Ghazal 152 (غزل ۱۵۲) · Divan of Hafez
در ازل پرتوِ حُسنت ز تجلی دَم زد
dar azal partov-e ḥosnat ze tajallī dam zad
ʿeshq peydā shod o ātash be hame ʿālam zad
jelve-ī kard rokhat dīd malak ʿeshq nadāsht
ʿeyn-e ātash shod az īn gheyrat o bar ādam zad
ʿaql mī-khvāst k-az ān shoʿle cherāgh afrūzad
barq-e gheyrat bedrakhshīd o jahān barham zad
moddaʿī khvāst ke āyad be tamāshāgah-e rāz
dast-e gheyb āmad o bar sīne-ye nāmaḥram zad
dīgarān qorʿe-ye qesmat hame bar ʿeysh zadand
del-e ghamdīde-ye mā būd ke ham bar gham zad
jān-e ʿolvī havas-e chāh-e zanakhdān-e to dāsht
dast dar ḥalqe-ye ān zolf-e kham andar kham zad
Ḥāfeẓ ān rūz ṭarabnāme-ye ʿeshq-e to nevesht
ke qalam bar sar-e asbāb-e del-e khorram zad
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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