Ghazal 105 (غزل ۱۰۵) · Divan of Hafez
صوفی ار باده به اندازه خورَد نوشش باد
ṣūfī ar bāde be andāze khorad nūshash bād
var na andīshe-ye īn kār farāmūshash bād
ān ke yek jorʿe mey az dast tavānad dādan
dast bā shāhed-e maqṣūd dar āghūshash bād
pīr-e mā goft khaṭā bar qalam-e ṣonʿ naraft
āfarīn bar naẓar-e pāk-e khaṭāpūshash bād
shāh-e Torkān sokhan-e moddaʿiyān mīshenavad
sharmī az maẓlame-ye khūn-e Siyāvoshash bād
garche az kebr sokhan bā man-e darvīsh nagoft
jān fadā-ye shekarīnpeste-ye khāmūshash bād
chashmam az āyenedārān-e khaṭ o khālash gasht
labam az būserobāyān-e bar o dūshash bād
narges-e mast-e navāzeshkon-e mardomdārash
khūn-e ʿāsheq be qadaḥ gar bekhorad nūshash bād
be gholāmī-ye to mashhūr-e jahān shod Ḥāfeẓ
ḥalqe-ye bandegī-ye zolf-e to dar gūshash 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.
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