Ghazal 207 (غزل ۲۰۷) · Divan of Hafez
یاد باد آن که سرِ کویِ توام منزل بود
yād bād ān ke sar-e kūy-e toam manzel būd
dīde rā rowshanī az khāk-e darat ḥāṣel būd
rāst chon sūsan o gol az asar-e ṣoḥbat-e pāk
bar zabān būd marā ānche to rā dar del būd
del cho az pīr-e kherad naql-e maʿānī mī-kard
ʿeshq mī-goft be sharḥ ānche bar ū moshkel būd
āh az ān jowr o taṭāvol ke dar īn dāmgah ast
āh az ān sūz o niyāzī ke dar ān maḥfel būd
dar delam būd ke bī-dūst nabāsham hargez
che tavān kard ke saʿy-e man o del bāṭel būd
dūsh bar yād-e ḥarīfān be kharābāt shodam
khom-e mey dīdam khūn dar del o pā dar gel būd
bas begashtam ke beporsam sabab-e dard-e ferāq
moftī-ye ʿaql dar īn masʾale lā-yaʿqel būd
rāstī khātam-e fīrūze-ye bū-esḥāqī
khosh derakhshīd valī dowlat-e mostaʿjel būd
dīdī ān qahqahe-ye kabk-e kherāmān Ḥāfeẓ
ke ze sarpanje-ye shāhīn-e qażā ghāfel 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.