Ghazal 13 (غزل ۱۳) · Divan of Hafez
میدمد صبح و کِلِّه بست سحاب
mī-damad ṣobḥ o kelle bast saḥāb
aṣ-ṣabūḥ aṣ-ṣabūḥ yā aṣḥāb
mī-chakad zhāle bar rokh-e lāle
al-modām al-modām yā aḥbāb
mī-vazad az chaman nasīm-e behesht
hān benūshīd dam be-dam mey-e nāb
takht-e zomorrod zade ast gol be-chaman
rāḥ-e chūn laʿl-e ātashīn daryāb
dar-e meykhāne baste-and degar
iftatiḥ yā mufattiḥa l-abwāb
lab o dandānt rā ḥoqūq-e namak
hast bar jān o sīne-hā-ye kabāb
īn chenīn mowsemī ʿajab bāshad
ke bebandand meykade be-shetāb
bar rokh-e sāqī-ye parī peykar
hamcho Ḥāfeẓ benūsh bāde-ye nāb
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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