[1]  Without the true Beloved's beauty ,inclination for the world ,my soul hath not
O God I swear every one who this the Beloved's beauty hath not ,that the soul hath not .

[2]   A trace of that Heart - Ravisher ,with none ,I beheld
No news of him ,have I He ,a trace hath not .

[3]   In this path of love ,every drop of night dew sin is a hundred fiery waves
Alas explanation ,or revelation ,this subtlety of love hath not .

[4]   From the hand ,one cannot give the stage of contentment .
O camel - driver of the East lower the chattels of thy existence and stay for this path of the desert of avarice limit hath not .

[5]   The harp ,bent of form ,calleth thee to joy
Hearken for any injury to thee ,the counsel of old men hath not .

[6]   O heart from the muhtasib ,learn profligacy
Intoxicated ,he is ; yet of him this suspicion of intoxication any one hath not .

[7]   The circumstances of the treasure of Karun which ,to the wind of destruction Time gave .
Utter ye to the rose - bud the miser so that its gold ,hidden ,it have not .

[8]   If the companion himself be the candle ,from him conceal mysteries :
For that bold one ,head severed ,ligature bridle on his tongue ,hath not .

[9]   A slave like Hafiz ,any one in the world hath not .
For ,a king like thee ,any one in the world hath not .

[1]  Vernimm, daß ohne Lieb' die Welt Für Seelen keinen Zauber hat, Und daß, wer nicht so denkt und fühlt, Fürwahr gar keine Seele hat.

[2]  Noch gegen keinen hab' ich Gunst Von diesem Herzensdieb geseh'n, Es sey nun, daß ich es nicht weiß, Es sey, daß keine Gunst er hat.

[3]  Es liegt in jedem Tropfen Thau Auf diesem Weg ein Feuermeer, O Schade, zehnmal Schade ist's, Dies Räthsel keine Lösung hat. Wohl wenig Reiz und Freude hat Das Leben ohne einen Freund, Woher kommt es, daß ohne Freund Das Leben wenig Reize hat?

[4]  Vom Posten der Zufriedenheit Kann ich unmöglich weiter gehen, O Karawanenführer bleib', Weil dieser Weg kein Ende hat.

[5]  Die krummgebogne Laute ruft Zur Freude, zum Vergnügen auf, O hör' sie, weil der Alten Rath Kein Unheil noch verursacht hat.

[6]  Des Rausches Sitte lernest du, O Herz, am besten von dem Vogt, Denn sieh', er ist berauscht, wiewohl Kein Mensch hievon den Argwohn hat.

[7]  Was dem Karun, mit seinem Schatz, In alter Zeit einst widerfuhr, Dies sagt die Rose, die ihr Gold Vor allen Leuten offen hat.

[8]  Scheint dir der Nebenbuhler gleich Ein Licht, versteck' dein Herz, Weil dieser Schelm, und Schwätzermund Kein Band auf seiner Zunge hat. Betrachtest du beim Licht den Mann, Dem du den Namen Meister giebst, So siehest du, daß er zwar Kunst, Doch keinen Vers, der fließet, hat.

[9]  Kein Mensch hat in der ganzen Welt Solch einen Diener, wie Hafis, Weil Niemand in der ganzen Welt, Wie er, solch einen Herren hat.

[1]  O light of my eye the holy traveller a matter there is ,hear
Since thy cup of love for God is full cause others to drink ; and thyself drink .

[2]   In love's path ,Ahriman's temptations are many
Sense keep and to Surush's message the ear of the heart put .

[3]   Ruined became subsistence remaineth not the means of joy
O harp the wail of grief draw out O drum exult .

[4]   Thee ,intoxication's delight ,the rosary and the khirka men of outward forms hypocrites give not
In this matter ,of the wine - seller the murshid ,perfect and excellent blessing demand .

[5]   With experience ,old men utter words to thee ,I said
Ho O son that old thou mayst become ,counsel hear .

[6]   On the sensible one the philosopher and the man of reason the chain ,love's hand placeth not
Thou wishest to draw through thy hand the tress of the Friend ,sense abandon .

[7]   In respect to life and property ,for friends lovers of God need is none
A hundred lives ,the ransom for the true Beloved make counsel hear .

[8]   O Saki perfect murshid void of pure wine ,be not thy cup
On me ,dreg - drinker ,an eye glance of favour make .

[9]   When ,in the gold scattering kaba ,thou ,intoxicated ,passest ,
To Hafiz ,wool - wearer ,Safi one kiss ,present .

[1]  From the heart - desiring ruby lip of the true Beloved ever is my ease
And my work to desire ,al hamdu - 1 - illah

[2]   O obstinate fortune Him ,to thy bosom ,tightly draw
Drink ,sometimes ,the cup of gold sometimes ,the heart - desiring ruby lip

[3]   Us ,in intoxication ,tales told ,
The ignorant Pirs and road - lost Shaikhs .

