Ghazal 157 (غزل ۱۵۷) · Divan of Hafez
هر که را با خطِ سبزت سرِ سودا باشد
har ke rā bā khaṭṭ-e sabzat sar-e sowdā bāshad
pāy az īn dāyere bīrūn nanehad tā bāshad
man cho az khāk-e laḥad lāle-ṣefat barkhīzam
dāgh-e sowdā-ye to-am serr-e soveydā bāshad
to khvod ey gowhar-e yek-dāne kojāyī ākher
k-az ghamat dīde-ye mardom hame daryā bāshad
az bon-e har mozhe-am āb-e ravān ast biyā
agarat meyl-e lab-e jūy o tamāshā bāshad
chon gol o mey damī az parde borūn āy o darā
ke degarbāre molāqāt na peydā bāshad
ẓell-e mamdūd-e kham-e zolf-e to-am bar sar bād
k-andar īn sāye qarār-e del-e sheydā bāshad
chashmat az nāz be Ḥāfeẓ nakonad meyl ārī
sargerānī ṣefat-e narges-e raʿnā bāshad
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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