Ghazal 206 (غزل ۲۰۶) · Divan of Hafez
پیش از اینَت بیش از این اندیشهٔ عُشّاق بود
pīsh az īnat bīsh az īn andīshe-ye ʿoshshāq būd
mehr-varzī-ye to bā mā shohre-ye āfāq būd
yād bād ān ṣoḥbat-e shab-hā ke bā nūshīn labān
baḥs-e serr-e ʿeshq o zekr-e ḥalqe-ye ʿoshshāq būd
pīsh az īn k-īn saqf-e sabz o ṭāq-e mīnā bar-keshand
manẓar-e chashm-e marā abrū-ye jānān ṭāq būd
az dam-e ṣobḥ-e azal tā ākhar-e shām-e abad
dūstī o mehr bar yek ʿahd o yek mīsāq būd
sāye-ye maʿshūq agar oftād bar ʿāsheq che shod
mā be ū moḥtāj būdīm ū be mā moshtāq būd
ḥosn-e mah rūyān-e majles garche del mī-bord o dīn
baḥs-e mā dar loṭf-e ṭabʿ o khūbī-ye akhlāq būd
bar dar-e shāham gedāyī nokte-ī dar kār kard
goft bar har khān ke benshastam khodā razzāq būd
reshte-ye tasbīḥ agar bogsast maʿzūram bedār
dastam andar dāman-e sāqī-ye sīmīn sāq būd
dar shab-e qadr ar ṣabūḥī karde-am ʿeybam makon
sarkhosh āmad yār o jāmī bar kenār-e ṭāq būd
sheʿr-e Ḥāfeẓ dar zamān-e Ādam andar bāgh-e khold
daftar-e nasrīn o gol rā zīnat-e owrāq būd
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.