[1]  The world - possessor ,defender of the faith perfect sovereign
Yahya bin Muzaffar ,king ,just - doer :

[2]   O thou thy court ,the shelter of Islam ,hath opened
On the face of the world ,the window of the soul ,and the door and the heart .

[3]   Necessary and proper to the soul and to wisdom ,is reverence to thee
To existence and dwelling the universe thy reward is abounding and comprehending .

[4]   On the day of eternity without beginning ,from thy reed ,a drop of blackness ink
That became the solver of questions ,fell on the face of the moon .

[5]   When on thy face ; or on the moon's the sun beheld that dark mole ,to his heart ,he said
Would to heaven that I had been the fortunate slave the dark mole

[6]   O king on account of thy banquet ,the sky is in dancing and in sama'
From the skirt of this zamzama ,thy hand let not go .

[7]   Drink wine and give the world be joyous For ,of the tress of thy noose ,
Captive to chains became the neck of thy ill - wisher .

[8]   Now ,altogether ,in the way of justice ,is the sky's revolution
Be happy that the tyrant taketh not the path to the stage of his object

[9]   Hafiz when in the power of the king of the world is the partition of subsistence ,
For thy livelihood ,make no useless thought .

[1]  Er, der vollkomm'ne Fürst,Der Herr der Welt, des Glaubens SiegIst ein gerechter Schah.

[3]  Der Seele, dem Verstande ziemt,Dein Lobspruch und dein Preis,Denn über Raum und Zeiten dehnt,Sich deine Gnade aus.

[4]  Am Tage der Bestimmung fielEin Tröpflein deines KielsHin auf den Mond, wovon er schwarzUnd ganz verfinstert ward.

[5]  Die Sonne als sie dieses MaalErblickte, sprach bei sich:O wäre ich so glücklich nur,Als jener Mohr es ist!

[6]  O Schah! der Himmel selber tanzt,Aus Lust bei deinem Fest,O ziehe deine Hand vom SaumDes Freudenlärms nicht ab!

[7]  Du trinke Wein, verschenk' dabeiDie Güter einer Welt,In deiner Locken Banden liegtDes Feindes Hals verstrickt.

[8]  Des Himmels Lauf geht kurze Zeit,Den Weg der Billigkeit,Erfreue Dich, der Böse fandDen Weg zum Posten nicht.

[9]  Hafis! es ist des Schatzes Thor,Der Gnaden Schenkeplatz,Deßhalben sey du unbesorgt,Um deiner Nahrung Loos.

[1]  O morning cypress without thee ,with the rose and the rose - bud ,what may I do
The tress of the hyacinth ,how may I draw ; with the cheek of the lily what may I do

[2]   From the reproach of the ill - wisher ,alas I beheld not Thy face
When not mine is the gleaming mirror ,with dull iron what may I do

[3]   O admonisher go ; and at the dreg - drinkers ,carp not :
This ,the work - orderer of Fate doeth what may I do

[4]   When ,like this ,from the hidden ambush ,leapeth the lightning of jealousy ,
Do thou order for I of consumed harvest ,what may I do

[5]   When the King of the Turans Afrasiyab approved and cast me into the pit ,
If the grace of Tahamtan Rustam be not hand - seizer to help what may I do

[6]   If with a lamp on the path of travellers Tur's fire the perfect murshid make not a little assistance ,
For the remedy of the dark night of the Wadl - i - Aiman what may I do

[7]   Hafiz highest paradise is the house of my heritage
In this desolate stage this world my dwelling ,why do I make

[1]  Was soll ich ohne dich o Cypreße, Mit Ros' und Rosenbeeten machen? Was soll ich ohne Lockennarzißen, Was ohne Wangenlilien machen.

[2]  O Weh es hat das Spotten der Feinde, Dein Angesicht dem Blick entzogen, Das meinige ist nicht wie ein Spiegel Von Eisen, sag' was soll ich machen.

[3]  O heb' dich Rather, heb' dich von hinnen, Und schmähl' die Trinker nicht umsonst aus. So hat's der Herr des Schicksals befohlen. Was kann und soll ich Anderes machen!

[4]  Wenn du die Eifersucht im Verborgenen Gleich einem Blitze strahlend zeigest, An dir ist es alsdann zu befehlen, Was soll ich Herzverbrannter machen!

[5]  Wenn es dem Schah der Türken beliebet, Mich in den Brunnen tief zu werfen, Und wenn Rostem des Ehernen Huld nicht Heraus mir hilft, was soll ich machen!

[6]  Wird von des Berges Sinai's Feuer Nicht Licht für meinen Docht gespendet, Was soll ich in den finsteren Nächten Des Thals der Ruh' im Stillen machen.

[7]  Hafis, es ist das ewige Leben, Ein altererbtes Gut vom Vater, Was willst du diese wüsten Ruinen, Noch länger dir zur Wohnung machen!

