Ghazal 219 (غزل ۲۱۹) · Divan of Hafez
کنون که در چمن آمد گُل از عَدَم به وجود
konūn ke dar chaman āmad gol az ʿadam be vojūd
banafshe dar qadam-e ū nehād sar be sojūd
benūsh jām-e ṣabūḥī be nāle-ye daf o chang
bebūs ghabghab-e sāqī be naghme-ye ney o ʿūd
be dowr-e gol nashīn bī-sharāb o shāhed o chang
ke hamcho rūz-e baqā hafte-ī bovad maʿdūd
shod az khorūj-e riyāḥīn cho āsmān rowshan
zamīn be akhtar-e meymūn o ṭāleʿ-e masʿūd
ze dast-e shāhed-e nāzok-ʿezār-e ʿīsī-dam
sharāb nūsh o rahā kon ḥadīs-e ʿād o samūd
jahān cho khold-e barīn shod be dowr-e sūsan o gol
valī che sūd ke dar vey na momken ast kholūd
cho gol savār shavad bar havā soleymān-vār
saḥar ke morgh darāyad be naghme-ye dāvūd
be bāgh tāze kon āyīn-e dīn-e zardoshtī
konūn ke lāle bar-afrūkht ātash-e namrūd
bekhāh jām-e ṣabūḥī be yād-e āṣaf-e ʿahd
vazīr-e molk-e soleymān ʿemād-e dīn maḥmūd
bovad ke majles-e Ḥāfeẓ be yomn-e tarbīyatash
har ānche mī-ṭalabad jomle bāshadash mowjūd
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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