[4]   Of the zahid's word ,we repented
And of the 'abid's deed ,we seek the pardon of God .

[5]   O soul the explanation of separation ,how shall I utter
Together are An eye and a hundred humidities tears a stricken soul and a hundred sighs .

[6]   Let not the Kafir see experience this grief that hath seen experienced
The cypress from thy lofty stature and the moon from thy luminous cheek .

[7]   From Hafiz's memory ,the desire of Thy face took made forgotten
The prayer of the night - time and the lesson of the morning - time .

[8]   The patched garment is the zunnar the mystic cord of the path of tankat
Sufi this way and usage ,cast down .

[9]   Once ,by His face ,pleasant was my time
On account of union with the Beloved ,a hundred lauhash allah

[10]   Away from the path of His service ,I turn not my face
Up from the dust of His court ,I lift not my head .

[1]  Der Herzrubin erfreut mich stets, Mir geht's nach Wunsch, Gott sey's gedankt!

[2]  O Loos, zieh' ihn an deine Brust, Zieh' bald das Glas, bald den Rubin.

[3]  Im Rausche ward ich zum Gespräch Den Alten und Unwissenden.

[4]  Mich reuet, was der Fromme sprach, Und vor dem Mönche bewahr' mich Gott!

[5]  O Herz! fühlst du den Trennungsschmerz, Die hundert Thränen, hundert Ach!

[6]  Den Ketzer treff' nicht solcher Gram, Wie du dem Maale angethan. Den Liebenden gedeiht Geduld, Darum begehr' Geduld von Gott. Mein Gurt ist das befleckte Kleid, O Frommer laß das Gaukelspiel. In seinem Anschaun freut' ich mich, Gott wehre mir nicht den Genuß. Ich wende mich vom Dienst nicht ab, Im Staube bleibt mein Kopf versenkt.

[7]  Hafis vergaß durch dein Gesicht Das Nachtgebet, die Morgenzeit.

[1]  Now that in the palm of the rose the holy traveller is the cup of pure wine borrowed worldly existence
In its praise ,is the bulbul the flattering Friend with a hundred thousand tongues .

[2]   Seek the book of verse truths and subtleties and make way to the desert choose solitude
Tis the time of justice .What time is this for the College ,and the argument of the Kashf - i - Kashshaf

[3]   Yesterday ,the Head of the College was intoxicated and gave decision ,
Saying Wine is unlawful ,but is better than the property of legacies obtained by fraud

[4]   0 Slave no order is thine for the dregs bad or for the pure good Drink happily be content
For ,whatever our Saki Fate and Destiny did is the essence of grace and source of justice

[5]   Pluck up thy attachments to the people : take note of the work of solitude from the Anka that liveth in solitude
For ,the clamour of those sitting in solitude is from Kaf to Kaf .

[6]   The tale of claimants outward worshippers and the mean fancy of thy fellow - workers ,
Resemble the tale of the gold - stitcher and the mat - weaver .

[7]   Hafiz silence and these subtleties like pure red gold ,
Keep .For the false coiner of the city is the Banker .

[1]  Jetzt da die Rose das Glas Des reinsten Weins hält, Nachtigallengesang Entschallt den Büschen.

[2]  Nimm die Gedichte zur Hand, Und geh' auf Felder, Denn jetzt ist nicht die Zeit Der Schularbeiten.

[3]  Gestern betrank sich der Probst, Und gab das Fetwa: Besser sey noch der Wein Als Stiftungsgelder.

[4]  Lauterer, hefichter Wein Ist alles Eines, Was der Schenke mir giebt, Ist bloße Gnade.

[5]  Flieh die Bewohner der Welt, Dem Anka folge, Denn vom Kafe zum Kaf Erschallt der Klausner Namen.

[6]  Wer da vergleicht ein Gedicht Von andern, meinem! Der vergleicht das Gold Mit Binsenflechten.

[7]  Schweige Hafis und bewahr' Wie Gold das Wörtlein: Nimm dich fleißig in Acht, Denn es giebt Wuchrer.

[1]  The decision of the Pir of the Magians ,I have ; and an old saying ,it is ,
That unlawful is wine there ,where is neither the friend nor the companion .

[2]   This ragged religious garment of hypocrisy I will rend what shall I do
The society of the uncongenial nature is excruciating torment to the soul .

[3]   So that ,perchance ,on me ,the true Beloved's lip may scatter a draught
For that reason ,years dweller I have become at the door of the wine - house of love

[4]   Perchance ,passed from His memory hath my ancient service :
O morning breeze Him ,recollection of the ancient covenant ,give .

[5]   If ,after a hundred years ,Thy perfume blow over my dust ,
Forth from the clay of the grave its head the rotten bone dancing bringeth .

