Ghazal 201 (غزل ۲۰۱) · Divan of Hafez
شرابِ بیغَش و ساقیِّ خوش دو دامِ رهند
sharāb-e bīghash o sāqī-ye khosh do dām-e rahand
ke zīrakān-e jahān az kamandeshān narahand
man ar che ʿāsheqam o rend o mast o nāme sīāh
hezār shokr ke yārān-e shahr bīgonahand
jafā na pīshe-ye darvīshīst o rāhravī
bīār bāde ke īn sālekān na mard-e rahand
mabīn ḥaqīr, gadāyān-e ʿeshq rā kīn qowm
shahān-e bī kamar o khosrovān-e bī kolahand
be-hūsh bāsh ke hangām-e bād-e esteghnā
hezār kharman-e ṭāʿat be-nīm jow nanhand
makon ke kowkabe-ye delbarī shekaste shavad
cho bandegān bogrīzand o chākarān bejahand
gholām-e hemmat-e dordī keshān-e yek rangam
na ān gorūh ke azraq lebās o del sīahand
qadam maneh be-kharābāt joz be-sharṭ-e adab
ke sālekān-e darash maḥramān-e pādshahand
janāb-e ʿeshq boland ast hemmatī Ḥāfeẓ
ke ʿāsheqān, rah-e bīhemmatān be-khod nadahand
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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