Ghazal 100 (غزل ۱۰۰) · Divan of Hafez
دی پیر میفروش که ذکرش به خیر باد
dey pīr-e meyforūsh ke zekrash be kheyr bād
goftā sharāb nūsh o gham-e del bebar ze yād
goftam be bād mīdehadam bāde nām o nang
goftā qabūl kon sokhan o har che bād bād
sūd o ziyān o māye cho khāhad shodan ze dast
az bahr-e īn moʿāmele ghamgīn mabāsh o shād
bādat be dast bāshad agar del nehī be hīch
dar maʿrażī ke takht-e Soleymān ravad be bād
Ḥāfeẓ garat ze pand-e ḥakīmān malālat ast
kūte konīm qeṣṣe ke ʿomrat derāz bād
The Persian verses are from the Divan of Hafez of Shiraz, drawn from the public-domain ganjoor archive, and presented unchanged. The transliteration is model-assisted and awaiting review by a Persian-literate reader — if you spot a slip, we’d love to hear.
Hold a question in your heart, and let a verse of Hafez answer it.