[6]   First ,from us ,with a hundred hopes ,the Heart - Ravisher took our heart
Apparently ,the covenant ,His merciful nature forgetteth not .

[7]   To the rose - bud the seeker who ,by not attaining the object of his heart ,is strait of heart speak ,saying : Of thy entangled work ,strait of heart be not
For ,from morn's breath ,and from the spirits of the breeze the perfect murshid aid thou wilt gain .

[8]   O heart thought of thy own welfare make by another door the door of the true Beloved
By the physician's treatment ,better becometh not the lover's pain .

[9]   The jewel of divine knowledge ,amass ,that ,it with thyself ,to the next world ,thou mayst take
For after thy death the portion of others is the wealth of gold and of silver .

[10]   Strong is the world's snare from it ,escape is impossible unless God's grace become thy friend ally
If not ,over Shaitan whelmed with stones ,Adam man prevailed not .

[11]   Hafiz if silver and gold thine be not ,what matter Be grateful .
Than the fortune of thy grace of speech ,and of thy gentle thought ,what better fortune

[1]  The splendour of youth's time the murshid's assembly again belongeth to the garden the holy traveller's existence
The glad tidings of divine glories of the rose the Beloved reacheth the bulbul the lover sweet of song .

[2]   O breeze if again thou reach the youths of the meadow the murshid's disciples
Convey our service of prayer to the cypress ,the rose ,and the sweet basil the murshid's disciples

[3]   If the young magian the khalifa ,showing the true Path wine - seller ,display such splendor of explanation
In thanks I will make myeye - lash the dust - sweeper of the door of the wine - house his dwelling

[4]   O thou that drawest ,over the moon of thy face the chaugan of purest ambergris the black tress
By concealing thy grace make not distraught of state ,me of revolving head .

[5]   This crowd that laugheth and carpeth at those lovers of God drinking the wine dregs of the wine of the love of God I fear
They will ,in the end ,ruin their Faith .

[6]   Be the friend of the men of God for ,in Nuh's ark the existence of the people of God
Was a little dust humbleness that purchased not the deluge the empire of the world for a drop of water .

[7]   Forth from the house of the sphere ,go and bread ,seek not .
For ,in the end ,this dark cup of avarice slayeth the guest .

[8]   To him ,whose last sleeping - place is with two handfuls of earth the grave
Say Thine what need ,to exalt the turrets to the sky

[9]   My moon of Kan'an my soul the throne of Egypt the rank of perfection the world of souls is thine
The time is that time when thou shouldst bid farewell to the prison of the body ,or of the world

[10]   Hafiz drink wine of love practise profligacy the concealing of secrets and be happy grieve not ,and grieved be not but ,
Like others ,make not the Kuran the snare of deceit .

[11]   Not even one mystery of the mysteries of the Absolute existence mayest thou know ,
If head bewildered of the circle of possibility ,thou be .

[12]   The land of liberty ,and the corner of contentment is a treasure ,
That ,by the sword ,the Sultan cannot attain .

[1]  Die Gärten blühn im frischen Reiz der JugendBulbul hört von der Rosen Freudenkunde.

[2]  O Morgenwind kömmst du zu jungen Wiesen,Grüß mir Basilikon, Cypreß, und Rose.

[3]  Wenn mich des Wirths Knabe süß liebkoset,So weih' ich meine Wimpern ihm zur Bürste.

[4]  Du der mit Ambraschlägeln Ballen spielestSchlag mich Geschlagenen nicht mehr zurücke.

[5]  Ich fürchte, jene, die der Trinker spotten,Verlieren ihren Glauben selbst in Schenken.

[6]  Sey Männern Gottes Freund, es ist ein StäubchenIm Schiffe Noahs, dem die Fluth nicht schadet.

[7]  Begehr' kein Brot, verlaß der Erde Gasthof!Der Erde Wirth ermordet seine Gäste.

[8]  Was brauchts Palläste die zum Himmel reichenFür jenen der zuletzt im Staube schlummert?

[9]  O Kanaan's Mond! dein ist der Thron AegyptensZeit ists den finstern Kerker zu verlassen. Ich weiß nicht was du willst mit deinen Locken:Dein Moschushaar auf diese Art verwirrend.

[10]  Hafis trink Wein, betrinke dich, sey froh,Mach nicht zuletzt zum Fallstrick den Koran.

