Ghazal 124 (غزل ۱۲۴) · Divan of Hafez
آن که از سُنبُلِ او، غالیه تابی دارد
ān ke az sonbol-e ū, ghāliye tābī dārad
bāz bā delshodegān nāz-o ʿetābī dārad
az sar-e koshte-ye khod mī-gozarī hamchon bād
che tavān kard? ke ʿomr ast-o shetābī dārad
māh-e khorshīd-nomāyash ze pas-e parde-ye zolf
āftābī-st ke dar pīsh saḥābī dārad
chashm-e man kard be har gūshe ravān seyl-e sereshk
tā sahī sarv-e to rā tāze-tar ābī dārad
ghamze-ye shūkh-e to khūnam be khaṭā mī-rīzad
forṣatash bād ke khosh fekr-e ṣavābī dārad
āb-e ḥeyvān agar īn ast ke dārad lab-e dūst
rowshan ast īn ke Kheżr bahre sarābī dārad
chashm-e makhmūr-e to dārad ze delam qaṣd-e jegar
tork-e mast ast magar meyl-e kabābī dārad
jān-e bīmār-e marā nīst ze to rūy-e soʾāl
ey khosh ān khaste ke az dūst javābī dārad
key konad sū-ye del-e khaste-ye Ḥāfeẓ naẓarī
chashm-e mastash ke be har gūshe kharābī 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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