Ghazal 122 (غزل ۱۲۲) · Divan of Hafez
هر آنکه جانِبِ اَهْلِ خُدا نگه دارد
har ān ke jāneb-e ahl-e khodā negah dārad
khodāsh dar hame ḥāl az balā negah dārad
ḥadīs-e dūst nagūyam magar be ḥażrat-e dūst
ke āshnā, sokhan-e āshnā negah dārad
delā, maʿāsh chonān kon ke gar belaghzad pāy
fereshte-at be do dast-e doʿā negah dārad
garat havāst ke maʿshūq nagsalad peymān
negāh dār sar-e reshte tā negah dārad
ṣabā bar ān sar-e zolf ar del-e marā bīnī
ze rūy-e loṭf begūyash ke jā negah dārad
cho goftamash ke delam rā negāh dār, che goft?
ze dast-e bande che khīzad? khodā negah dārad
sar-o zar-o del-o jānam, fadā-ye ān yārī
ke ḥaqq-e ṣoḥbat-e mehr-o vafā negah dārad
ghobār-e rāhgozārat kojāst tā Ḥāfeẓ
be yādgār-e nasīm-e ṣabā negah 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.
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