Ghazal 134 (غزل ۱۳۴) · Divan of Hafez
بلبلی خونِ دلی خورد و گلی حاصل کرد
bolbolī khūn-e delī khvord o golī ḥāṣel kard
bād-e gheyrat be ṣadash khār parīshāndel kard
ṭūṭiyī rā be khiyāl-e shekarī delkhosh būd
nāgahash seyl-e fanā naqsh-e amal bāṭel kard
qorratoʾlʿeyn-e man ān mīve-ye del yādash bād
ke che āsān beshod o kār-e marā moshkel kard
sārvān bār-e man oftād khodā rā madadī
ke omīd-e karamam hamrah-e īn maḥmel kard
rūy-e khākī o nam-e cheshm-e marā khvār madār
charkh fīrūze ṭarabkhāne az īn kahgel kard
āh o faryād ke az cheshm-e ḥasūd-e mah-e charkh
dar laḥad māh-e kamānabrū-ye man manzel kard
nazadī shāhrokh o fowt shod emkān Ḥāfeẓ
che konam bāzī-ye ayyām marā ghāfel 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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