Ghazal 186 (غزل ۱۸۶) · Divan of Hafez
گر مِیفروش حاجتِ رندان روا کند
gar mey-forūsh ḥājat-e rendān ravā konad
īzad gonah bebakhshad o dafʿ-e balā konad
sāqī be jām-e ʿadl bedeh bāde tā gadā
gheyrat nayāvarad ke jahān por-balā konad
ḥaqqā k-az īn ghamān beresad mozhde-ye amān
gar sālekī be ʿahd-e amānat vafā konad
gar ranj pīshāyad o gar rāḥat ey ḥakīm
nesbat makon be gheyr ke īnhā Khodā konad
dar kārkhāneʾī ke rah-e ʿaql o fażl nīst
fahm-e żaʿīf rāy-e fożūlī cherā konad
moṭreb besāz parde ke kas bī-ajal namord
vān kū na īn tarāne sorāyad khaṭā konad
mā rā ke dard-e ʿeshq o balā-ye khomār kosht
yā vaṣl-e dūst yā mey-e ṣāfī davā konad
jān raft dar sar-e mey o Ḥāfeẓ be ʿeshq sūkht
ʿīsā-damī kojāst ke eḥyā-ye mā konad
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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