Ghazal 165 (غزل ۱۶۵) · Divan of Hafez
مرا مِهر سیَه چشمان ز سر بیرون نخواهد شد
marā mehr-e siyahchashmān ze sar bīrūn nakhāhad shod
qażā-ye āsemān ast īn o dīgargūn nakhāhad shod
raqīb āzārhā farmūd o jā-ye āshtī nagozāsht
magar āh-e saḥarkhīzān sū-ye gardūn nakhāhad shod
marā rūz-e azal kārī be joz rendī nafarmūdand
har ān qesmat ke ān jā raft az ān afzūn nakhāhad shod
khodā rā moḥtaseb mā rā be faryād-e daf o ney bakhsh
ke sāz-e sharʿ az īn afsāne bīqānūn nakhāhad shod
majāl-e man hamīn bāshad ke penhān ʿeshq-e ū varzam
kenār o būs o āghūshash che gūyam chūn nakhāhad shod
sharāb-e laʿl o jā-ye amn o yār-e mehrabān sāqī
delā key beh shavad kārat agar aknūn nakhāhad shod
mashūy ey dīde naqsh-e gham ze lowḥ-e sīne-ye Ḥāfeẓ
ke zakhm-e tīgh-e deldār ast o rang-e khūn nakhāhad 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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