[1]  The sleep of that thy seducing eye without something is not
The curl of that thy dishevelled tress ,without something is not .

[2]   Running from thy lip ,was milk in infancy when I spake ,
Saying : This sugar round about thy salt - pan mouth without something is not

[3]   Be thy life long for well I know
The arrow of thy eye - lash in the bow ,without something is not .

[4]   With the grief ,the pain ,the sorrow of separation ,thou art distressed
O heart this thy wailing and lamenting without something is not .

[5]   Last night ,from the head of his street ,the wind passed to the rose - garden
O rose this rent of thy collar ,without something is not .

[6]   Although the heart keepeth love's pain secret from the people ,
Hafiz This weeping eye without something is not .

[1]  Deiner Narziß' schelmischer Schlaf, ist nicht umsonst; Deines verwirrten Haars Geringel Ist nicht umsonst.

[2]  Als ich dich sah milchigen Munds sagte ich schon Diese Verschwendung deines Zuckers Ist nicht umsonst. Lippen und Mund sind ein verjüngender Quell; Aber am Kinn der Brunn des Grübchens Ist nicht umsonst.

[3]  Lange genug lebe vergnügt! Wenn ich gleich weiß Pfeile der Wimpern auf dem Bogen Sind nicht umsonst.

[4]  Kummer und Schmerz, Trennung und Gram, lasset auf immer Glaube mein Herz dieses Flehen und Klagen Ist nicht umsonst.

[5]  Gestern entfloh'n ihrem Gemach, Lüftchen der Flur Deine zerspaltne Brust o Rose! Ist nicht umsonst.

[6]  Halte dem Volk Liebesgefühl, immer versteckt; Augen Hafis! die Thränen weinen, Sie sind nicht umsonst.

[1]  Elderly of head ,into my head youthful love ,hath fallen
And that mystery of love that ,in the heart ,I concealed ,out hath fallen .

[2]   From vision's path ,the bird of my heart went soaring
O eye of my heart behold into whose snare ,it the bird of the heart hath fallen .

[3]   O sorrow that ,for that musky deer ,dark of eye ,
Like the musk - pod ,much heart's blood ,into my liver ,hath fallen .

[4]   From the thoroughfare of the gracious dust of the head of your street ,is
Every musk - pod that ,in the hand of the morning - breeze ,hath fallen .

[5]   Since thy eye - lashes drew forth the sword ,world - seizing ,
Many a slain one ,heart - alive the true lover it is that ,on each other ,hath fallen .

[6]   In this house of retribution the upspringing of the world
With the dreg - drunkards holy men whoever in strife fell ,out in wretchedness hath fallen .

[7]   If the valueless black stone give its own life ,it becometh not the valuable ruby :
What may it do With its original ill nature ,it ,the state of ill - nature hath befallen .

[8]   Hafiz whose happy hand hath the tress of idols ,
Into his head ,a very powerful rival is it the tress that hath fallen .

[9]   Lament that notwithstanding discernment ,that bird ,speech - weighing ,
Its path ,thought attacked and ,into the snare of danger ,it the bird hath fallen .

[1]  Die Liebe eines Jünglings ist In meinen greisen Kopf gefallen, Das Heimliche, was ich verbarg, Ist zu der Thür hinausgefallen.

[2]  Der Vogel meines Herzens ist Geflogen auf den Weg der Liebe, O habe darauf Acht, mein Aug', In wessen Netz er denn gefallen.

[3]  Ob der Gaselle, weh! o weh! Der Moschus haucht aus schwarzen Augen, Ist vieles Blut hinab in's Herz, Wie in die Moschushaut gefallen.

[4]  Als an dem Staube eurer Thür, Der Morgenwind vorbeigegangen, Ist jeder Duft, den er besitzt, In seines Odems Hand gefallen.

