Ghazal 190 (غزل ۱۹۰) · Divan of Hafez
کِلکِ مشکین تو روزی که ز ما یاد کند
kelk-e moshkīn-e to rūzī ke ze mā yād konad
bebarad ajr-e do ṣad bande ke āzād konad
qāṣed-e manzel-e Salmā ke salāmat bādash
che shavad gar be salāmī del-e mā shād konad
emteḥān kon ke basī ganj-e morādat bedehand
gar kharābī cho marā loṭf-e to ābād konad
yā rab andar del-e ān khosrow-e shīrīn andāz
ke be raḥmat gozarī bar sar-e Farhād konad
shāh rā beh bovad az ṭāʿat-e ṣadsāle o zohd
qadr-e yek sāʿate ʿomrī ke dar ū dād konad
ḥāliyā ʿeshve-ye nāz-e to ze bonyādam bord
tā degarbāre ḥakīmāne che bonyād konad
gowhar-e pāk-e to az medḥat-e mā mostaghnī-st
fekr-e mashshāṭe che bā ḥosn-e khodādād konad
rah nabordīm be maqṣūd-e khod andar Shīrāz
khorram ān rūz ke Ḥāfeẓ rah-e Baghdād 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.
Hold a question in your heart, and let a verse of Hafez answer it.