Ghazal 183 (غزل ۱۸۳) · Divan of Hafez
دوش وقتِ سَحَر، از غُصّه نجاتم دادند
dūsh vaqt-e saḥar az ghoṣṣe najātam dādand
vāndar ān ẓolmat-e shab āb-e ḥayātam dādand
bīkhod az shaʿshaʿe-ye partov-e zātam kardand
bāde az jām-e tajallī-ye ṣefātam dādand
che mobārak-saḥarī būd o che farkhonde-shabī
ān shab-e qadr ke īn tāze-barātam dādand
baʿd az īn rūy-e man o āyene-ye vaṣf-e jamāl
ke dar ān jā khabar az jelve-ye zātam dādand
man agar kāmravā gashtam o khoshdel che ʿajab
mostaḥaq būdam o īnhā be zakātam dādand
hātef ān rūz be man mozhde-ye īn dowlat dād
ke bedān jowr o jafā ṣabr o sabātam dādand
īn hame shahd o shekar k-az sokhanam mī-rīzad
ajr-e ṣabrī-st k-az ān shākh-e nabātam dādand
hemmat-e Ḥāfeẓ o anfās-e saḥarkhīzān būd
ke ze band-e gham-e ayyām najātam dādand
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.