Ghazal 128 (غزل ۱۲۸) · Divan of Hafez
نیست دَر شهر نگاری که دلِ ما بِبَرَد
nīst dar shahr negārī ke del-e mā bebarad
bakhtam ar yār shavad rakhtam az īn jā bebarad
kū ḥarīfī kesh-e sarmast ke pīsh-e karamash
ʿāsheq-e sūkhte-del, nām-e tamannā bebarad
bāghbānā ze khazān, bī-khabarat mī-bīnam
āh az ān rūz ke bādat gol-e raʿnā bebarad
rahzan-e dahr nakhofte-st, mashow īman az ū
agar emrūz nabord-est ke fardā bebarad
dar khiyāl, īn hame loʿbat be havas mī-bāzam
bū ke ṣāḥeb-naẓarī nām-e tamāshā bebarad
ʿelm-o fażlī ke be chel sāl delam jamʿ āvard
tarsam ān narges-e mastāne be yaghmā bebarad
bāng-e gāvī, che ṣedā bāz dahad? ʿeshve makhar
Sāmerī kīst ke dast az yad-e beyżā bebarad?
jām-e mīnāyī-ye mey, sadd-e rah-e tang-delī-st
maneh az dast ke seyl-e ghamat az jā bebarad
rāh-e ʿeshq ar che kamīngāh-e kamāndārān ast
har ke dāneste ravad ṣarfe ze aʿdā bebarad
Ḥāfeẓ! ar jān ṭalabad ghamze-ye mastāne-ye yār
khāne az gheyr bepardāz-o behel tā bebarad
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.