Ghazal 200 (غزل ۲۰۰) · Divan of Hafez
دانی که چنگ و عود چه تَقریر میکنند؟
dānī ke chang o ʿūd che taqrīr mīkonand
penhān khorīd bāde ke taʿzīr mīkonand
nāmūs-e ʿeshq o rownaq-e ʿoshshāq mībarand
ʿeyb-e javān o sarzanesh-e pīr mīkonand
joz qalb-e tīre hīch nashod ḥāṣel o hanūz
bāṭel dar īn khīāl ke eksīr mīkonand
gūyand ramz-e ʿeshq magūyīd o mashnavīd
moshkel ḥekāyatīst ke taqrīr mīkonand
mā az borūn-e dar shode maghrūr-e ṣad farīb
tā khod darūn-e parde che tadbīr mīkonand
tashvīsh-e vaqt-e pīr-e moghān mīdahand bāz
īn sālekān negar ke che bā pīr mīkonand
ṣad molk-e del be-nīm naẓar mītavān kharīd
khūbān dar īn moʿāmele taqṣīr mīkonand
qowmī be-jedd o jahd nehādand vaṣl-e dūst
qowmī degar ḥavāle be-taqdīr mīkonand
feljomle eʿtemād makon bar sabāt-e dahr
kīn kārkhāneīst ke taghyīr mīkonand
mey khor ke sheykh o Ḥāfeẓ o moftī o moḥtaseb
chon nīk bengarī hame tazvīr 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.