Ghazal 215 (غزل ۲۱۵) · Divan of Hafez
به کویِ میکده یا رب سحر چه مشغله بود؟
be kūy-e meykade yā rab saḥar che mashghale būd
ke jūsh-e shāhed o sāqī o shamʿ o mashʿale būd
ḥadīs-e ʿeshq ke az ḥarf o ṣowt mostaghnī-st
be nāle-ye daf o ney dar khorūsh o velvele būd
mabāḥesī ke dar ān majles-e jonūn mī-raft
varā-ye madrese o qāl o qīl-e masʾale būd
del az kereshme-ye sāqī be shokr būd valī
ze nā-mosāʿadī-ye bakhtash andakī gele būd
qiyās kardam o ān chashm-e jādovāne-ye mast
hezār sāḥer chon sāmerīsh dar gale būd
begoftameš be labam būse-ī ḥavālat kon
be khande goft keyat bā man īn moʿāmele būd
ze akhtaram naẓarī saʿd dar rah ast ke dūsh
miyān-e māh o rokh-e yār-e man moqābele būd
dahān-e yār ke darmān-e dard-e Ḥāfeẓ dāsht
faghān ke vaqt-e morovvat che tang ḥowṣale 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.