Ghazal 155 (غزل ۱۵۵) · Divan of Hafez
اگر روم ز پِیاش فتنهها برانگیزد
agar ravam ze pey-ash fetne-hā barangīzad
var az ṭalab benshīnam be kīne barkhīzad
va gar be rahgozarī yek dam az vafādārī
cho gard dar pey-ash oftam cho bād bogrīzad
va gar konam ṭalab-e nīm būse ṣad afsūs
ze ḥoqqe-ye dahanash chon shekar foru rīzad
man ān farīb ke dar narges-e to mī-bīnam
bas āberūy ke bā khāk-e rah barāmīzad
farāz o shīb-e biyābān-e ʿeshq, dām-e balāst
kojāst shīr-delī k-az balā naparhīzad
to ʿomr khvāh o ṣabūrī ke charkh-e shoʿbade bāz
hezār bāzī az īn ṭorfe-tar barangīzad
bar āstāne-ye taslīm sar bene Ḥāfeẓ
ke gar setīze konī, rūzgār bestīzad
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.