[1]  O true Beloved the splendour of the moon - beauty the illusory beloved is from the illumined face of Thine
The lustre of beauteousness from the chin - dimple of Thine

[2]   My soul at the lip ready to depart in death desireth the sight of Thee
Back it goeth forth ,it cometh what order is Thine

[3]   By the revolution of Thy eye ,none obtained a portion of enjoyment
Best ,that they sell the veil of chastity to the intoxicated ones of Thine .

[4]   Our sleep - stained fortune will ,perchance ,become vigilant ,
On that account that a little water on its eye ,expressed that gleaming face of of Thine .

[5]   Along with the wind divine inspiration send from Thy cheek a handful of roses the viewing of God's glory
It may be that I may perceive a perfume of comfort from the dust of the rose garden of propinquity of Thine .

[6]   O Sakis of the banquet of Jam ,long be your life that is our desire .,
Although our cup be not full of wine at the circulation of the cup of yours .

[7]   O breeze messenger of desire from us ,to the dwellers of Yazd the people of God say
Be the head of those not recognising truths the dwellers of Shlraz the chaugan ball of yours .

[8]   From the plain of propinquity ,though we be far ,not far is desire
The slave of your King we are ,and the praise - utterer of yours

[9]   O King of Kings ,lofty of star for God's sake ,a blessing ,
That ,like the sky ,I may kiss the dust of the court of yours .

[10]   Hafiz uttereth a prayer .Listen say an amin
Be my daily food the lips sugar - scattering of Thine .

[1]  Der Mond der Schönheit borgt sein LichtVon deiner Wangen Strahlen,Der Glanz der Anmuth strahlet ausVon deines Kinnes Grübchen.

[2]  Des Sinnes dich zu schauen kamMein Geist auf meine Lippen,Soll er entfliehn? Soll er zurück?Was ist dein Herrscherwille?

[3]  Was nützet die EnthaltsamkeitDem, der dein Auge sah?Viel besser ists, die NüchternheitDem Trunknen nicht verkaufen.

[4]  Mein träges Glück, das lange schlief,Ist endlich aufgewachet,Der Schimmer deines AngesichtsHat ihm ins Aug' geblitzet.

[5]  Der Ostwind bring' mir einen StraußVom Rosenbusch der Wangen,Vielleicht wird mir dann sein GeruchVom Staube deines Gartens.

[6]  Ihr sollet leben, Euer WunschWerd' stets erfüllt ihr Schenken!Wiewohl mein Glas zu Eurer ZeitNicht einmal voll geworden.

[7]  Verwaiset ist mein Herz, o gebtHievon den Freunden Kunde!O Freunde! meine Seele istMit Euern Seelen Eines.

[8]  Kann mein versammeltes GemüthMit deines Haares Locken,Die ganz zerstreuet sind, o Gott!Sich je zusammen finden.

[9]  Gehst du vorbey, heb' auf den SaumVom Blute und vom Staube,Denn viele deiner Opfer sindAuf diesem Weg gefallen.

[10]  O Morgenwind zieh hin nach JesdSag denen, die dort wohnen,Der Kopf deß, der nicht dankbar istSey Eurer Ballen Schlägel.

[11]  Zwar bin ich weit von Euch entfernt,Doch ist mein Geist nicht ferne,Ich bin der Diener Eures SchahsUnd Euer Loberedner.

[12]  Ich habe Muth, ich fleh bey Gott!O höchster Schah der Schahe!Ich küß die Erde deines ZeltsWie das Gewölb des Himmels.

[13]  Horcht auf! es betet nun Hafis.Sagt Amen, denn er betet.Herr! gieb uns unser täglich BrodVom Zucker ihrer Lippen.

[1]  O breeze if by the bank of the river Araxes ,thou pass ,
Upon the dust of that valley ,a kiss express and thy breath from the perfumed dust musky make .

[2]   Salma's dwelling to whom ,momently ,from us ,a hundred salutations be ,
Full of the clamour of the camel - drivers and of the crash of the great bell ,thou seest .

[3]   The beloved's litter ,kiss then ,with soft emotion ,the request present ,
Saying O kind one from separation from thee ,I consume .Help

[4]   I who used to call the counsel of the counsellors love - forbidding the empty sound of the stringed instrument ,
Now ,since I have experienced the ear - rubbing torment of separation ,enough for me is this counsel .

[5]   Night - taking ,make pleasure without fear .For ,in love's city ,
With the chief of the patrol ,the night - prowler the holy traveller hath friendship .

[6]   O heart not the work of playing is love - playing .Play thy head life
If not ,with the chaugan of passion ,one cannot strike the ball of pure love .

[7]   To the intoxicated eye of the true Beloved ,Us own soul ,my heart with pleasure giveth
Although ,to none gave sensible ones their own will .

