Ghazal 175 (غزل ۱۷۵) · Divan of Hafez
صبا به تهنیتِ پیرِ مِیفروش آمد
ṣabā be tahniyat-e pīr-e meyforūsh āmad
ke mowsem-e ṭarab o ʿeysh o nāz o nūsh āmad
havā masīḥnafas gasht o bād nāfegoshāy
derakht sabz shod o morgh dar khorūsh āmad
tanūr-e lāle chonān barforūkht bād-e bahār
ke ghonche gharq-e ʿaraq gasht o gol be jūsh āmad
be gūsh-e hūsh niyūsh az man o be ʿeshrat kūsh
ke īn sokhan saḥar az hātefam be gūsh āmad
ze fekr-e tafreqe bāzāy tā shavī majmūʿ
be ḥokm-e ān ke cho shod ahreman sorūsh āmad
ze morgh-e ṣobḥ nadānam ke sūsan-e āzād
che gūsh kard ke bā dah zabān khamūsh āmad
che jā-ye ṣoḥbat-e nāmaḥram ast majles-e ons
sar-e piyāle bepūshān ke kherqepūsh āmad
ze khānqāh be meykhāne mīravad Ḥāfeẓ
magar ze mastī-ye zohd-e riyā be hūsh 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.