Ghazal 164 (غزل ۱۶۴) · Divan of Hafez
نفسِ بادِ صبا مُشکفشان خواهد شد
nafas-e bād-e ṣabā moshkfeshān khāhad shod
ʿālam-e pīr degarbāre javān khāhad shod
arghavān jām-e ʿaqīqī be saman khāhad dād
chashm-e narges be shaqāyeq negarān khāhad shod
īn taṭāvol ke keshīd az gham-e hejrān bolbol
tā sarāparde-ye gol naʿrezanān khāhad shod
gar ze masjed be kharābāt shodam khorde magīr
majles-e vaʿẓ derāz ast o zamān khāhad shod
ey del ar ʿeshrat-e emrūz be fardā fekanī
māye-ye naqd-e baqā rā ke żamān khāhad shod
māh-e Shaʿbān maneh az dast qadaḥ k-īn khorshīd
az naẓar tā shab-e ʿīd-e Ramażān khāhad shod
gol ʿazīz ast ghanīmat shomorīdash ṣoḥbat
ke be bāgh āmad az īn rāh o az ān khāhad shod
moṭrebā majles-e ons ast ghazal khwān o sorūd
chand gūyī ke chonīn raft o chonān khāhad shod
Ḥāfeẓ az bahr-e to āmad sū-ye eqlīm-e vojūd
qadamī neh be vadāʿash ke ravān khāhad shod
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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