Ghazal 119 (غزل ۱۱۹) · Divan of Hafez
دلی که غیب نمای است و جامِ جم دارد
delī ke gheyb-namā ast-o jām-e Jam dārad
ze khātamī ke damī gom shavad, che gham dārad?
be khaṭṭ-o khāl-e gadāyān made khazīne-ye del
be dast-e shāhvashī deh ke moḥtaram dārad
na har derakht taḥammol konad jafā-ye khazān
gholām-e hemmat-e sarvam ke īn qadam dārad
rasīd mowsem-e ān k-az ṭarab cho narges-e mast
nahad be pāy-e qadaḥ har ke shesh deram dārad
zar az bahā-ye mey aknūn cho gol darīgh madār
ke ʿaql-e koll be ṣadat ʿeyb mottaham dārad
ze serr-e gheyb kas āgāh nīst, qeṣṣe makhān
kodām maḥram-e del rah dar īn ḥaram dārad?
delam ke lāf-e tajarrod zadī, konūn ṣad shoghl
be būy-e zolf-e to bā bād-e ṣobḥdam dārad
morād-e del ze ke porsam? ke nīst deldārī
ke jelve-ye naẓar-o shīve-ye karam dārad
ze jeyb-e kherqe-ye Ḥāfeẓ che ṭarf betvān bast
ke mā ṣamad ṭalabīdīm-o ū ṣanam dārad
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.