[1]  O thou that hast the blood - price of the precious musk - pod of Chin ,the dust of the path of thine
And the sun ,cherished in the shade of the border of the cap of thine

[2]   O beloved forth beyond limit ,the narcissus carrieth her amorous glance move forth and display thy glance that the narcissus may know thy worth
O soul be a sacrifice for the glance of the dark eye of thine

[3]   My blood ,drink .For ,with beauty like this ,even any angel ,
From his heart ,it cometh not to record the sin of thine .

[4]   O beloved the cause thou art of the people's ease and the world's slumber
On that account ,the border of my eye and of my heart became the repose - place of thine .

[5]   Mine ,every night in recollection of thy effulgent face with every gleaming star is the work of weeping and wailing
In envious regret for the splendour of the moon - like effulgent face of thine .

[6]   From each other separated all are friends ,fellow - sitters
But together are I and the threshold of the empire - shelter of thine .

[7]   Hafiz favour ,desire not .For ,in the end ,
To grief's harvest ,setteth fire the smoke of the sigh of thine .

[8]   To - morrow ,the day of assembly the resurrection when is the presenting of the people ,
In the midst ,possibly ,may fall on me the kind glance of thine

[1]  Das Blutgeld für den Moschus aus Sina Ist deiner Füße Staub. Die Sonne selbst sie wurde genähret Im Schatten deines Orts.

[2]  O sieh! wie die Narzissen es treiben Mit ihren Schmeichelei'n; O zeig dich, und sie opfern die Seele Dem Nicken deines Augs.

[3]  O trinke kühn mein Blut, denn es waget Zu deiner Schönheit sich Kein Engel in die Nähe, daß selber Aufmerke deine Schuld.

[4]  Du bist die Ursach', daß hier auf Erden Die Menschen ruhig sind. Deßwegen ist mein Herz, und mein Auge Zum Wohnort dir geweiht.

[5]  Ich habe jede Nacht mit den Sternen Mein eigenes Geschäft, Aus Sehnsucht nach dem strahlenden Glanze Von deinem Mondgesicht.

[6]  Die Freunde, die vereiniget waren, Sind alle nun getrennt, Ich aber blieb als Schwelle der Zuflucht Vor deinem Glück zurück.

[7]  Hafis! verzweifle nicht an der Gnade Von deinem Gott und Herrn, Es wird des Grames Scheune verbrennen Bei deinem Seufzerrauch.

[1]  If ,in the street of that moon the true Beloved the sword of calamity rain ,
Beneath it the neck ,we have placed .The order is of God .

[2]   The regulation of piety ,we also know
But ,with our road - lost fortune ,remedy is what

[3]   The shaikh and the admonisher ,we seldom recognise
Either give the cup of wine or make the tale short .

[4]   I profligate and lover then repentance
seek pardon from God from God ,I seek pardon

[5]   Upon us ,not a reflection the glory of manifestations from the sun of Thy face fell :
O mirror of face Alas Thy hard heart ,alas

[6]   Bitter ,is patience fleeting is life
This being doomed to live how long shall I experience

[7]   Hafiz why complaineth thou ,if union thou desirest
In season and out of season ,it is necessary forthee to drink the blood of grief

[1]  Und regnet es Schwerter im Gau des Monds, So halte ich immer den Nacken hin.

[2]  Wir wissen nicht minder, was Sitte ist, Doch was ist mit bösem Gestirn zu thun!

[3]  Die Alten und Pred'ger versteh'n wir nicht, Den Becher und kurze Geschichten wohl.

[4]  Verliebt und betrunken nun Reue thun, Der Himmel bewahre, bewahre mich!

[5]  Von deinem Gesichte her schien kein Glanz, Ach Spiegelgesicht du bist zart und hell!

[6]  Das Dulden ist bitter, das Leben kurz, O fänd ich ein Mittel, zu ihr zu geh'n!

[7]  Was weinst du, Hafis, wenn du Liebe suchst? Muß es dir gefallen zu trinken Blut.

[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 .

[70]   To wine ,bind the heart ,so that ,like a man ,
The neck of hypocrisy and of piety thou mayst shatter .

[71]   Arise ,and ,like Hafiz ,an effort in the service of the Pir of tarikat make so that ,perchance ,
Thyself ,at the true Beloved's foot ,thou mayest cast .

[72]   Tis morning ; and ,droppeth hail from the cloud of the winter - month Bahman
The requisites of the morning cup ,prepare and give a cup of one ' man .'

[73]   The blood red wine of the cup ,drink for lawful is its blood
In the work of the cup ,engaged be ; for 'tis a work fit to be done .

[74]   If ,at dawn ,thee ,wine - sickness give headache ,
Verily ,best ,that the forehead of the vintner ,thou shatter .