Ghazal 144 (غزل ۱۴۴) · Divan of Hafez
به سِرِّ جامِ جم آنگه نظر توانی کرد
be serr-e jām-e Jam āngah naẓar tavānī kard
ke khāk-e meykade kohl-e baṣar tavānī kard
mabāsh bī mey o moṭreb ke zīr-e ṭāq-e sepehr
bedīn tarāne gham az del be dar tavānī kard
gol-e morād-e to āngah neqāb bogshāyad
ke khedmatash cho nasīm-e saḥar tavānī kard
gedāyī dar-e meykhāne ṭorfe eksīrīst
gar īn ʿamal bekonī khāk zar tavānī kard
be ʿazm-e marḥale-ye ʿeshq pīsh neh qadamī
ke sūdhā konī ar īn safar tavānī kard
to kaz sarāy-e ṭabīʿat nemīravī bīrūn
kojā be kūy-e ṭarīqat gozar tavānī kard
jamāl-e yār nadārad neqāb o parde valī
ghobār-e rah benshān tā naẓar tavānī kard
biyā ke chāre-ye zowq-e ḥożūr o naẓm-e omūr
be feyżbakhshī-ye ahl-e naẓar tavānī kard
valī to tā lab-e maʿshūq o jām-e mey khvāhī
ṭamaʿ madār ke kār-e degar tavānī kard
delā ze nūr-e hedāyat gar āgahī yābī
cho shamʿ khandezanān tark-e sar tavānī kard
gar īn naṣīḥat-e shāhāne beshnavī Ḥāfeẓ
be shāhrāh-e ḥaqīqat gozar tavānī 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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