Ghazal 19 (غزل ۱۹) · Divan of Hafez
ای نسیمِ سحر آرامگَهِ یار کجاست؟
ey nasīm-e saḥar ārāmgah-e yār kojāst
manzel-e ān mah-e ʿāsheq-kosh-e ʿayyār kojāst
shab-e tār ast o rah-e vādī-ye ayman dar pīsh
ātash-e ṭūr kojā mowʿed-e dīdār kojāst
har ke āmad be-jahān naqsh-e kharābī dārad
dar kharābāt begūyīd ke hoshyār kojāst
ān kas ast ahl-e beshārat ke eshārat dānad
nokte-hā hast basī maḥram-e asrār kojāst
har sar-e mūy-e marā bā to hazārān kār ast
mā kojāyīm o malāmat-gar-e bī-kār kojāst
bāz porsīd ze-gīsū-ye shekan dar shekanash
k-īn del-e gham-zade sargashte gereftār kojāst
ʿaql dīvāne shod ān selsele-ye moshkīn kū
del ze-mā gūshe gereft abrū-ye deldār kojāst
sāqī o moṭreb o mey jomle mohayyāst valī
ʿeysh bī-yār mohayyā nashavad yār kojāst
Ḥāfeẓ az bād-e khazān dar chaman-e dahr maranj
fekr-e maʿqūl befarmā gol-e bī-khār kojāst
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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