Ghazal 174 (غزل ۱۷۴) · Divan of Hafez
مژده ای دل که دگر بادِ صبا بازآمد
mozhde ey del ke degar bād-e ṣabā bāzāmad
hodhod-e khoshkhabar az ṭarf-e Sabā bāzāmad
barkesh ey morgh-e saḥar naghme-ye dāvūdī bāz
ke Soleymān-e gol az bād-e havā bāzāmad
ʿārefī kū ke konad fahm zabān-e sūsan
tā beporsad ke cherā raft o cherā bāzāmad
mardomī kard o karam loṭf-e khodādād be man
k-ān bot-e māhrokh az rāh-e vafā bāzāmad
lāle bū-ye mey-e nūshīn beshenīd az dam-e ṣobḥ
dāghdel būd be ommīd-e davā bāzāmad
chashm-e man dar rah-e īn qāfele-ye rāh bemānd
tā be gūsh-e delam āvāz-e darā bāzāmad
garche Ḥāfeẓ dar-e ranjesh zad o peymān beshkast
loṭf-e ū bīn ke be loṭf az dar-e mā bāzāmad
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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