Ghazal 218 (غزل ۲۱۸) · Divan of Hafez
در ازل هر کو به فیضِ دولت ارزانی بُوَد
dar azal har k-ū be feyż-e dowlat arzānī bovad
tā abad jām-e morādash hamdam-e jānī bovad
man hamān sāʿat ke az mey khāstam shod towbe kār
goftam īn shākh ar dehad bārī pashīmānī bovad
khod gereftam k-afkanam sajjāde chon sūsan be dūsh
hamcho gol bar kherqe rang-e mey mosalmānī bovad
bī cherāgh-e jām dar khalvat nemī-yāram neshast
z-ān ke konj-e ahl-e del bāyad ke nūrānī bovad
hemmat-e ʿālī ṭalab jām-e moraṣṣaʿ gū mabāsh
rend rā āb-e ʿenab yāqūt-e rommānī bovad
garche bī-sāmān nemāyad kār-e mā sahlash mabīn
k-andar īn keshvar gedāyī rashk-e solṭānī bovad
nīk nāmī khāhī ey del bā badān ṣoḥbat madār
khodpasandī jān-e man borhān-e nādānī bovad
majles-e ons o bahār o baḥs-e sheʿr andar miyān
nastadan jām-e mey az jānān gerān jānī bovad
dī ʿazīzī goft Ḥāfeẓ mī-khorad penhān sharāb
ey ʿazīz-e man na ʿeyb ān beh ke penhānī 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.
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