Ghazal 11 (غزل ۱۱) · Divan of Hafez
ساقی به نورِ باده برافروز جامِ ما
sāqī be-nūr-e bāde barafrūz jām-e mā
moṭreb begū ke kār-e jahān shod be-kām-e mā
mā dar piyāle ʿaks-e rokh-e yār dīde-īm
ey bī-khabar ze-lazzat-e shorb-e modām-e mā
hargez namīrad ān ke delash zende shod be-ʿeshq
sabt ast bar jarīde-ye ʿālam davām-e mā
chandān bovad kereshme o nāz-e sahī-qadān
k-āyad be-jelve sarv-e ṣanowbar-kharām-e mā
ey bād agar be-golshan-e aḥbāb bogzarī
zenhār ʿarże deh bar-e jānān payām-e mā
gū nām-e mā ze-yād be-ʿamdā che mī-barī
khod āyad ān ke yād nayārī ze-nām-e mā
mastī be-chashm-e shāhed-e delband-e mā khosh ast
z-ān rū seporde-and be-mastī zamām-e mā
tarsam ke ṣarfe-ī nabarad rūz-e bāzkhāst
nān-e ḥalāl-e sheykh ze-āb-e ḥarām-e mā
Ḥāfeẓ ze-dīde dāne-ye ashkī hamī-feshān
bāshad ke morgh-e vaṣl konad qaṣd-e dām-e mā
daryā-ye akhżar-e falak o kashtī-ye helāl
hastand gharq-e neʿmat-e ḥājī-qavām-e mā
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.