[8]   In sugar - land ,parrots other disciples urge their own pleasure by the aid of the perfect murshid
But ,through grief ,his wings about his head the wretched fly Hafiz beateth .

[9]   If to the nib of the friend's reed ,the name of Hafiz ascend ,
From His Majesty ,the King ,this that is supplicated is enough .

[1]  Wenn du vorbeigehst Ost am Ufer des AraxesSo küß' den Staub des Thals, durchwürze deine Seele.

[2]  Da wirst du Selma's Platz, den hundertfach ich küßteVoll vom Geschrey und Lärm der Karawanen finden.

[3]  Dort küße das Gepäck der Freundin, seufze klagend:Ich bin durch Flucht verbrannt, o helfe mir Geliebter!

[4]  Ich, dem eh guter Rath wie Lautenton verklungenMag jetzt durch Trennung klug denselben gerne hören.

[5]  Du schwärme bei der Nacht, denn in der Stadt der LiebeSind Schwärmer wohl bekannt dem Obersten der Wache.

[6]  Ganz eigen ist das Spiel der Liebe, setz den Kopf ausWenn du im Spiel verlangst den Ballen fortzuschlagen.

[7]  Mein Herz hat sich dem Aug des Freundes überlassenWiewohl Vernünftige sich Keinem überlassen.

[8]  Es schwelgt der Papagey im Zuckerfeld mit WohlbehagenDie arme Ameis schlägt aus Leid die Händ' zusammen.

[9]  Ich fleh' die Majestät des Schahes um Nichts Anders,Als daß Hafisens Nam' dem Kiel des Freundes entfließe.

[1]  Like the rose ,momently ,by thy fragrance ,the garment of my body ,
Rent ,I make from collar to skirt .

[2]   Thou mayst say The rose in the garden ,beheld thy body
Since like the intoxicated ,, the garment on its body ,it rent .

[3]   From the power of grief for thee ,with difficulty ,I bear life
But ,from me ,the heart easily thou tookest .

[4]   At the word of enemies watchers away from the friends lovers thou turnedest ;
With the friend ,enemy none becometh .

[5]   Thy body in the garment ,like sparkling wine in the cup :
Thy head in the chest ,like hard ,red iron in pure white silver .

[6]   O candle from thy eye ,rain tears like the cloud
For ,manifest to the people ,hath become the consuming of thy heart .

[7]   Do not ,so that ,from my breast ,the sigh liver - consuming
May ascend like smoke by way of the window .

[8]   My heart ,shatter not ; it ,under foot ,cast not ;
For in thy tress - tip ,its dwelling it hath .

[9]   Since to thy tress ,Hafiz hath bound his heart ,
In this way ,his work under foot ,cast not .

[1]  Deinem Geruche zu lieb, weil die Rose den Schleier zerreißet, Zerreiß' auch ich mein ganzes Kleid.

[2]  Auf den Fluren ersah dich die Rose, und ohne Besinnen Zerriß wie trunken sie ihr Kleid.

[3]  Schwer befrey' ich mein Herz aus der Hand der Schmerzen und Leiden, Und du befreiest so leicht dein Herz!

[4]  Ich verließ den Freund, von meinem Feinde beredet, O niemand sey den Freunden Feind.

[5]  Deinen Körper umhüllt das Gewand, wie den Nektar der Becher, Das Herz die Brust, das Gold der Stein.

[6]  Träufle, Kerze, herab! o träufle Thränen in Fluthen! Dein Herzensbrand sey allen kund!

[7]  Thue mir Nichts, sonst steigt von meinen verbrennenden Seufzern Der Rauch empor wie vom Kamin.

[8]  Brich nicht das arme Herz, und wirf es mir nicht vor die Füße, Es ist geknüpfet an dein Haar.

[9]  Da Hafis sein Herz an deine Locken geknüpft hat, So wirf es mir nicht vor den Fuß.

[1]  When to reach His skirt the dust of His path ,I become ,His skirt He shaketh from me
If I say : In love my heart ,return ,His face ,He turneth from me ,

[2]   To every one ,He displayeth His hued cheek like the red rose ,
If I say : Thy face from others conceal : In grief at that His face ,He concealeth from me

[3]   To my eye ,I spake saying At last ,Him once fully behold
It the eye said Perchance thou wishestthat a stream of blood should pour from me .

[4]   Thirsty for my blood ,He and for His blood ,I .So that when it happeneth ,
My desire I will take from Him ; or justice revenge He will take from me .

[5]   If ,like Farhad ,my life in bitterness issueth ,there is no fear
Many sweet tales remain behind of me .

[6]   If before Him ,like the candle ,I die ,at my grief ,He laughcth like the morning
If I grieve ,His tender heart is grieved against me .

