[1]  The heart is the chamber comprehender of love of His :
The eye is the mirror - holder displayer of the form of His .

[2]   I ,who incline not to the two worlds this and the next
My neck is beneath the burden of favour of His .

[3]   O zahid thou and the Tuba tree and we and the form of the true Beloved
Every one's thought of arrangement of affairs is to the limit of ambition of his .

[4]   If I be soiled of skirt ,what loss
For the whole world is the evidence of the innocence of his .

[5]   I ,who am in that holy place ,where the breeze
Is the screen - holder door - keeper of the fold of the dignily of His ,

[6]   Without His image ,be not the vision of thy eye :
For the reason that this corner of the eye is the special chamber of His .

[7]   Every new rose seeker that became sward - adorner
Is the mark of the colour and the perfume of His .

[8]   Passed the time of MajnQn the distraught lover and our turn it is
Every one ,a space of five days is the term of his .

[9]   The realm of being a lover of God and the corner of joy ,
All I have is from the favour of the fortune of His .

[10]   If I and my heart become ransom for the beloved what fear
The object in view is the safety of his .

[11]   Regard not his Hafiz's external poverty .For Hafiz's
Heart is the treasury of the love of His .

[1]  Herz! du bist der Schleier Ihrer Liebe Aug! du bist der Spiegel Ihres Glückes;

[2]  Bei den Welten neiget sich mein Kopf nicht, Ihre Gnade beuget meinen Nacken.

[3]  Du und Tuba, ich und Wuchs der Freundin, Jeder denkt was seinem Sinn gemäß ist.

[4]  Ist mein Saum befleckt, was hat's zu sagen, Wenn die Welt von Ihrer Reinheit zeuget,

[5]  Was kann mir in dem Hareme werden, Wo der Ost selbst vor der Thüre stehet.

[6]  Meinem Auge sey Ihr Bild nie ferne, Denn Ihr Kämmerlein ist dieser Winkel.

[7]  Frische Rosen die der Flur entblühen Blühen glänzend, duften wie Ihr Umgang.

[8]  Hin sind Medschnun's Tage, nun sind meine, Jeder kömmt fünf Tage an die Reihe;

[9]  Alles, Liebeherrschaft, Freudenschätze Alles nur ein Seegen Ihres Glückes.

[10]  Sey ich selber, sey mein Herz geopfert, Ists kein Schade, wenn nur Sie gesundet.

[11]  Schaut nicht auf Hafisens äußre Armuth Denn sein Busen ist der Schatz der Liebe.

[1]  One day ,when recollection of us thy musky reed maketh ,
It the reed will take reward : Two hundred slaves that free ,it maketh .

[2]   The messenger of Her Highness Salma to whom be safety -
What is it if ,with a kind salutation ,our heart joyous ,she maketh

[3]   Examine this Many a treasure of desire will they give thee ,
If prosperous ,one ruined like me ,thy favour maketh .

[4]   O Lord into the heart of that Khusrau Shirin Sultan Uvays cast the thought
That ,a passing in mercy ,by Farhad ,he maketh .

[5]   For the king -, than a hundred years of piety and of austerity ,better is
A Life to the extent of only an hour ,wherein justice ,he maketh .

[6]   Now ,me from foundation ,love's glance for thee hath taken
Let us see ,again ,what thy sage - like thought maketh .

[7]   Independent of our praise is thy pure essence
With beauty God - given ,thought of the attirer ,who maketh

[8]   Into Shiraz we travelled not to our desire ,
Joyful the day ,when in the service of Sultan Uvays way to Baghdad ,Hafiz maketh .

[1]  Wenn sich dein Moschuskiel einmal an uns erinnert, Ist's gleich, als lös'test du zweyhundert Sklaven aus.

[2]  Der Bothe Selma's, (Heil sey über ihr beschieden) Was ist's, wenn er mit Gruß mein armes Herz erfreut,

[3]  Versuch' es, einen Schatz wird man zum Lohn dir geben, Wenn du ein wüstes Feld dem meinen gleich bebaust;

[4]  O Herr! wirf in das Herz Chosrus Schirinens Milde, Er schonet dann mit Huld Ferchadens armes Haupt.

[5]  Weit beßer ist's, der Fürst thut Recht in einer Stunde, Als wenn er hundert Jahr' nur in Betrachtung lebt.

