Ghazal 159 (غزل ۱۵۹) · Divan of Hafez
نقدِ صوفی نه همه صافیِ بیغَش باشد
naqd-e ṣūfī na hame ṣāfī-ye bī-ghash bāshad
ey basā kherqe ke mostowjeb-e ātash bāshad
ṣūfī-ye mā ke ze verd-e saḥarī mast shodī
shāmgāhash negarān bāsh ke sarkhosh bāshad
khosh bovad gar maḥak-e tajrobe āyad be miyān
tā siyah-rūy shavad har ke dar ū ghash bāshad
khaṭṭ-e sāqī gar az īn gūne zanad naqsh bar āb
ey basā rokh ke be khūnābe monaqqash bāshad
nāz-parvard-e tanaʿʿom nabarad rāh be dūst
ʿāsheqī shīve-ye rendān-e balākash bāshad
gham-e donyā-ye danī chand khvorī? bāde bekhor
ḥeyf bāshad del-e dānā ke moshavvash bāshad
dalq o sajjāde-ye Ḥāfeẓ bebarad bāde-forūsh
gar sharābash ze kaf-e sāqī mah-vash 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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