Ghazal 131 (غزل ۱۳۱) · Divan of Hafez
بیا که تُرکِ فلک خوانِ روزه غارت کرد
biyā ke tork-e falak khvān-e rūze ghārat kard
helāl-e ʿīd be dowr-e qadaḥ eshārat kard
savāb-e rūze o ḥajj-e qabūl ān kas bord
ke khāk-e meykade-ye ʿeshq rā ziyārat kard
moqām-e aṣlī-ye mā gūshe-ye kharābāt ast
khodāsh kheyr dehād ān ke īn ʿemārat kard
bahā-ye bāde-ye chon laʿl chīst johar-e ʿaql
biyā ke sūd kasī bord kāʾīn tejārat kard
namāz dar kham-e ān abruvān-e meḥrābī
kasī konad ke be khūn-e jegar ṭahārat kard
faghān ke narges-e jammāsh-e sheykh-e shahr emrūz
naẓar be dordkeshān az sar-e ḥeqārat kard
be rūy-e yār naẓar kon ze dīde mennat dār
ke kārdīde naẓar az sar-e beṣārat kard
ḥadīs-e ʿeshq ze Ḥāfeẓ shenow na az vāʿeẓ
agarche ṣanʿat-e besyār dar ʿebārat kard
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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