Ghazal 171 (غزل ۱۷۱) · Divan of Hafez
دوش از جنابِ آصف، پیکِ بشارت آمد
dūsh az janāb-e Āṣaf peyk-e beshārat āmad
k-az ḥażrat-e Soleymān ʿeshrat eshārat āmad
khāk-e vojūd-e mā rā az āb-e dīde gel kon
vīrānsarā-ye del rā gāh-e ʿemārat āmad
īn sharḥ-e bīnahāyat k-az zolf-e yār goftand
ḥarfīst az hazārān k-andar ʿebārat āmad
ʿeybam bepūsh zenhār ey kherqe-ye meyālūd
k-ān pāk-e pākdāman bahr-e ziyārat āmad
emrūz jā-ye har kas peydā shavad ze khūbān
k-ān māh-e majlesafrūz andar ṣedārat āmad
bar takht-e Jam ke tājash meʿrāj-e āsemān ast
hemmat negar ke mūrī bā ān ḥeqārat āmad
az chashm-e shūkhash ey del īmān-e khod negah dār
k-ān jādū-ye kamānkash bar ʿazm-e ghārat āmad
ālūdeʾī to Ḥāfeẓ feyżī ze shāh darkhāh
k-ān ʿonṣor-e samāḥat bahr-e ṭahārat āmad
daryāst majles-e ū daryāb vaqt o dor yāb
hān ey ziyānrasīde vaqt-e tejārat āmad
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.
Hold a question in your heart, and let a verse of Hafez answer it.