[1]  A piece of advice ,I make thee listen make no excuse
Whatever the kind admonisher saith to thee ,accept .

[2]   With those of youthful face ,the enjoyment of union take up
For ,in ambush of life ,is the deceit of the old world .

[3]   Before lovers of God the affluence of both worlds is as a barley - corn
For ,that world is of little merchandise and this world of little value .

[4]   A pleasant companion ,I desire ; and some music with an instrument
That ,to the wail of bass and of treble ,I may utter my pain .

[5]   On that ,I am intent that I drink no wine ,and commit no sin ,
If fate be concordant with my desire .If not ,I am helpless

[6]   When ,without my presence ,they Fate and Destiny made God's decree of eternity without beginning ,
If a little ,not in accordance with fate ,be from me carp not .

[7]   O Saki into my cup ,pour pure wine like the ruddy tulip ,
That ,from my mind ,depart not the picture of the idol's mole .

[8]   The ruby cup of bounty ,bring ; and the pearl of beautiful water lustrous verse
Tell the envious one The liberality of an Asaf ,behold and die

[9]   A hundred times ,with the resolve of repentance ,out of my hand the goblet ,I put :
But ,desisting from wine ,the Saki's glance maketh not .

[10]   Wine two years old the Kuran and the beloved fourteen years old
For me ,this indeed is enough ,the society of the small the two years and of the great the fourteen years

[11]   Our affrighted heart ,who hindereth
To Majnun ,escaped from chains ,give ye news .

[12]   Hafiz in this banquet - place ,utter not the tale of repentance as to wine
For ,thee ,with the arrow ,the Sakis of bow eye - brow will strike .

[13]   For the utterance of Khaju and the verse of Salman what room
For ,better than the beauteous verse of Zahir is the verse of Hafiz .

[1]  Sagt ich nicht o Herz! vor den Locken hüt' dich,Denn es werden Winde drinnen gefesselt.

[2]  Einen Rath will ich dir ertheilen, hör' michKeine Ausflucht, was dir der Freund sagt, thue.

[3]  Mache zum Gewinn den Genuß der Schönen;Denn das Schicksal lauert im Hinterhalte.

[4]  Erd' und Himmel gilt bei Verliebten wenig;Denn der Preis ist groß und die Waare winzig.

[5]  Einen Trauten wünsch' ich und eine Flöte,Daß ich beiden meine Gefühle klage.

[6]  Nimmer Wein zu trinken entschlossen bin ich,Wenn nur auch das Loos den Entschluß begünstigt

[7]  Da das Schicksal uns nicht um Rath gefragt hat,Will ich, wenn es mir nicht behagt, nicht schmälen.

[8]  Gieß' mir Moschuswein in den Becher Schenke!Daß aus meinem Innern dein Maal nicht schwinde.

[9]  Bring' des Wein's Rubin, des Sorbets Perlen,Sag' zum Neid: betrachte die Großmuth, sterbe!

[10]  Reuig setzt ich oft den Becher nieder;Doch der Schenke hört nicht auf zu schmeicheln.

[11]  Wein von zwey und Mädchen von vierzehn JahrenSind mein Umgang, Alte und Junge sprech' ich.

[12]  Wer vermag zu halten mein Herz! nun so schreyt denn:Aufgeschaut! ein Rasender ist entlaufen. Wer vergleicht meinen Gedichten Selman'sVerse? Sie besingen Soheir's Lieder.

[1]  O thou dainty cypress of beauty that with grace sweetly movest
Momently ,to lovers ,are a hundred needs of Thy grace .

[2]   Auspicious be the dress of honour of Thy beauty .For ,in eternity without beginning ,
To thy cypress stature ,they fate and destiny cut a garment of grace .

[3]   Whose is desire for the perfume of the ambergris of thy tress ,
Say On the consuming fire like the aloe - wood fuel consume and be content .

[4]   Through the candle ,heart - consuming was the moth's lot
Without the candle of Thy cheek ,melting was my heart's lot

[5]   The Sufi who ,last night ,without Thee ,had repented of wine
Broke his covenant of austerity and practised love when open he beheld the door of the wine - house the stage of love and of divine knowledge

[6]   Through the watcher's reproof ,altereth not my proof of value
If me ,like gold ,they cut in the mouth of the shears .

[7]   The heart that ,from the circuit of the Ka'ba of Thy street ,gained news ,
Through desire for that sacred fold of Thy street ,no wish for Hijaz the Ka'ba hath .