[5]  Seit das erobrungsreiche Schwert Die Wimpern aufgehoben haben, Sind todten Herzens, Lebende Zusammen auf den Platz gefallen. Von wem ward dieser Wind ernähr't, Daß in den Schenken alle Trunk'nen, Sobald sein Edensodem weht, Wie sinnenlos zusammenfallen.

[6]  Ich habe vom Vergeltungsrecht Auf dieser Erde viel erfahren, Wer Hefetrinkern Böses that, Ist in ein böses Loos gefallen. Zuletzt wird euch ein Herzensgram, Ein Herzensweh euch übermannen, Von dieser Gluth, die Herzen brennt, Die feucht und trocken ausgefallen. O weh! mit dieser Schlauigkeit Ist dieser wortgelehrte Vogel In leere Zweifel und Verdacht, Und endlich gar in's Netz gefallen.

[7]  Der schwarze Stein wird kein Rubin, Und opfert er auch selbst die Seele, Er ist in niedrige Natur Von seinem Ursprung hergefallen.

[8]  Hafis, der sonst das Handpferd ritt, Von aller schönen Lockenspitzen, Ist doch ein wunderlicher Tropf, Er ist vom Gaul auf's Haupt gefallen.

[1]  Ever intoxicated keepeth me the waft of air of the tress - curl of Thine .
Momently ruined maketh me the deceit of the eye of sorcery of Thine .

[2]   O Lord after such patience ,one can see a night
Whereon ,we may kindle the candle of our eye in the prayer - arch of the eyebrow of Thine .

[3]   The black tablet of vision ,I hold dear for the sake
That to the soul ,it is a book of the picture of the dark mole of Thine .

[4]   If Thou wish perpetually to adorn the world altogether
Tell the breeze that it should uplift awhile the veil from the face of Thine .

[5]   And if Thou wish to cast out from the world the custom of effacement
O true Beloved scatter Thy tress that it may shed thousands of souls from every hair of Thine .

[6]   Wretched ,I and the morning breeze two heads ,revolving without profit
Intoxicated ,1 ,from the sorcery of the eye of Thine it ,from the perfume of the tress of Thine .

[7]   O excellent the spirit that Hafiz hath of this world and of the next world ,
Naught cometh into his eye ,save the dust of the head of the street of Thine .

[8]   Every moment ,I used to consider the black pupil of the eye intent upon the blood of my heart ; and regarded it my enemy
This moment ,I hold it dear in memory of the dark mole whose form it hath of Thine .

[1]  Immer bin ich betrunken Vom Hauche deiner krausen Locken, Immer bin ich verstöret Vom Blicke deines Zauberauges.

[2]  Nach so vieler bestandner Geduld, o Herr! kann ich nicht einstens Auf der Brauen Altare Verbrennen meines Auges Kerze!

[3]  Sorgsam halt' ich in Ehren Den schwarzen Apfel meines Auges, Weil er gleichsam ein Abdruck Vom schwarzen Maal ist, für die Seele.

[4]  Wenn du wünschest, auf einmal Das ew'ge Leben uns zu zeigen, O so sage dem Ostwind: Daß er den Wangenschleier lüfte.

[5]  Wenn du wünschest, auf einmal Die Welt entkörpert ganz zu schauen, Lös' die Locken, es hangen An jedem Härchen tausend Seelen

[6]  Beide, ich und der Ostwind, Sind ein Paar verwirrter Thoren; Ich vom Zauber des Auges, Und er von dem Geruch des Haares.

[7]  Hoher Geist ward Hafisen! Von dieser Welt , und von der andern Springet nichts ihm ins Aug', als Der Staub der Schwelle deiner Thüre.

[1]  Those of lily perfume cause grief's dust to sit when they sit
Patience from the heart ,those of Parl - face take when they strive .

[2]   To the saddle - strap of tyranny ,hearts they bind when they bind
From the ambergris beperfumed tress ,souls they scatter ,when they scatter .

[3]   In a life - time ,with us a moment ,they rise ,when they sit ,
In the heart ,the plant of desire they plant ,when they rise up .