[1]  Friendship in none ,I perceive .To friends what hath happened
Friendship ended when To friends what hath happened

[2]   Black of hue became the limpid ,gleaming water of life .Khizr ,auspicious of foot ,is where
From its own roseate colour ,the rose hath changed .To the spring - breeze what hath happened

[3]   None saith A friend preserved the right of friendship .
Those right - understanding ,what state hath befallen To friends what hath happened

[4]   Years it is since no ruby came from the mine of manliness
To the sun's heat ,to the wind's effort ,to the rains ,what hath happened

[5]   This land was the city of friends and the dust of kind ones
Friendship ,how ended To the city friends ,what hath happened

[6]   Into the midst ,the ball of grace and of liberality ,they Fate and Destiny have cast
In the plain to take up the ball none appeareth .To the horsemen the seekers of God that they keep back from happiness and from liberality what hath happened

[7]   Many a rose a created being hath blossomed no cry of a bird hath risen
To the nightingales lovers of God what hath chanced To those of a thousand notes lovers of God what hath happened

[8]   No sweet melody ,maketh Zuhra the murshid Perchance ,she hath consumed her lute tongue
Intoxication ,none desireth .To the wine - drinkers ,what hath happened

[9]   Hafiz divine mysteries ,none knoweth .Silence
Of whom ,askest thou saying To the state of Time's revolution ,what hath happened

[1]  Nirgends kann ich Freunde schauen, Was ist aus ihnen geworden? Wo ist Freundschaft? wo die Freunde? Was ist aus ihnen geworden?

[2]  Trübe ist des Lebensquelle, Wo ist der reinliche Chiser? Umgekehrt sind Wind und Rosen, Was ist aus ihnen geworden?

[3]  Keiner redet von den Freunden, Die Wort und Treue bewahren, Dankbarkeit, wohin entfloh sie? Was ist aus Freunden geworden?

[4]  Aus der Mine ihrer Gnaden Entsteigen nicht mehr Rubinen, Windepfleg' und Sonnenwärme Was ist aus ihnen geworden?

[5]  Diese Stadt war sonst der Wohnort Der Fürsten und der Verliebten, Was befiel denn die Verliebten? Was ist aus Fürsten geworden?

[6]  Gottesleitung, Himmelsgnade Ward uns als Spende geworfen, Keiner tummelt auf dem Platz sich, Was ist aus Reitern geworden?

[8]  Sohre singet nicht mehr lieblich, Hat sie die Leier verbrennet? Niemand freut sich mehr des Rausches, Was ist aus Trinkern geworden?

[9]  Schweige still Hafis, denn Niemand Erspäht Geheimniße Gottes, Welchen fragst du von dem Zeitlauf, Was ist aus selbem geworden?

[1]  The breeze of love's perfume ,I perceived and ,expectant of the flashing of the lightning of union ,became
O cool breeze of the north come for ,for the perfume of thy body ,I die

[2]   O song - uttering driver of the camels of the Beloved stand ,and alight
For ,in desire of the Beloved's beauty ,no patience is mine .

[3]   O heart the complaint of the night of separation ,let go
In thanks that the day of union hath up - cast the screen of the night of separation

[4]   O Friend come .For the seven - fold - rose tear shedding screen of the eye ,
On the writing of the workshop of Thy tender fancy ,I have drawn .

[5]   When the Beloved is in desire of peace ; and excuse asketh ,
In every state ,one can pass by and pardon the violence of the watcher .

[6]   In my straitened heart ,is naught save the fancy of Thy small mouth
Like me ,in pursuit of vain fancy ,be none

[7]   Slain by love for Thee ,became the stranger ,Hafiz ,but ,
By our dust ,pass for lawful to Thee is our blood .

[8]   Trodden by the foot of grief ,perturbed ,is my heart
Even as acquainted with its state is none .

[1]  Ich hab' den Schleier des Auges

[2]  Ich roch der Liebe Gerüche,Ich roch den Blitz des Genußes.Komm Morgenwind, denn ich möchteVor deinem Dufte vergehen.

[3]  Kameltreiber, der singendKamele locket, o warte!Denn voll von Sehnsucht nach SchönheitKann ich unmöglich dir folgen.

[4]  Mein Herz mach' einmal ein EndeDer Klagen über die Trennung,Es hat der Tag des GenußesZurückgeworfen den Schleier

[5]  Den siebenfachen verwendet,Der Fantasien Gemächer,Mit selben schön zu bekleiden.

[6]  Sobald das Liebchen sich freundlichErzeigt und Frieden begehret,Ist's leicht sich über die UnbildDes Nebenbuhlers zu trösten.

[7]  Es liegt im Winkel des HerzensNach deinem Munde die Sehnsucht;O laß' sich's Keiner gelüstenSolch einen Wunsch zu verfolgen!

[1]  O fragrant morning breeze the Angel of Death The Beloved's rest - place is where
The dwelling of that Moon ,Lover - slayer ,Sorcerer ,is where

[2]   Dark is the night the world and in front ,the path of the Valley of Aiman the desert of the Path
The fire of God's splendour from the olive bush of Tor where The time and the place of promise of beholding is where