Ghazal 16 (غزل ۱۶) · Divan of Hafez
خَمی که ابرویِ شوخِ تو در کمان انداخت
khamī ke abrū-ye shūkh-e to dar kamān andākht
be-qaṣd-e jān-e man-e zār-e nātavān andākht
nabūd naqsh-e do ʿālam ke rang-e olfat būd
zamāne ṭarḥ-e maḥabbat na īn zamān andākht
be-yek kereshme ke narges be-khodforūshī kard
farīb-e chashm-e to ṣad fetne dar jahān andākht
sharāb-khorde o khvey-karde mī-ravī be-chaman
ke āb-e rūy-e to ātash dar arghavān andākht
be-bazmgāh-e chaman dūsh mast bogzashtam
cho az dahān-e tovam ghonche dar gomān andākht
banafshe ṭorre-ye maftūl-e khod gereh mī-zad
ṣabā ḥekāyat-e zolf-e to dar miyān andākht
ze-sharm-e ān ke be-rūy-e to nesbatash kardam
saman be-dast-e ṣabā khāk dar dahān andākht
man az varaʿ mey o moṭreb nadīdamī z-īn pīsh
havā-ye maghbachegānam dar īn o ān andākht
konūn be-āb-e mey-e laʿl kherqe mī-shūyam
naṣībe-ye azal az khod namī-tavān andākht
magar goshāyesh-e Ḥāfeẓ dar īn kharābī būd
ke bakhshesh-e azalash dar mey-e moghān andākht
jahān be-kām-e man aknūn shavad ke dowr-e zamān
marā be-bandegī-ye khvāje-ye jahān andākht
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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