[8]   Momently ,with blood tears of the eye ,ablution what profit ,when there is not
Permitted for me the prayer without the arch of Thy eye - brow

[9]   Like the intoxicated cup at the head of the jar ,palm - clapping ,went
Hafiz who ,last night ,from the lip of the cup ,the mystery of divine knowledge heard .

[1]  Cypreße der Schönheit, die duLieblich schwankend einher gehst,Um deine Liebkosungen flehnMit jedem Augenblick Verliebte.

[2]  Es möge der Schönheit GewandImmer glücklich dich kleiden,Von Ewigkeit her wurde das MaaßNach deinem Cederwuchse genommen.

[3]  Derjenige, den nach dem DuftDeines Ambra's verlangetSoll einst wie die Aloe aufDer Gluth zerschmelzen und vergehen.

[4]  Der Schmetterling brennet am LichtIm Genuße der Liebe,Hingegen zerschmilzet mein HerzVom Lichte deiner Wangen ferne.

[5]  Ein Frommer der gestern alleinWein und Gläser bereute,Zerbrach seine Gelübde als erEröffnet sah der Schenke Thüre.

[6]  Der Neider Versöhnung benimmtMeinem Werth nicht das Kleinste,Sie mögen wie Gold in dem MundDes Schmelzetiegels mich zerschmelzen.

[7]  Ein Herz, das als Pilger die StadtDeines Mundes besucht hat,Verlanget sich nimmer zu gehenNach Mekka durch Hedschasen's Wüste.

[8]  Was nützet es mir wohl mit BlutMich beständig zu waschen,Denn ohne den Bogen der Brau'nIst alles mein Gebet ungültig.

[9]  Als Trunkener schlägt heute HafisSeine Hände zusammenDenn gestern vernahm er vom MundDes lieben Schenkens ein Geheimniß.

[1]  Although old ,shattered of heart ,powerless ,I have become ,
Whenever I recollected Thy face ,made ,young I became .

[2]   Thanks to God that whatever ,from God ,I sought ,
To the limit of my spirit ,prosperous I became .

[3]   O young rose - bush the fruit of fortune enjoy for ,
Beneath Thy shade ,the bulbul of the world's garden I became .

[4]   At first in eternity without beginning of the word and the cry of the world no news was mine
In the school of grief for thee O murshid a subtlety - knower like this I became .

[5]   To the tavern the stage of divine knowledge me ,fate consigneth so that ,thence ,profit and advantage I may reap
As much as like this a sage I go and like that a zahid I became .

[6]   To my heart ,the door of reality became opened that day
When ,of the dwellers of Thy court ,the Pir of the Magians ,I became .

[7]   In eternal fortune's highway to fortune's throne ,
With the cup of wine ,to the desire of the heart of friends I went .

[8]   From that time when the calamity wound of Thy eye reached me ,
From the terrible calamity of the end of Time the last age of this world safe I became .

[9]   Not old in years and months ,am I the faithless friend ,it was ,
Who ,swiftly ,like swift life ,passeth by me from grief of that ,old ,I became .

[10]   Last night ,me ,glad tidings ,he the Pir of the Magians ,the perfect murshid gave ,saying Hafiz
Come back ; for the pardon of thy sins ,surety I became .

[1]  Zum Greise ward ich nichtDurch Monde und durch Jahre,Die Falsche gieng vorbei,Da bin ich alt geworden.

[2]  Ich bin zwar alt und krankUnd kräftelos geworden,Allein ich dachte dein,Und bin dann jung geworden.

[3]  Es sey gelobt der Herr!Und was ich bat den Herren,Ist mir nach meinem WunschDurch mein Bemüh'n geworden.

[4]  O junger Dornenstrauch!Genieße deines Glückes,In deinem Schatten binIch zum Bülbül geworden.

[5]  Ich wußte lange NichtsVom Ton und Laut der Welten,Durch deinen Gram bin ichBekannt damit geworden.

[7]  Das ew'ge Loos hat michZum Schenkendienst bestimmet,Was ich auch anders that,Ich bin nun so geworden.

[8]  Ich bin am Weg des GlücksAuf einem SchicksalsthroneMit einem Glas voll WeinZu Wunsch dem Freund geworden.

[10]  Mit jener Stunde, daDein böses Aug' mir zukam,Bin ich nicht mehr besorgtUm's Künftige geworden.

[1]  For the sake of love's existence are man and Pari ,
A little pure desire ,show ,so that a great happiness in attaining to true love thou mayst achieve .

[2]   Khwaja strive portionless of .love be not
For none buyeth the slave with the defect of being void of skill .

[3]   The wine of the morning draught ,and the sweet sleep of dawn ,how long
For pardon strive by the supplication of mid - night ; and ,with the weeping of the morning .

