Ghazal 162 (غزل ۱۶۲) · Divan of Hafez
خوش آمد گُل وز آن خوشتر نباشد
khosh āmad gol v-az ān khoshtar nabāshad
ke dar dastat be joz sāghar nabāshad
zamān-e khoshdelī daryāb o dor yāb
ke dāyem dar ṣadaf gowhar nabāshad
ghanīmat dān o mey khor dar golestān
ke gol tā hafte-ye dīgar nabāshad
ayā porlaʿl karde jām-e zarrīn
bebakhshā bar kasī kash zar nabāshad
biyā ey sheykh o az khomkhāne-ye mā
sharābī khor ke dar Kowsar nabāshad
beshūy owrāq agar hamdars-e māyī
ke ʿelm-e ʿeshq dar daftar nabāshad
ze man benyūsh o del dar shāhedī band
ke ḥosnash baste-ye zīvar nabāshad
sharābī bīkhomāram bakhsh yā rab
ke bā vey hīch dard-e sar nabāshad
man az jān bande-ye solṭān Oveysam
agar che yādash az chāker nabāshad
be tāj-e ʿālam ārāyesh ke khorshīd
chonīn zībande-ye afsar nabāshad
kasī gīrad khaṭā bar naẓm-e Ḥāfeẓ
ke hīchash loṭf dar gowhar nabāshad
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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