Ghazal 193 (غزل ۱۹۳) · Divan of Hafez
در نظربازیِ ما، بیخبران، حیراناند
dar naẓarbāzī-ye mā, bīkhabarān, ḥeyrānand
man chonīnam ke nemūdam, degar īshān dānand
ʿāqelān, noqte-ye pargār-e vojūdand valī
ʿeshq dānad ke dar īn dāyere, sargardānand
jelvegāh-e rokh-e ū, dīde-ye man, tanhā nīst
māh o khorshīd, hamīn āyene mīgardānand
ʿahd-e mā bā lab-e shīrīndahanān bast Khodā
mā, hame, bande vo īn qowm, khodāvandānand
mofleseanīm o havā-ye mey o moṭreb dārīm
āh agar kherqe-ye pashmīn be-gerow nastānand
vaṣl-e khorshīd be-shabparre-ye aʿmā naresad
ke dar ān āyene, ṣāḥebnaẓarān, ḥeyrānand
lāf-e ʿeshq o gele az yār? zahī lāf-e dorūgh!
ʿeshqbāzān-e chonīn, mostaḥaqq-e hejrānand
magaram chashm-e sīāh-e to bīāmūzad kār
varna mastūrī o mastī, hamekas natvānand
gar be-nozhatgah-e arvāḥ barad bū-ye to, bād
ʿaql o jān, gowhar-e hastī be-nesār afshānand
zāhed ar rendī-ye Ḥāfeẓ nakonad fahm, che shod?
dīv bogrīzad az ān qowm ke Qorʾān khānand
gar shavand āgah az andīshe-ye mā moghbachegān
baʿd az īn kherqe-ye ṣūfī be-gerow nastānand
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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