Ghazal 136 (غزل ۱۳۶) · Divan of Hafez
دست در حلقهٔ آن زلفِ دوتا نتوان کرد
dast dar ḥalqe-ye ān zolf-e dotā natvān kard
tekye bar ʿahd-e to o bād-e ṣabā natvān kard
ānche saʿy ast man andar ṭalabat benmāyam
īn qadar hast ke taghyīr-e qażā natvān kard
dāman-e dūst be ṣad khūn-e del oftād be dast
be fosūsī ke konad khaṣm rahā natvān kard
ʿārezash rā be masal māh-e falak natvān goft
nesbat-e dūst be har bī sar o pā natvān kard
sarv-e bālā-ye man āngah ke darāyad be samāʿ
che maḥall jāme-ye jān rā ke qabā natvān kard
naẓar-e pāk tavānad rokh-e jānān dīdan
ke dar āyīne naẓar joz be ṣafā natvān kard
moshkel-e ʿeshq na dar ḥowṣele-ye dānesh-e māst
ḥall-e īn nokte bedīn fekr-e khaṭā natvān kard
gheyratam kosht ke maḥbūb-e jahānī līkan
rūz o shab ʿarbade bā khalq-e khodā natvān kard
man che gūyam ke to rā nāzakī-ye ṭabʿ-e laṭīf
tā be ḥaddīst ke āheste doʿā natvān kard
bejoz abrū-ye to meḥrāb-e del-e Ḥāfeẓ nīst
ṭāʿat-e gheyr-e to dar mazhab-e mā natvān 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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