Ghazal 127 (غزل ۱۲۷) · Divan of Hafez
روشنیِ طلعتِ تو ماه ندارد
rowshanī-ye ṭalʿat-e to māh nadārad
pīsh-e to gol, rownaq-e giyāh nadārad
gūshe-ye abrū-ye tost manzel-e jānam
khoshtar az īn gūshe, pādshāh nadārad
tā che konad bā rokh-e to dūd-e del-e man
āyene dānī ke tāb-e āh nadārad
shūkhī-ye narges negar ke pīsh-e to beshkoft
chashm-e darīde, adab negāh nadārad
dīdam-o ān chashm-e del-siyah ke to dārī
jāneb-e hīch āshnā negāh nadārad
raṭl-e gerānam deh ey morīd-e kharābāt
shādī-ye sheykhī ke khānqāh nadārad
khūn khor-o khāmosh neshīn ke ān del-e nāzok
ṭāqat-e faryād-e dādkhāh nadārad
gū borow-o āstīn be khūn-e jegar shūy
har ke dar īn āstāne rāh nadārad
ney man-e tanhā kasham taṭāvol-e zolfat
kīst ke ū dāgh-e ān siyāh nadārad?
Ḥāfeẓ agar sajde-ye to kard makon ʿeyb
kāfer-e ʿeshq ey ṣanam gonāh nadārad
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.