[4]   The tear of the corner - takers lovers they find ,when they find
From the love of morning - risers ,the face from love of them they turn not ,if when they know .

[5]   From my eye ,the pomegranate - like ruby bloody tears they rain ,when they laugh
From my face ,the hidden mystery ,they read ,when they look .

[6]   Where that one ,who the remedy of the lover's pain regardeth easy
Of remedy ,those who in thought are ,from thought distressed are .

[7]   In that presence ,the desirous ones bring grace ,when they bring supplication
To this court of God they call Hafiz when they cause him to die .

[1]  Mädchen mit dem Duft der Jasminen, Verscheuchen Gram, wenn sie sich setzen, Mädchen mit den Feengesichtern, Verscheuchen Ruh', wenn sie sich heben.

[2]  Siehe mit den Banden des Schmerzes Verbinden sie das wunde Herz, Von dem Haar durchwürzet mit Ambra Verstreuen sie auf dem Wege Seelen.

[3]  Sie verweilen wenig Sekunden, Sie gehen, sobald sie sich gesetzet. Steh'n sie auf, so pflanzen sie immer Den Zweig der Sehnsucht in die Herzen.

[4]  Wer da faßen kann die Betrübniß Der Einsamkeit, kann selbe faßen, Wer versteht die Farbe der Wangen Des Morgenfreunds, versteht derselbe.

[5]  Wenn sie lachen, regnet es Thränen Vom Auge, Thränen wie Rubinen, Wenn sie meine Wangen betrachten, Erspähen sie bald mein Geheimniß.

[6]  Manche, welche Heilung der Liebe, Für leicht, Arzney für nützlich halten, Bleiben, wenn sie drüber sich setzen, Und auf Arzneien sinnen, stecken.

[8]  Flehende zum Throne des Herren Beginnen ihr Gebet mit Klagen, Wenn vor ihrem Thron sich Hafis stellt, So ist's, daß er geprüfet werde.

[1]  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 .

[2]   Of the mystery of the lover and of the Beloved ,what gaineth the reproacher
The non - seeing eye especially seeth not a secret mystery .

[3]   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 .

[4]   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 .

[5]   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 .

[6]   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

[7]   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 .

[8]   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 .

[9]   Hafiz thee ,the fancy of the yoke of His tress fascinates
See ,so that the ring of impossible fortune ,thou shake not .

[1]  Deiner begehr' ich, o Freund, auch weiß ich, daß du es wissest, Denn du siehst und hörst ohne die Augen und Ohr'.

[2]  Wacker schmählst du auf das, was zwischen Liebenden vorgeht, Kann ein Blinder wohl heimliche Dinge versteh'n? Dein gekräus'tes Haar ist der Sammelplatz von den Herzen, Wehet der Wind, so wend' solche Zerstörung von uns.

[3]  Löse das Haar, und du bringst die Frommen zum Spiel' und zum Tanzen, Tausendfacher Reiz fällt dir aus jeglichem Ring.

[4]  Von dem Haar hängt Wunscherfüllung der schmachtenden Brust ab; Löse vor uns bei Gott! einen gekräuselten Ring.

[5]  Engel sahen in dir die übermenschliche Schönheit, Deßhalb fielen sie einst alle vor Adam auf's Knie.

[6]  Wind von den Locken des Freund's facht hell die Lampe des Aug's an, Gott bewahr'! daß der Wind diese Versammlung zerstör'!

[7]  Ach des nächtlichen Glücks! es zerrinnt mit dem Schlafe des Morgens, Lerne den Werth der Zeit jetzt in der bleibenden Stund.

[8]  Kundige Wandrer bekümmern sich um Gefährten der Reise, Durch die Erinn'rung des Freund's wird dir das Ungemach leicht.

[9]  Ein Haarring macht dir Hafis so viel zu schaffen, Sieh' umsonst ist's Bemüh'n nach dem Getriebe des Glücks.

[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 .