Who dedicates himself to the glass
Wherein the world mirrors itself
Lifts securely the veil
Which separates the worlds
Hafiz

We would do nought but good,
Else shall dishonor come
On the day when the flying soul
Hies backward to its home.
Hafiz

It is certain that who his mind
In his friend concentered has
Has good luck to his handmaid
Higher than the Understanding
Is the cabinet of love,
Who has his soul in his own sleeve
Kisses only the door.
The mouth of the friend perchance
Is the seal of Solomons hand
Which under the power of a ruby
Has the world at command
My friend has a musk down
And lips like fireglow
I will flatter the beauty finely
Who has this & that.
As long as thou art in the earth
Use occasion, work & climb
Since the Grave has a plenty

Spare thou neither time nor blood for thy friend
Sacrifice also a hundred souls for one drink
Hafiz

No physician has a balsam for my wo
I am only sound or sick thro my friend
Hafiz

If thy darling favor thee
Both worlds thou mayest defy
Let fortune stand thy friend
Armies encamp against thee in vain
Hafiz

Our Shah's counsel is the efflux
Of higher light
See thou have, if thou draw nigh him,
Clear vision.
Take the wish for his greatness
Into thy prayer
Since the ear of his heart
Converses with angels
Hafiz

For his constant dwelling place has Hafiz
Once for all chosen the wine-house
So chooses the lion the wood for his abode
And the bird the plain
Hafiz

I never went out of my country
In all my life
Hafiz

Blame me not thou hoarse preacher
Did not the Creator know
Who set me on fire with this flame
Whom I ought to love?
Hafiz