in seiner Großmuth.

[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]  O Thou ,whose face is like paradise ,and ruby lip like the limpid water of paradise
Soul and heart ,Thy translucent water hath endowed .

[2]   Around Thy lip ,Thy fresh - wearing black down ,
Is like the collection of black ants around the limpid water Thy resplendent face

[3]   In every corner ,the arrow of Thy eye
Hath a hundred slain ones ,lovers fallen like me .

[4]   O Lord this fire of separation that within my soul is ,
Make cool to give me escape from separation and to cause me to attain union with Thee in that way that to Khalil Thou didst .

[5]   O friends power of union with Him I gain not ,
For the reason that exceedingly beauteous beauty ,He hath .

[6]   Lame is our foot ; and far distant ,is the stage like Paradise
Short ,is our hand and on the lofty inaccessible date - tree ,the date .

[7]   From the grasp of the love for the idol ,Hafiz ,
Like the feeble ant ,at the foot of the great elephant ,hath fallen .

[8]   To the King of the world ,permanency and grandeur ;
And everything of this sort that he desireth be

[9]   This verse either a miracle ,or lawful magic ,is
This verse ,either the invisible messenger ,or Jibrail ,brought .

[10]   In this fashion a verse how to utter ,none other knoweth
A pearl verse of this sort ,none other can pierce utter

[1]  Die Wangen sind das Paradies,Der Mund der Selsebil,Es opfert dir der SelsebilDas Herz die Seele auf.

[2]  Der grüne Teppich deines Flaum,Der um die Lippen hängt,Gleicht Ameisen, die um den RandVereint der Selsebil.

[3]  An deinen spitzen Wimpern sindIn jeder Eck' des AugsNoch hundert andere wie ichGefallene gespießt.

[4]  O Herr erkälte du die Gluth,Die mir im Herzen flammet,So wie den Ofen Abraham's,Du abgekühlet hast.

[5]  Ihr Freunde sagt, wer schaffet mirVermögen oder Kraft,Denn die Geliebte ist so schönO weh! sie ist so schön.

[6]  Mein Fuß ist lahm, und fern der GauEntfernt wie's Paradies,Die Datteln hängen auf dem BaumDie Hand ist viel zu kurz.

[7]  In dich verliebet fiel HafisVon seiner Höh' herab,So fällt zum Elephanten FußDie Ameis aus der Luft.

[8]  Dem Herrn der Erde werde GlückUnd Huld und Ruhm zu Theil,Und was er immer anders nochVon dieser Art sich wünscht.

[1]  O Thou ,whose face ,moon in appearance ,is the fresh spring of beauty ;
Whose mole and down are the centre of grace ,and the circle of beauty

[2]   Hidden in Thy eye full of intoxication the fascination of sorcery
Revealed on Thy restless floating tress ,the calm rest of beauty .

[3]   Not a moon shone like Thee from the mansion of goodness
Not a cypress arose like Thy stature from the stream of beauty .

[4]   By Thy darkish beauty ,joyous became the age of heart - ravishingness ;
By Thy grace ,expanded became the season of beauty .

[5]   From the snare of Thy tress ,and the grain of Thy mole ,in the world ,
Not a bird of the heart remaineth ,not become the prey of beauty .

[6]   Ever ,with grace ,from the midst of life nature's nurse ,
Thee ,cherisheth with care in the bosom of beauty .

[7]   Fresh and fresh is the dark violet hair about Thy lip ,for that reason ,
That it keepeth drinking the water of life from the fountain - source of beauty .

[8]   Hafiz severed desire when he seeth Thy equal
There is none save Thy face in the land of beauty .

[1]  Dein Mondgesicht, o Liebchen! ist Ein Frühlingstag der Schönheit. Es ist dein Flaum, es ist dein Maal Der Mittelpunkt der Schönheit.

[2]  In deinem Funkelauge ist Ein Zauberspruch geschrieben, In den verwirrten Locken liegt Beständigkeit der Schönheit.

