Ghazal 123 (غزل ۱۲۳) · Divan of Hafez
مطربِ عشق عجب ساز و نوایی دارد
moṭreb-e ʿeshq ʿajab sāz-o navāyī dārad
naqsh-e har naghme ke zad rāh be jāyī dārad
ʿālam az nāle-ye ʿoshshāq mabādā khālī
ke khosh-āhang-o faraḥ-bakhsh havāyī dārad
pīr-e dordī-kash-e mā garche nadārad zar-o zūr
khosh ʿaṭā-bakhsh-o khaṭā-pūsh khodāyī dārad
moḥtaram dār delam k-īn magas-e qand-parast
tā havā-khāh-e to shod farr-e homāyī dārad
az ʿadālat nabovad dūr garash porsad ḥāl
pādshāhī ke be hamsāye gadāyī dārad
ashk-e khūnīn benmūdam be ṭabībān goftand
dard-e ʿeshq ast-o jegar-sūz davāyī dārad
setam az ghamze mayāmūz ke dar mazhab-e ʿeshq
har ʿamal ajrī-yo har karde jazāyī dārad
naghz goft ān bot-e tarsā-bache-ye bāde-parast
shādī-ye rūy-e kasī khor ke ṣafāyī dārad
khosrovā Ḥāfeẓ-e dargāh-neshīn fāteḥe khānd
v-az zabān-e to tamannā-ye doʿāyī 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.