Ghazal 192 (غزل ۱۹۲) · Divan of Hafez
سروِ چَمانِ من چرا میلِ چمن نمیکند؟
sarv-e chamān-e man cherā meyl-e chaman nemīkonad
hamdam-e gol nemīshavad, yād-e saman nemīkonad
dey geleī ze torreash, kardam o az sar-e fosūs
goft ke īn sīāhkaj, gūsh be-man nemīkonad
tā del-e harzegard-e man, raft be-chīn-e zolf-e ū
zān safar-e derāz-e khod, ʿazm-e vaṭan nemīkonad
pīsh-e kamān-e abrūyash, lābe hamī konam valī
gūsh keshīde ast az ān, gūsh be-man nemīkonad
bā hame ʿaṭf-e dāmanat, āyadam az ṣabā ʿajab
kaz gozar-e to, khāk rā, moshk-e Khotan nemīkonad
chon ze nasīm mīshavad, zolf-e banafshe porshekan
vah ke delam che yād az ān, ʿahdshekan nemīkonad
del be-omīd-e rū-ye ū, hamdam-e jān nemīshavad
jān be-havā-ye kū-ye ū, khedmat-e tan nemīkonad
sāqī-ye sīmsāq-e man, gar hame dord mīdahad
kīst ke tan cho jām-e mey, jomle dahan nemīkonad
dastkhosh-e jafā makon, āb-e rokham ke feyż-e abr
bī-madad-e sereshk-e man, dorr-e ʿAdan nemīkonad
koshte-ye ghamze-ye to shod, Ḥāfeẓ-e nāshanīdepand
tīgh sezāst har ke rā, dard, sokhan nemīkonad
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.