[6]  Durch Schmeichelei'n hast du des Herzens Bau zerstört, Wenn's weise ist, was soll nun es von neuem bauen!

[7]  Dein reines Leben ist des Lobes nicht bedürftig, Schminkt wohl die Kräuslerin, die schlichte Schönheit der Natur?

[8]  Hafis fand seinen Wunsch nicht in Schirasens Mauern, Beglückt der Tag, an dem er einst nach Bagdad reis't.

[1]  In the tavern of the Magians ,God's light I see
This wonder ,behold what the light is and where it ,I see .

[2]   O King commander of the Hajj to me ,boast not of dignity .For ,thou
Seest the house the Ka'ba and God's house ,I see .

[3]   From the tress of idols ,musk - loosening perfuming I will make ,
Far ,is thought from realisation verily ,Khata Cathay ,a mistake 1 see .

[4]   O true Beloved the heart's consuming ,the streaming tears ,the night - weeping ,the morning - sigh
All this calemity of grief from the sight of Thy grace ,I see .

[5]   Momently ,my fancy a picture of Thy face way - Iayeth
To whom ,shall I utter what things within this veil of thought I see .

[6]   Of the musk of Khutan and of the musk - pod of Chin ,none hath seen
What ,from the fragrant morning breeze of the east every morning 1 see .

[7]   Friends at Hafiz's glancing ,carp not
For ,him of the crowd of the lovers of God I see .

[1]  Ich werde in der Magenschenke Das Licht des Herren sehen. O schau' das Wunder! welcher Schimmer, Und wo kann ich ihn sehen? O Herr wer trinkt in dieser Schenke, Wer trinket wohl der Hefen? Denn Flehende sind an der Thüre, Wie am Altar zu sehen. Das Amt der Liebenden, der Trunknen Und süße Schmeicheleien, Dieß alles werde ich durch Eure Gefälligkeit noch sehen.

[2]  O prahle nicht du Fürst der Pilger Zu viel mit deinem Glücke, Du hast den Tempel, ich hingegen Des Tempels Herrn gesehen.

[3]  Ich möchte aus der Schönen Locken Den Moschus gerne ziehen. Doch dieses heißt weit in die Ferne Bis nach Chataja sehen.

[4]  Des Herzens Brand und Thränenströme Und Seufzer bis am Morgen, Dies Alles werde ich durchs Eure Gefälligkeiten sehen.

[5]  Mit jedem Augenblicke stellet Dein Bild sich mir im Wege; Wem kann ich sagen, was im Träume Vergönnt mir ist zu sehen?

[6]  Noch Keiner hat von Moschusblasen, Und von dem Morgenwinde Gesehn, was ich an jedem Morgen Im Stande bin zu sehen. Ein Mittelpunkt im Kreis der Einheit Besteht; nicht mehr nicht minder. Und ohne wie und ohne welches Vermag ichs einzusehen.

[7]  O Freunde tadelt nicht Hafisen, Weil er so liebeäugelt, Ich hab' in Ihm zu allen Zeiten Nur Euren Freund gesehen.

[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 .

[75]   Saki at hand to give the cup be for ,in ambush for us ,is grief
Minstrel so that grief may not reach us keep this very path of song that thou singest .

[76]   Give wine for ,the secret to my ear ,the harp hath brought and said
Happily pass life and ,hear this bowed Pir the harp

[77]   Hafiz by the independence of profligates ,I conjure thee drink wine ,
So that ,thou mayst hear the song of the Singer ,God the Independent One .

[78]   Into the sea of self and self - praise ,I am fallen .Bring
Wine ,so that freedom from self and self - praise me ,it may give .

[79]   Hafiz in the rivulet of the eye ,the plant of thy stature
Drank blood ,and established fruit .It thou wishest to up - pluck .

[80]   O thou who ,in our slaughter ,mercy exercisest not
Profit and capital ,thou consumest manliness ,thou showest not .

[81]   Deadly poison ,the sorrowful ones of calamity lovers ,sorrowful through sepa - ration from thee drink
The design of slaying this tribe of lovers is dangerous .Take care that it ,thou doest not .

[82]   Since ,with a corner of thy eye ,our grief it is possible to take ,
The part of justice it is not ,that our remedy for freedom from grief thou makest not .