Ghazal 197 (غزل ۱۹۷) · Divan of Hafez
شاهدان گر دلبری زین سان کنند
shāhedān gar delbarī zīn sān konand
zāhedān rā rakhne dar īmān konand
har kojā ān shākh-e narges beshkofad
golrokhānash dīde nargesdān konand
ey javān-e sarvqad! gūyī bebar
pīsh az ān kaz qāmatat chowgān konand
ʿāsheqān rā bar sar-e khod ḥokm nīst
har che farmān-e to bāshad ān konand
pīsh-e chashmam kamtar ast az qatreī
īn ḥekāyathā ke az ṭūfān konand
yār-e mā chon gīrad āghāz-e samāʿ
qodsīān bar ʿarsh dastafshān konand
mardom-e chashmam be-khūn āghashte shod
dar kojā īn ẓolm bar ensān konand
khosh barā bā ghoṣṣe, ey del! kahl-e rāz
ʿeysh-e khosh dar būte-ye hejrān konand
sar makesh Ḥāfeẓ ze āh-e nīmshab
tā cho ṣobḥat, āyene rakhshān konand
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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