هات اِسقِني مِن ريق ثَغرٍ حالي

هات اِسقِني مِن ريق ثَغرٍ حالي

فَلطالما الهجرانُ غَيَّر حالي

فَلطالما الهجرانُ غَيَّر حالي

Bring me a drink of the saliva of a sweet mouth.

Give me a drink from your sweet lips

For estrangement has so often changed my state.

For separation has long changed my state

وَلطالما سهرَت لبُعدِك مقلتي

وَلطالما سهرَت لبُعدِك مقلتي

حَتّى رَثى لي في الهَوى عذّالي

حَتّى رَثى لي في الهَوى عذّالي

And so often my eye has kept vigil because you are far away,

And sleeplessness has long tortured my eyes

Until my reproachers pitied me in love.

Until sorrow lamented my passion's fate

وَغَدوتُ مِن فَرط الصَبابة لا يُرى

وَغَدوتُ مِن فَرط الصَبابة لا يُرى

مني إِذا ناديت غَيرُ خَيالي

مني إِذا ناديت غَيرُ خَيالي

And through excessive longing I have become unseen,

I've become from intense love no more than a phantom

Save for my phantom when I call out.

No one sees me when I call but my shadow

فَاِرحم وَجُد واعطف عليّ وَداوِني

فَاِرحم وَجُد واعطف عليّ وَداوِني

مِن علّتي بَعد الجَفا بِوصال

مِن علّتي بَعد الجَفا بِوصال

So have mercy, be generous, show tenderness toward me, and heal me

Have mercy, be kind, show me favor

Of my illness, after estrangement, with reunion.

And cure me of my sickness after disdain, with union

فَلَقَد صَبَرت عَلى الهَوى وَهَوانه

فَلَقَد صَبَرت عَلى الهَوى وَهَوانه

لَمّا رُميتُ مِن النَوى بِنبال

لَمّا رُميتُ مِن النَوى بِنبال

For I have endured love and its humiliation

For I have been patient with passion and its humiliation

When I was struck by separation's arrows.

When I was struck by arrows from the beloved's glances

وَحملتُ كُلَّ الضَيم مِنكَ لجيرة

وَحملتُ كُلَّ الضَيم مِنكَ لجيرة

في القَلب فُزتُ بِها فلست بِسالي

في القَلب فُزتُ بِها فلست بِسالي

And I bore every wrong from you for the closeness

And I have borne all the injustice from you as a neighbor

I won within the heart; I am not one to forget.

In my heart, so I excelled at it and am no weakling

كَيفَ السلوّ وَقَد نَزلت بِساحة

كَيفَ السلوّ وَقَد نَزلت بِساحة

مَع حافظ أَبهى الوَرى المفضال

مَع حافظ أَبهى الوَرى المفضال

How could I forget, when I have lodged in a courtyard

How can there be joy when I've arrived at the field

With Hafiz, the fairest of mankind, the munificent?

With Hafez, most eloquent in verse of all creation?

أَمحمدٌ دار الخِلافة أَشرَقَت

أَمحمدٌ دار الخِلافة أَشرَقَت

أَنوارُها بِضيائك المتلالي

أَنوارُها بِضيائك المتلالي

O Muhammad, the seat of the caliphate shines,

Oh Muhammad, the seat of the caliphate

Its lights aglow with your glittering radiance.

Its lights shine with your continual glory

وَقَدمتَ مَصرَك حافِظاً لِودادها

وَقَدمتَ مَصرَك حافِظاً لِودادها

رَغم الَّذي لَكَ في رباها قالي

رَغم الَّذي لَكَ في رباها قالي

And you came to your Egypt, preserving its affection,

You came to Egypt its defender, loyal to its affection

Despite the one who hates you upon its hills.

Despite those who spoke against you in its lands

وَبَلغتَ ما تَرجو فَمات بِغَيظه

وَبَلغتَ ما تَرجو فَمات بِغَيظه

كَمداً فَعش فينا مُنعَّم بال

كَمداً فَعش فينا مُنعَّم بال

And you attained what you hope for, so he died of his rage,

You attained what you hoped so he died of vexation

Of anguish—so live among us with your mind at ease.

Extinguished while you live graced with favor

وَقدمتَ بِالبُشرى فَقُلتُ مؤرخاً

وَقدمتَ بِالبُشرى فَقُلتُ مؤرخاً

يَهنيك حافظ أَطيب الإِقبال

يَهنيك حافظ أَطيب الإِقبال

And you came with glad tidings, so I said, marking the date:

You brought good tidings so I said, recording as a chronicler

May the finest good fortune gladden you, Hafiz!

"Congratulations Hafez on your most auspicious arrival."