Ghazal 154 (غزل ۱۵۴) · Divan of Hafez
راهی بزن که آهی بر سازِ آن توان زد
rāhī bezan ke āhī bar sāz-e ān tavān zad
sheʿrī bekhvān ke bā ū raṭl-e gerān tavān zad
bar āstān-e jānān gar sar tavān nehādan
golbāng-e sarbolandī bar āsemān tavān zad
qadd-e khamīde-ye mā sahlat namāyad ammā
bar chashm-e doshmanān tīr, az īn kamān tavān zad
dar khānqah nagonjad asrār-e ʿeshqbāzī
jām-e mey-e moghāne ham bā moghān tavān zad
darvīsh rā nabāshad barg-e sarāy-e solṭān
māyīm o kohne dalqī k-ātash dar ān tavān zad
ahl-e naẓar do ʿālam dar yek naẓar bebāzand
ʿeshq ast o dāv-e avval bar naqd-e jān tavān zad
gar dowlat-e veṣālat khvāhad darī goshūdan
sar-hā bedīn takhayyol bar āstān tavān zad
ʿeshq o shabāb o rendī majmūʿe-ye morād ast
chon jamʿ shod maʿānī gūy-e bayān tavān zad
shod rahzan-e salāmat zolf-e to vīn ʿajab nīst
gar rāhzan to bāshī ṣad kārvān tavān zad
Ḥāfeẓ be ḥaqq-e qorʾān k-az shīd o zarq bāzāy
bāshad ke gūy-e ʿeyshī dar īn jahān tavān 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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