Ghazal 18 (غزل ۱۸) · Divan of Hafez
ساقیا آمدنِ عید، مبارک بادت
sāqiyā āmadan-e ʿīd mobārak bādat
v-ān mavāʿīd ke kardī maravād az yādat
dar shegeftam ke dar īn moddat-e ayyām-e farāq
bargereftī ze-ḥarīfān del o del mī-dādat
beresān bandegī-ye dokhtar-e raz gū be-darāy
ke dam o hemmat-e mā kard ze-band āzādat
shādī-ye majlesiyān dar qadam o maqdam-e tost
jāy-e gham bād mar ān del ke nakhāhad shādat
shokr-e īzad ke ze-tārāj-e khazān rakhne nayāft
bostān-e saman o sarv o gol o shemshādat
chashm-e bad dūr k-az ān tafraqe-at bāzāvard
ṭāleʿ-e nāmvar o dowlat-e mādarzādat
Ḥāfeẓ az dast made dowlat-e īn kashtī-ye nūḥ
var na ṭūfān-e ḥavādes bebarad bonyādat
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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