Ghazal 199 (غزل ۱۹۹) · Divan of Hafez
واعظان کاین جلوه در محراب و منبر میکنند
vāʿeẓān kīn jelve dar meḥrāb o membar mīkonand
chon be-khalvat mīravand ān kār-e dīgar mīkonand
moshkelī dāram, ze dāneshmand-e majles bāzpors
towbefarmāyān, cherā khod towbe kamtar mīkonand
gūyīā bāvar nemīdārand rūz-e dāvarī
kīn hame qalb o daghal dar kār-e dāvar mīkonand
yā rab īn nowdowlatān rā bā khar-e khodshān neshān
kīn hame nāz az gholām-e tork o astar mīkonand
ey gadā-ye khāneqah, barjah ke dar deyr-e moghān
mīdahand ābī o delhā rā tavāngar mīkonand
ḥosn-e bīpāyān-e ū, chandān ke ʿāsheq mīkoshad
zomre-ye dīgar be-ʿeshq az gheyb sar bar mīkonand
bar dar-e meykhāne-ye ʿeshq ey malak, tasbīḥ gūy
kandar ānjā, ṭīnat-e ādam mokhammar mīkonand
ṣobḥdam az ʿarsh mīāmad khorūshī, ʿaql goft
qodsīān gūyī ke sheʿr-e Ḥāfeẓ az bar mīkonand
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.