[3]  Ein Mond, dir ähnlich, gieng nie auf Am Himmel der Vollendung. Und keine Zeder, die dir gleicht, Wuchs je am Strom der Schönheit.

[4]  Der Lebenslauf der Schönen wird Erfreut durch deine Anmuth. Durch deine Lieblichkeit wird froh, Der Weltenlauf der Schönheit.

[5]  Die Locken sind ein Netz, es ist Das Maal ein Korn der Lockung, Darum ist jeder Vogel stets Die Beute deiner Schönheit.

[6]  Der Anmuth Amme nähret dich In unsrer Seelen Mitte, Sie nähret dich mit Schmeichelei'n Am Busenrand der Schönheit.

[7]  Um deine Lippen blüht so frisch Die Veilchensaat des Flaumes, Weil sie das Lebenswasser trinkt Frisch aus dem Quell der Schönheit.

[8]  Es hofft Hafis nun nimmermehr Dein Angesicht zu sehen. Denn außer deinen Wangen giebt Es Nichts im Land der Schönheit.

[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]  Last night ,in sleep ,I saw that forth ,a great moon had come ,
From the reflection of the face whereof ,to an end ,the night of separation had come .

[2]   The explanation is what The much journeyed Friend the true Beloved arriveth
O would that by my door ,He ,splendour - giving and adorned ,had come

[3]   My Saki ,auspicious of omen whose mention be for good
Ever ,by my door ,with the goblet and the cup ,he used to come .

[4]   Happy ,had it been if ,in sleep ,his native land he had seen
So that the guide to us ,the recollection of its association would have come .

[5]   If ,with force and gold ,to our hand ,the bounty of eternity without beginning union with the true Beloved had come ,
The water of life of Khizr .Sikandar's portion would have come .

[6]   O true Beloved wherefore fleest Thou Be memory of that time ,when ,from roof and door ,to me ,
The message of the Beloved and the letter of the Heart - ravisher ,used to come .

[7]   Such power of tyranny ,Thy watcher where would have obtained ,
If ,one night ,to the Ruler's door ,an oppressed one had come

[8]   Love's desire ,how know the immature ones of the Path
One of ocean - heart generous seek and a bold one who is a chief .

[9]   That one who ,thee ,road - guide to stone - heartedness ,made ,
O would that against a stone so that he might fall his foot^ had come .

[10]   If ,in Hafiz's way ,another had written ,
Agreeably to the nature of the king ,skill - cherishing ,it would have come .

[1]  Mein Mond war gestern in dem Traum Zu mir herabgekommen, Zu Ende war's mit seinem Schein Der Trennungsnacht gekommen.

[2]  Wie sag' ich's, denn es kehrt mein Freund Zurück von seinen Reisen, O möchte er doch bald und bald Herein zur Thüre kommen.

[3]  Der Namen meines Schenken sey In löblicher Erinn'rung, Weil er mit Flasche und mit Glas Stets ist zu mir gekommen.

[5]  Wenn Gottes Huld ich mit Gewalt Mit Gold erworben habe, Dann wäre mir der Lebensquell Vielleicht auch zugekommen. Die Seele hätt' ich hingestreut Dem süßen Herzensschmeichler, Wär' er, wie ein verklärter Geist, Zu mir herab gekommen.

[6]  O gern gedenke ich der Zeit, Wo mir von Dach und Thüren Von meinem Freunde bald ein Brief, Bald Kunde ist gekommen.

[7]  Dem Nebenbuhler sag', wo fand'st Du solche Grausamkeiten, Was wirst du thun, wenn eines Nachts Zu dir die Kläger kommen?

[8]  Wer nie den Weg der Liebe gieng Was weiß er von der Liebe? Drum suche einen Liebling, der Gewandt ist, zu bekommen.

[9]  Wer dir mit Herzen hart wie Stein Die wahre Straße weiset, O möchte doch auf seinen Kopf Ein Stein von oben kommen!

[10]  Wenn Andere Hafisens Bild Zu zeichnen sich bestreben, So wird es dann dem Schah gar schön, Und wohlgefällig kommen.

[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 .