Ghazal 146 (غزل ۱۴۶) · Divan of Hafez
صبا وقتِ سحر بویی ز زلفِ یار میآورد
ṣabā vaqt-e saḥar būyī ze zolf-e yār mī-āvard
del-e shūrīde-ye mā rā be bū, dar kār mī-āvard
man ān shekl-e ṣanowbar rā ze bāgh-e dīde barkandam
ke har gol k-az ghamash beshkoft meḥnat, bār mī-āvard
forūgh-e māh mī-dīdam ze bām-e qaṣr-e ū rowshan
ke rū az sharm-e ān khvorshīd dar dīvār mī-āvard
ze bīm-e ghārat-e ʿeshqash, del-e por-khūn rahā kardam
valī mī-rīkht khūn o rah bedān honjār mī-āvard
be qowl-e moṭreb o sāqī, borūn raftam gah o bī-gah
k-az ān rāh-e gerān, qāṣed, khabar, doshvār mī-āvard
sarāsar bakhshesh-e jānān, ṭarīq-e loṭf o eḥsān būd
agar tasbīḥ mī-farmūd, agar zonnār mī-āvard
ʿafā-llah chīn-e abrūyash agar che nātavānam kard
be ʿeshve ham payāmī bar sar-e bīmār mī-āvard
ʿajab mī-dāshtam dīshab ze Ḥāfeẓ jām o peymāne
valī manʿash nemī-kardam ke ṣūfī-vār mī-āvard
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.
Hold a question in your heart, and let a verse of Hafez answer it.