[4]   O dainty one ,sorcery - player what doll art thou thyself
Neither in front of the eye art thou nor hidden from vision art thou .

[5]   A thousand holy souls consumed on account of this jealousy ,
For ,every morning and evening ,the candle of another assembly thou art .

[6]   The message from me to His Highness Asaf ,who taketh ,
Saying Recollect two hemistiches of mine in Dan verse

[7]   Come ,so that ,even so ,the world's way I may behold
If ,examination ,thou wilt make ,wine ,thou drinkest and grief ,sufferest not .

[8]   On thy head of beauty ,aslant in pride be not the crown of sovereignty
For ,the beauty of fortune ,and worthy of throne and of the crown of gold ,thou art .

[9]   By the perfume of Thy tress and Thy cheek ,go and come ,
The morning breeze for acquiring from Thy tress the power of perfume - diffusing ,and the rose for acquiring from Thy cheek splendour .

[10]   Since ,prepared of vision ,thou art not ,union ,seek not ,
For ,no good doeth the world - viewing cup of Jamshid at the time of being without vision .

[11]   Turneth calamity the prayer of the corner - sitters
With a corner of thy eye ,at us corner - sitters wherefore lookest thou not

[12]   O beloved come and ,from us ,with the capital of thy beauty ,sovereignty purchase
Careless of this matter ,be not ,lest sorrow thou suffer .

[13]   Love's Path is a path wonderfully dangerous ,
We seek refuge in God If to a place of safety ,the path thou take not .

[14]   By the blessing of the prayer of Hafiz ,is hope that again
I may see the traces of glories of my Laila the true Beloved in the path of the night ,luminous with the moon .

[1]  Menschen und Feen sind ungebetene Gäste der Liebe, Zeige mir Willenskraft, sicher entführst du das Glück.

[2]  Suche keinen Genuß, wenn du nicht im Stand bist zu schauen, Denn der Spiegel Dschemschids nützet den Sehenden nur.

[3]  Morgentrunk und Morgenschlaf, wie lange noch währt dieß? Sinn' auf Entschuldigung, höre das Morgengeschrey.

[5]  Tausend heilige Seelen, sie sind entbrennet voll Eifer, Weil du Abends und früh Anderen haltest das Licht.

[7]  Komm', ich habe so viel aus langer Erfahrung gelernet, Welcher das Weinglas leert, leeret die Sorgen auch aus.

[8]  Niemals sey der Wipfel von deiner Cypresse gekrümmet, Denn wahrhaftig du bist würdig der Krone des Throns.

[9]  Rosen und Ostwind kommen und gehen mit Glanz und Gerüchen, Diese vom Dufte des Haars, jener vom Licht des Gesichts.

[11]  Winkelsitzergebet verhütet Schaden und Unglück. Warum blickest du nicht mir nach dem Winkel des Aug's? Was soll ich thun, verwirrt von der Trennung, und von dem Genuße? Immer bist du im Aug', aber von Angesicht fern.

[12]  Komm' und kaufe die Herrschaft von uns mit dem Schatze der Schönheit, Sorge dafür, daß du's nicht mögest verzehren umsonst. Höre den Meister, und sey nicht ganz entblößet von Liebe, Niemand kaufet den Knecht, wenn er nicht Tugenden hat. Jegliche Nachricht öffnet das Thor zu neuen Geschäften, Deßhalb bin ich berauscht, bin so verloren und irr'. Zeige mir doch den Weg in diesen finsteren Gängen. Schon tönt Morgengebet, tönet das Morgengeschrey.

[13]  Wunderlich ist der Weg der Lieb' und voll von Gefahren, Laßt uns flüchten zu Gott, daß er uns Sicherheit geb'. Siehe! sie kommen und gehen in Hoffnung des Duftes der Locken, Winde verstreuen das Roth, Rosen bedienen sich deß. Durch die Schmerzen der Freundinn bin ich auf ewig gebunden, Hin ist mein Leben durch sie, aber mich kümmert es nicht. Kennet der Unerfahrene wohl die heimlichen Freuden? Wollte Gott, ich hätt' Kräfte zu Freuden des Gau's! Mein Geheimniß, o Freund! ist durch die Thränen verrathen, Du erbarme dich mein, der zur Genüge mich kennt! Trockenen Mund's gieng ich vorbei am Wasser des Lebens, Hilf mir, Schenke, o hilf, reich' mir vom lautersten Trunk! Wenn Hafis für dich einst stirbt, an der Schwelle der Thüre Wird ihm durch den Tod ewiges Leben zu Theil.

[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 .