[7]   Friends for His mouth ,behold ye my life ,I gave
Say : How for a trifling matter ,He keepeth back from me .

[8]   Hafiz conclude .For ,if in this way ,love's lesson thou read ,
In every corner ,love uttereth tales of me .

[1]  Wenn ich der Staub der Freundinn bin, So reinigt sie den Saum von mir, Und wenn ich sage: kehr' dein Herz So kehret sie sich ab von mir.

[2]  Sie zeigt ihr schönes Angesicht Der ganzen Welt den Rosen gleich, Und wenn ich sage: deck' es zu, So decket sie es zu vor mir.

[3]  Ich sprach zu meinem Aug', o schau', Sie einmal an mit einem Blick; Mein Auge sprach zu mir: Willst du Es fließ' ein blut'ger Strom von mir.

[4]  Sie dürstet stets nach meinem Blut, Nach ihren Lippen dürste ich, Erhalte ich vielleicht mein Ziel, Rächt sie sich wohl vielleicht an mir.

[5]  Entflöhe mir aus Bitterkeit Die Seele, wie Ferhaden einst, So macht es nichts, es bleiben einst Der süßen Sagen viel von mir.

[6]  Wenn ich wie Kerzen vor ihr steh', Lacht sie wie's Morgenroth zum Gram; Und wenn ich böse drüber bin, So zeiget sie sich böse mir.

[7]  Ihr Freunde! eines Kusses halb Gäb' ich die ganze Seele hin, Seht! wegen solcher Kleinigkeit Bleibt sie zurück im Lauf mit mir.

[8]  Versiegle doch dein Wort Hafis, Denn wenn du so die Liebe singst, So singet vor in jeder Eck' Die Liebe Zaubereien mir.

[1]  Efforts ,a thousand ,I made that ,my true Beloved ,Thou shouldst be ;
That the desire - giver of my sorrowful heart ,Thou shouldst be .

[2]   O true Beloved since the lamp of my eye ,Thou madest night alive keeper watchful
The consoler of my hopeful heart ,Thou shalt be .

[3]   When to slaves ,Khusraus of darkish beauty behave kindly ,
In the midst ,the Lord of my work thou shouldst be .

[4]   By that cornelian mouth by the way whereof ,bloody of heart ,I am ,
If complaint ,I make ,my mystery - keeper ,thou shalt be .

[5]   In that sward where idols beloved ones the hand of lovers take ,
If ,from thy hand ,this hand - taking take place ,my idol ,thou shall be .

[6]   That a moment into the hut of sorrowful lovers ,Thou shouldst come
And ,a night ,the consoling friend of my sorrowful heart ,Thou shouldst be .

[7]   My slender prey becometh the rays of the sun ,
If ,a moment ,a deer like thee ,my prey thou be .

[8]   The three kisses that of Thy two lips ,my portion Thou hast made ,
If Thou give not ,my debtor ,Thou shalt be .

[9]   In sleep of midnight ,this desire I see
In place of streaming tears ,in my embrace ,thou shalt be .

[10]   Though I am the Hafiz the guardian of the city ,not worth a barley - corn I am
Perchance ,out of thy own liberality ,my beloved ,thou shalt be .

[1]  Tausend Mühe gab ich mir, Daß du meine Freundinn seyst, Daß du nach dem Wunsch Des verstörten Herzens seyst.

[2]  Daß die Lampe meines Aug's Vor dir angezündet sey, Daß dem hoffenden Gemüth Du Gefährt' und Leiter sey'st.

[3]  Wenn ein Kaiser voller Huld Sich herabläßt zu dem Knecht, Ist es sicher, daß indeß Du mein Herr und Kaiser sey'st.

[4]  Wenn ich einen Ballen mach' Aus des Herzens Blutrubin, Will ich, daß du mir hierob Tief und treu verschwiegen sey'st.

[5]  Daß wo Schöne auf der Flur Greifen um der Freundinn Hand, (Lieget es in deiner Hand) Du mir Augenweide sey'st.

[6]  Daß du einen Augenblick Zum Betrübten Herzen kommst, Daß du nur auf eine Nacht Meines Herzens Trauter seyst.

[7]  Mager, wie ich bin, ich fang' Ganz gewiß den Sonnenhirsch, Daß den jungen Hirschen gleich Du von mir erjaget sey'st.

[8]  Wenn die Küsse, welche mir Deine Lippen schuldig sind, Du nicht zahlest, weißt du wohl, Daß du dann mein Schuldner sey'st.

[9]  Keine Mittel find' ich auf, Meinen Wunsch erfüllt zu seh'n, Daß du nur durch eine Nacht Meiner Thränen Zeuge sey'st.

[10]  Hochberühmet wie Hafis Wäg' ich nicht erst Körner ab, Daß aus eignem Antrieb du Freund und Herzgeliebter sey'st.

[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